Jen Hatmaker

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know two wannabe, failed influencers quite well. One is a former colleague, another a former classmate.

Both were early Mommy Bloggers who each said they started blogging to capture feelings of early motherhood/share pictures in online journal form.

Both overshared about DHs, foibles of DC, included embarrassing photos and texts about DC and DH. It was uncomfortable to read intimate details, so lost interest and never followed.

It’s all fiction - all of it. What was never conveyed was all the trauma behind the scenes and as DC grew up, the pleas to stop oversharing. Many to multiple posts removed. Some quick explanations that there will be a break from SM then the blogs essentially shut down. Smoke and mirrors, lies, fiction.

This really resonates with me. At the church plant I was a part of, a number of the women who were sucked into the Jen Hatmaker/Glennon Doyle vortex, shared way too much about their lives on social media and affected the lingo/mannerisms used by them in their posts and writing. One even started her own blog. I found the whole thing shallow, performative, fake, narcissistic, and gross.

I’m 49, the same age as Jen and many of the current and former followers. Like Jen I married a pastor and have been a pastors wife for 22 years. I was also a PK so yeah I was raised in the church.

To the women every single woman in my orbit who continued to follow and admire Jen Hatmaker over the past several years, every single one, maybe 10 women in all, all of us also the same general age, all of them who were raised up in the church like me who were once professing Christians, are now exvangelicals or even atheists, none go to church anymore, are divorced or are divorcing, many with substance abuse issues, and all of them are very very angry at the world. Anger and resentment are what fuels them now, it seems.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know two wannabe, failed influencers quite well. One is a former colleague, another a former classmate.

Both were early Mommy Bloggers who each said they started blogging to capture feelings of early motherhood/share pictures in online journal form.

Both overshared about DHs, foibles of DC, included embarrassing photos and texts about DC and DH. It was uncomfortable to read intimate details, so lost interest and never followed.

It’s all fiction - all of it. What was never conveyed was all the trauma behind the scenes and as DC grew up, the pleas to stop oversharing. Many to multiple posts removed. Some quick explanations that there will be a break from SM then the blogs essentially shut down. Smoke and mirrors, lies, fiction.

This really resonates with me. At the church plant I was a part of, a number of the women who were sucked into the Jen Hatmaker/Glennon Doyle vortex, shared way too much about their lives on social media and affected the lingo/mannerisms used by them in their posts and writing. One even started her own blog. I found the whole thing shallow, performative, fake, narcissistic, and gross.

I’m 49, the same age as Jen and many of the current and former followers. Like Jen I married a pastor and have been a pastors wife for 22 years. I was also a PK so yeah I was raised in the church.

To the women every single woman in my orbit who continued to follow and admire Jen Hatmaker over the past several years, every single one, maybe 10 women in all, all of us also the same general age, all of them who were raised up in the church like me who were once professing Christians, are now exvangelicals or even atheists, none go to church anymore, are divorced or are divorcing, many with substance abuse issues, and all of them are very very angry at the world. Anger and resentment are what fuels them now, it seems.

Original poster here. I've seen this too. It seems to be a phenomenon among a lot of middle class Evangelical white women, most of whom have pretty comfortable lives. The whole exvangelical thing in general just reeks of petty, petulant, narcissistic self-absorption.

[Anonymous]

Based on speculation a page or so back that Jen and Tyler had broken up…no dice. She just posted about him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on speculation a page or so back that Jen and Tyler had broken up…no dice. She just posted about him.

Well it's her life. Maybe Tyler is the dream man behind the scenes? Who knows?

I just watched the video and she's basically announcing future Dream Again dates and wants to get feedback on possible cities. Could this just be a signal that she and Tyler are still together?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on speculation a page or so back that Jen and Tyler had broken up…no dice. She just posted about him.

My guess is that if they break up it will be well publicized.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on speculation a page or so back that Jen and Tyler had broken up…no dice. She just posted about him.

My guess is that if they break up it will be well publicized.

Not by him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Based on speculation a page or so back that Jen and Tyler had broken up…no dice. She just posted about him.

My guess is that if they break up it will be well publicized.

Not by him.

Haha. I wasn't thinking of him.

[Anonymous]

She needs fashion help. That’s all i’ve got this morning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She needs fashion help. That’s all i’ve got this morning.

No, Jen. No one is “asking about” poorly fitted clam digger jeans frayed at the bottom with white sneaks.

[Anonymous]

All of her snapping, hair twirling, clapping, kids blowing and drum roll is so freaking annoying. For someone who has tried to generate income from public speaking, she really has never mastered the basics. What an annoying woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All of her snapping, hair twirling, clapping, kids blowing and drum roll is so freaking annoying. For someone who has tried to generate income from public speaking, she really has never mastered the basics. What an annoying woman.

She talks to her “tribe” like the grade school teacher addressing 2nd graders that she used to be. Like they’re fidgeting children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She needs fashion help. That’s all i’ve got this morning.

No, Jen. No one is “asking about” poorly fitted clam digger jeans frayed at the bottom with white sneaks.

exactly

[Anonymous]

WHY IS HER FACE SO RED???

[Anonymous]

She’s bringing up her divorce more than usual lately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She’s bringing up her divorce more than usual lately.

I am guessing it's because that is the the core of what she is currently writing her next book about, with that "swim until you got no more" quote (not sure of exact words). I am curious to see what will distinguish this from other divorce memoirs? Any thoughts? 👀