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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have mixed feelings about all the snarking on Jen’s appearance. On one hand, it feels mean. Yeah, she has some pretty bad misses when she dresses up but overall her daily casual looks are fine. I think the issue is that she’s trying some hair/beauty/fashion influencer stuff and that opens you up to criticism - especially if that’s not your strong suit and you started out as a faith/family influencer and people feel you’ve lost your voice and authenticity.[/quote]

Yup, I think it’s the loss of authenticity that stings. Especially people who have followed her for years and years. I have known many people who dress crazy/fun or particularly showy, and it’s who they have always been so it suits them. Doesn’t strike as odd or gimicky, even if it’s not traditionally-age-appropriate or situation-appropriate.

That same loss of authenticity in every area of her life is what brought most commentators and readers to free-speech spaces like this one. Her going from all-in in Jesus to faith being a total sidebar in her life, and very loosely at that. Her quest for minimalism and humility that somehow turned into materialism and image-obsession. Her being a doting mom (even in occasional humorous lamenting of the process) to genuinely snarking on her own kids (well, kid) publicly as material. So for a beautiful someone who used to glow in her more casual/natural appearance, it is definitely unsettling to see the overdone hair/makeup and try-hard outfits. It’s unnecessary and feels, well, inauthentic.[/quote]

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