Why the sudden defensiveness of her authenticity? We all know she’s full of it.

“I know I told you I was authentic before, but now I’m REALLY authentic. I wasn’t being truthful then, I’m being truthful NOW. Trust me. I am DEFINITELY real, raw, and awoke today! Not the last time I said I was. Just this time.”

I would much rather see her defend her ridiculous relationship with Big Sass…

“As I share this tender story, I’m grateful. Awake pulled back the curtain and now I get to live as free as I ever have.”

Don’t she write a whole-ass book about being free?

Anonymous wrote:Happy New Year Droolings!

Sorry I've been absentee and here's hoping that 2026 will inspire me to put my capsticher cap back on a time or two. I had fun writing those little snippets. It's a combination of real life/paid work taking over and Jen just being pretty gol dang boring since AWOKE (a NYT ultra galactic best seller, natch) happened.

Alas, my Insta muse has not done anything ridiculous enough to inspire me but never lose hope, beleagureds. Never. Lose. Hope.

We'll always have Drooble Harbor.

JC (not Jesus, the other one)

Who are you?? We live you so much.

Next level satire. Truly. Next level.

Happy New Year Droolings!

Sorry I've been absentee and here's hoping that 2026 will inspire me to put my capsticher cap back on a time or two. I had fun writing those little snippets. It's a combination of real life/paid work taking over and Jen just being pretty gol dang boring since AWOKE (a NYT ultra galactic best seller, natch) happened.

Alas, my Insta muse has not done anything ridiculous enough to inspire me but never lose hope, beleagureds. Never. Lose. Hope.

We'll always have Drooble Harbor.

JC (not Jesus, the other one)

Anonymous wrote:Big Sis has a recent post that's a bit angry and defensive about "fair critiques" that woman memoirists are always publishing new memoirs with ever new life lessons and instructions they are compelled to impart. She evidentially got a question from a journalist who pointed out that Fierce, Free, and Full of Shit came out 3 months before her marriage imploded. Awkward. Yeah, the whole cottage industry of influencer woman is dependent on a steady stream of earth-shattering revelations and learnings. This is super hard to keep up when you are sort of basic and average in thought and insight. Jen isn't a deep thinker and what she does put out there is highly leveraged and borrowed from others. She's not an academic who can lean into research like Brene Brown can.

A publisher of non-fictions once told me that most people have one good book in them. No one unless they lead an amazing, on-going life is capable of a good second (or tenth) book. Big Sis' one good book was For The Love. 7 was a gimmick. The others like the Moxie one and Fierce were terrible.

I didn't read Awake but I doubt it's very good.

The one good book thing - yeah, I thought that. No one's life is interesting enough to keep churning them out, unless you have a super interesting career that changes a lot - like a international photo journalist, relief aid, or something. Jen adopted her kids (which was an interesting experience to read about, her thoughts on international adoption,) started a church, and tried to buck some of the convention - and then just - did nothing really. Got divorced, but that is not a book, really, as it happens to many, many people and has been thoroughly discussed before. She has the burden of portraying her life as constantly interesting and insightful, and it is neither. She is an influencer with content basically about being an influencer.

She has a lot going for her - nice kids, nice house, good family, circle of friends. I wish, for her sake, she could just embrace/enjoy that without having to perform or sell. Could she get a regular job, and just chill, enjoy what she has? Of course, she would not be able to take a month for Me Camp then.

She has a lot of blessings in her life, but being interesting is not one of them.

Anonymous wrote:She said the interviewer asked if she had just been full of shit when she wrote Fierce and Free and that given the subsequent unraveling of everything. Ha.

I bet that journalist is a contributor on this thread!

She said the interviewer asked if she had just been full of shit when she wrote Fierce and Free and that given the subsequent unraveling of everything. Ha.

Big Sis has a recent post that's a bit angry and defensive about "fair critiques" that woman memoirists are always publishing new memoirs with ever new life lessons and instructions they are compelled to impart. She evidentially got a question from a journalist who pointed out that Fierce, Free, and Full of Shit came out 3 months before her marriage imploded. Awkward. Yeah, the whole cottage industry of influencer woman is dependent on a steady stream of earth-shattering revelations and learnings. This is super hard to keep up when you are sort of basic and average in thought and insight. Jen isn't a deep thinker and what she does put out there is highly leveraged and borrowed from others. She's not an academic who can lean into research like Brene Brown can.

A publisher of non-fictions once told me that most people have one good book in them. No one unless they lead an amazing, on-going life is capable of a good second (or tenth) book. Big Sis' one good book was For The Love. 7 was a gimmick. The others like the Moxie one and Fierce were terrible.

I didn't read Awake but I doubt it's very good.

Does Jen look like she's been crying in her recent clips?

Anonymous wrote:Can you imagine how depressing and soul depleting it would be to look out into the new year and, in desperation, know that you have another full year of constant fake grifting and shilling to keep your livelihood afloat?

Imagine if that was your life?

Horrible, honestly. Like a suffocating vice grip.

Very well said; it IS very depressing and soul-depleting.

Hey songwriter......great job, AGAIN!

LOVE how you include Betty White in every song! LOL!


Big Sass calls from another state
Voice cracks when the headlines break
Cries for Betty White like he knew her well
Says, “This world’s too mean,” and rings the bell

He’s sassy sweet in a thrifted tee
Big white letters screaming destiny
“Smart Black Man,” “BoyBoss Queen,”
Self-love stitched at the sewing machine----sooo accurate!

Jen’s feed is all ads. Occasional photo of cute grandson or hot take on outrage of the day but otherwise? Buy buy buy!

I couldn’t believe it but our pastor read a passage from Brandon’s book, an anecdote about an Ethiopian woman who sat near him on a flight to Addis, who cried with joy when she found out that he was going over there to do some kind of reforestation work.
Now that we see how the Hatmakers operate , I really don’t believe 99% of anything they have written. And I shudder to think that I was on the dumb launch team of A Mile Wide.

Anonymous wrote:Can you imagine how depressing and soul depleting it would be to look out into the new year and, in desperation, know that you have another full year of constant fake grifting and shilling to keep your livelihood afloat?

Imagine if that was your life?

Horrible, honestly. Like a suffocating vice grip.

Well said

Anonymous wrote:We all remember Dale Lear.

Who is Dale Lear?

The Hatmakers are a tale as old as time. Two scheming, predatory social climber types who used whoever and whatever was around them to elevate themselves, even the church. They are two shallow, materialistic idiots who were very happy to cynically use others to gain money and fame. They were so brazen and lucky for a period of time and got away with it but it all eventually collapsed predictably. They mistreated so many wonderful people in the pursuit of their own aims.

We all remember Dale Lear.