Bridget Todd

I remember reading a piece about how other memoirists who genuinely lived experiences that Frey kind of like made up or fabricated, like people who genuinely struggled with addiction or like had rough circumstances that they had a hard time selling their books because of him. And like the impact that it made on people who were trying to write about those tough experiences. Really? Yeah.

I remember reading a piece about how other memoirists who genuinely lived experiences that Frey kind of like made up or fabricated, like people who genuinely struggled with addiction or like had rough circumstances that they had a hard time selling their books because of him. And like the impact that it made on people who were trying to write about those tough experiences. Really? Yeah.

I remember reading a piece about how other memoirists who genuinely lived experiences that Frey kind of like made up or fabricated, like people who genuinely struggled with addiction or like had rough circumstances that they had a hard time selling their books because of him. And like the impact that it made on people who were trying to write about those tough experiences. Really? Yeah.

This doesn't surprise me at all because this was certainly a well-worn claim about Oprah that she was really interested in mining the trauma specifically of the black community and sort of packaging it and turning it into a commodity. And

This doesn't surprise me at all because this was certainly a well-worn claim about Oprah that she was really interested in mining the trauma specifically of the black community and sort of packaging it and turning it into a commodity. And

This doesn't surprise me at all because this was certainly a well-worn claim about Oprah that she was really interested in mining the trauma specifically of the black community and sort of packaging it and turning it into a commodity. And

Yeah, I mean, I can't help but see reflections of this and how she might have been thinking about some of those schoolgirls when she was coming up with the idea to launch that school, right? Like, I think that our experiences do often have traumatic legacies and, like, baggage and all of that. But that's not the only story that there is.

Yeah, I mean, I can't help but see reflections of this and how she might have been thinking about some of those schoolgirls when she was coming up with the idea to launch that school, right? Like, I think that our experiences do often have traumatic legacies and, like, baggage and all of that. But that's not the only story that there is.

Yeah, I mean, I can't help but see reflections of this and how she might have been thinking about some of those schoolgirls when she was coming up with the idea to launch that school, right? Like, I think that our experiences do often have traumatic legacies and, like, baggage and all of that. But that's not the only story that there is.

And so I wonder if, like, maybe she does have a preoccupation with, you know, kind of the – kind of traumatic, not just traumatic, but like traumatic in a very specific recognizable way that this author is calling her out for. Yeah.

And so I wonder if, like, maybe she does have a preoccupation with, you know, kind of the – kind of traumatic, not just traumatic, but like traumatic in a very specific recognizable way that this author is calling her out for. Yeah.

And so I wonder if, like, maybe she does have a preoccupation with, you know, kind of the – kind of traumatic, not just traumatic, but like traumatic in a very specific recognizable way that this author is calling her out for. Yeah.

And I wonder, like, Robert, to your point about, like, certainly Oprah is not reading these books, you know, on her compound and then handpicking them. Someone's picking them for her. So, like, why not consult, like, a Nigerian? Like, she has infinite resources. It wouldn't be that hard to find somebody who knows what a good pick would be.

And I wonder, like, Robert, to your point about, like, certainly Oprah is not reading these books, you know, on her compound and then handpicking them. Someone's picking them for her. So, like, why not consult, like, a Nigerian? Like, she has infinite resources. It wouldn't be that hard to find somebody who knows what a good pick would be.

And I wonder, like, Robert, to your point about, like, certainly Oprah is not reading these books, you know, on her compound and then handpicking them. Someone's picking them for her. So, like, why not consult, like, a Nigerian? Like, she has infinite resources. It wouldn't be that hard to find somebody who knows what a good pick would be.

Yeah, she doesn't pass the mic. I feel like that is like really the theme here is that she wants it to be about her. She won't pass the mic.

Yeah, she doesn't pass the mic. I feel like that is like really the theme here is that she wants it to be about her. She won't pass the mic.

Yeah, she doesn't pass the mic. I feel like that is like really the theme here is that she wants it to be about her. She won't pass the mic.

I mean, I hate to brand that as a positive, but I do feel like she was ahead of her time, whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. Look how popular things like true crime are. The idea of packaging suffering as entertainment. I feel like sometimes that's all media is right now. And I feel like I can't...

I mean, I hate to brand that as a positive, but I do feel like she was ahead of her time, whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. Look how popular things like true crime are. The idea of packaging suffering as entertainment. I feel like sometimes that's all media is right now. And I feel like I can't...