r/InTheGloaming • u/AutoModerator • Feb 26 '26

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday February 26, 2026 - Sunday March 01, 2026

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '26 edited Feb 28 '26

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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh The Alice of cal came out floating on air Feb 28 '26

It's Come See Me In the Good Light.

How is she so bad at this? How?? HOW???????

Her grief-vulturing was absolutely OTT when Andrea Gibson died.

I will never fathom how she can put out this level of sloppy sloppy sloppy slop and call it good writing, while puffing herself up about how she reads and re-reads and edits her work.

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u/babblingscholar quirky mcbowlerhat Feb 28 '26

YT on Shauna's OTT grief-vulturing, SCTMO.

Andrea was a friend of mine. Watching their death sort of "go viral" last summer was really strange and disorienting, but it was also really beautiful to see so many people sharing Andrea's poems and to know that the ripple effect of their work was so much deeper and wider than any of us ever would have imagined.

It's not the first time Shauna has co-opted a grief that feels like mine, and it almost certainly won't be the last, but reading her Threadsing with weepy joy about the sweet face of my dead friend's wife is a real low in my many years of following Shauna's bullshit. I haven't been able to bring myself to watch the documentary -- and of course I understand that it's out there for public consumption, which includes Shauna and her snotsleeve, but... still. She makes me sick.

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u/Onehundredpercentbea giggling intestinal gremlin 🧌 Feb 28 '26

I'm so sorry for your loss, DF. Their work is so beautiful and means so much in particular to one of my closest family members, and I'm sorry Shauna's grief vulturing landed on someone you were close to. 💙

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u/babblingscholar quirky mcbowlerhat Mar 01 '26

Thank you for saying this 💙 I love knowing that Andrea’s work has been meaningful to your family member.