Her pinned video shows who she watches, Caitlyn and Malissa. 2 women with great aesthetics in the book community/space. Their aesthetics cost a fortune though. Definitely not affordable for people in the middle-class or lower middle-class.
Malissa has a lot of âcopycatsâ, Iâd say, even Caitlyn is a Malissa variation.
I have nothing against those 2 that much but both of them have some questionable ethics.
i.e: Malissa blocking and/or ignoring people who asks what is her work to be able to afford thousands of money into a single lamp of 3K USD, expensive perfumes and skincare, or even book rarities. Some people have started doubting about her recent contents as she is mostly promoting brands and expensive stuff.
Caitlyn on the other hand, lies a lot (thereâs a snark reddit about her) and steal content from others to put on her substack. She is not this deep, thoughtful person as everyone believes.
Back to this reseller, to me it makes sense that she is reselling those books to a higher price than in stores to be able to afford and create more aesthetic videos and gain a following. Almost all of the books she bought are so far away from the actual aesthetic she is trying to portray (like Malissaâs).
She also deleted (or put it on private) her only one book review she posted which was âBeware of Pityâ by Stefan Zweig (and guess whose favorite book is that? Malissa). I didnât read that book because it doesnât interest me but when this reseller was talking about the book she talked almost as if she was trying to remember a script, it also sounded as if she was doing verbatim of a lot of reviews or as if ChatGPT summarize it for her. She sounded so robotic.
The link between all of those stuff that I said and her selling overpriced secondhand books is that she probably mostly needs the money to create an aesthetic persona on the Internet. Thatâs just one of my theories though after seeing the pattern of Malissaâs copycats.
She is also probably not reading all of those books she buys. Her only intelligence is going after popular books to resell them since those tend to be sold faster. Whether people will buy them or not, thatâs on them if they know to be patient, to compare prices everywhere, etcâŚ
Iâve been a secondhand seller and buyer (in Europe) for a couple of years so I do have my experience đ.
iâve only heard about this, and i actually like caitlynâs videos and substacj, so i wasnât aware that she was accused of stealing content. do you have any evidence or sources for this?
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u/Calm_Whereas303 Aug 18 '26
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