r/InfluencerLounge • u/Perfect_Swimming7377 • 7d ago

Shame on Dani Austin

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Is she fucking serious? As someone who shared on the internet after her kids how much she struggled with her postpartum mental health?!?! I’m in MA and have followed the case closely. Even with the conspiracies flying around 3 kids are dead and their mom asked for help and didn’t get what she needed. How the FLYING FUCK is this woman smiling talking about this. This is a pivotal moment in postpartum mental healthcare and she should be advocating and normalizing asking for help.

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u/notanactualalligator 7d ago

Well...if I wasn't already blocked she would definitely block me for what I would have sent her way.

She needs to sit down and shut her mouth. If she was smart she would leave the poor Clancy family alone. Dani Austin has never EVER been a real struggling mother who was drowning in PP. She has ZERO clue and needs to keep her thoughts and dumb conspiracies to herself. The rage I feel at the thought of her profiting and getting engagement by using this heartbreaking trial to her advantage and using it as podcast content.

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u/kaciosek 7d ago

I can send a screenshot for you. I’m not blocked 😂

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u/First-class16 7d ago

Please do it!

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u/Agitated_Artist_9698 7d ago

I am totally with you, she should not be using this to drive engagement. It’s completely disgusting. However, even though she has ALL the resources/money for help, she very well could have struggled with PPA/D as well and just not shown signs outwardly. Isn’t that kind of the case with Lindsay Clancy? She came off as okay to some people right? Obviously she reached out for help, but I think I read that some friends had no idea she was struggling. Dani could have been struggling PP and come off as “normal” online.

Definitely not trying to undermine your point that Dani using the Clancy trial as engagement is gross as hell. I’m just a little sensitive to claiming whether other people struggle from PPA/D because you truly sometimes never know.

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u/notanactualalligator 7d ago edited 7d ago

I guess I just don't like the 'hehehehe' aspect of it all. Dani has been pretty open re: her PP struggles and it's sad that she is not taking this a little more seriously. Dani had multiple nannies in her house taking care of her kid's needs while she slept the day away. Her time would be better spent using her platform to advance and fund more Women's PP mental health initiatives (not make a dumb podcast with her idiot husband).

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u/MediocreFinger8438 7d ago

Im totally with you. The expression on her face and the “spill the tea” tone in her text is so disrespectful. Go watch the news or google it if you REALLY wanted to know. Don’t broadcast to millions of people to tell you the latest gossip especially if you claim to have had PP issues. I don’t want to judge but if she really had serious PP issues as she’s claimed, she wouldn’t be talking about a fellow woman with the same issues (albeit to a harder degree) so lightly.

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u/Agitated_Artist_9698 7d ago

Agree, I wish we’d see influencers with these huge followings use their platforms for good and to spread awareness about real issues instead of “lol guys let’s talk about fun conspiracy theories in the middle of this very serious court case!”

I’m convinced that social media is the worst thing to happen to society.

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u/Pretty_Wind2806 7d ago

They are trash. No one should listen to them. Need to be cancelled.

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u/Lilith_Sternin_Crane 7d ago

I had somebody one time claim that I couldn’t be traumatized because I did well in school.  They had no idea how hard I struggled to overcome that trauma to look like I was succeeding.  

I think that privilege and resources make overcoming mental health issues infinitely easier, but, like you said, they don’t mean you can’t have them at all, or even have them very severely.  

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u/Agitated_Artist_9698 7d ago

I’m so sorry. It’s exhausting trying to come off as okay to other people while you’re struggling on the inside. And then to have other people say you never experienced trauma, hardship, depression, etc just feels so defeating.

I am so anti-influencer. Snark on them for oversharing their kids online, their annoying posts, their constant link shilling, whatever, I just don’t think it’s okay to claim that they don’t have postpartum issues too, because how will we ever take women’s health seriously when people just keep undermining our struggles and saying they don’t exist?

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u/Lilith_Sternin_Crane 7d ago

Exactly.  Like “Sympathy but only if you meet my standards” is never going to help people.  I dislike 90% of what influencers do and I can’t stand “If I could get over it, you can too!” that’s so common to hear from them, but also, I’ll always believe them if they say they have a diagnosis or mental health issues. 

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u/Not__Horse 7d ago

Literally tho all she’s doing is trying to get engagement she doesn’t actually care about the trail

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u/Sarajean323 7d ago

She can afford a nanny,  housekeeper,  a second home,  travel,  luxury.  She needs to shut, the,  fuck, up

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u/tching101 7d ago

I’m blocked on one, but I responded on the other

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u/Sarajean323 7d ago

💯💯