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Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson
67 reviews
purcellapple's review
reflective
tense
slow-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Alcoholism
condls27's review
informative
medium-paced
4.0
I really enjoyed this. It was educational and self-reflecting. I love how Emily broke down the cult-like control of MLMs and their roots in white supremacy and the patriarchy. I will say, if you’re already anti-MLM you won’t really learn anything new here but I still found it worth the read. I definitely recommend the audiobook, the narration was well done and kept me engaged.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Gaslighting
kerstynleigh's review
challenging
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.25
This was really informative, interesting, engaging and upsetting, and I'm glad I read it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Cultural appropriation and Racism
yesthatgirl's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
This brought so many emotions to the surface about my time in a MLM. Just....wow. It's worth a read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism
heyitsamandarae's review
emotional
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism
Minor: Sexual assault
savagebean's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
2.5
Honestly not my vibe at all. For an author who was attempting to make people aware of how awful MLMs are she had a lot of girlboss vibes.
If you're not already deep into anti-MLM content like I am (or you have a long drive coming up and have run out of Normal Gossip podcast episodes) this is a worthwhile read/listen. It took me a couple hours to get into it but then I had to know what happened with the author's alcohol and cancer journey so I kept listening.
If you're not already deep into anti-MLM content like I am (or you have a long drive coming up and have run out of Normal Gossip podcast episodes) this is a worthwhile read/listen. It took me a couple hours to get into it but then I had to know what happened with the author's alcohol and cancer journey so I kept listening.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Cancer
violetfaerie's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism
rinnie00's review
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.0
Interesting to hear some of the behind the scenes but it got a little repetitive after a while.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism
dashac's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.5
it was a perfectly okay book. about ~two-third of the way through it, it started getting a bit repetitive. it could’ve been a long article instead. gave it less ratings bc of some creative choices she made.
1. “hun” in the title. i thought this was written by a black woman bc i’ve only heard poc / southern ppl use “hun”..? prob on purpose bc she addresses anti-black racism in mlms, so this isn’t a strong critique
2. in the last chapter she doesn’t definitively say that mlms should be banned. even after continuously stealing from ppl and saying she’s sorry. i don’t like the whole “agree to disagree” thing when she knows firsthand how terribly this affects ppl’s lives
3. a lot of the talk of “white women perpetuating white supremacy” treats white women like they can’t think abt what they’re doing and as if they’re powerless to their racism. i feel like that’s not accurate at all. like, if they have enough cognition to be racist, they have enough cognition Not to be racist. white women are ppl too <3
not gonna read again, but i don’t regret reading it!
1. “hun” in the title. i thought this was written by a black woman bc i’ve only heard poc / southern ppl use “hun”..? prob on purpose bc she addresses anti-black racism in mlms, so this isn’t a strong critique
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3. a lot of the talk of “white women perpetuating white supremacy” treats white women like they can’t think abt what they’re doing and as if they’re powerless to their racism. i feel like that’s not accurate at all. like, if they have enough cognition to be racist, they have enough cognition Not to be racist. white women are ppl too <3
not gonna read again, but i don’t regret reading it!
Content Warnings
Minor: Cancer and Alcoholism
bmpicc's review
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.0
My current rabbit-hole is the cult of MLM's. I do have a few reservations about this one. For instance, her new sober business makes me nervous because it has a slight MLM vibe for me. That being said, I think her heart is in the right place and what she shared was 100% relatable. It is easy to be sucked in, but beware... they pray on the weak. You may be on someone's "dirt list".
I'm not sure I know anyone at this point who has not been invited to a "party", let alone how many of us have been an active part of one. Yes, even me. I sold ********* when our son was first diagnosed with allergies because we didn't know how deep his issues went. I didn't know where to turn for safe cleaning & hygiene products. I was a new mom and an easy target. We all have a story.
I'm not sure I know anyone at this point who has not been invited to a "party", let alone how many of us have been an active part of one. Yes, even me. I sold ********* when our son was first diagnosed with allergies because we didn't know how deep his issues went. I didn't know where to turn for safe cleaning & hygiene products. I was a new mom and an easy target. We all have a story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Classism, Cancer, Pandemic/Epidemic, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Ableism, Alcoholism, and Racism