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Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson
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emotional
informative
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medium-paced
5.0
This book was a recommendation from a friend who was reading it and found the MLM (multilevel marketing) world fascinating. They really are giant incorporated cults. I know this first hand because I used to sell Herbalife in college. I never recruited a downline because I hustled the products, but for a summer, I sold a lot and it helped pay for the next semester. It also meant it was easy for me to cut ties when I got back on campus, but my partner in crime absolutely bought into the dream and dropped out of school to go fulltime - after dropping me as a friend and stealing the rest of the inventory (refused to pay me back by portion of the “investment.” So all of this book resonated with me (aside from the way the author chose to numb herself to the truth, which actually, that college partner of mine also did).
The author also opened my eyes to how societally insidious MLMs are. But she makes total sense about how it’s another prop for White supremacy and White patriarchy. I especially abhorred her MLM’s response to COVID, Black Lives Matter, and the 2020 election.
I loved the reason why she wrote the book. It’s easy to say it was to make a profit. That was probably a factor, but her repentance seems genuine and part of her recovery (making amends). So I hope it reaches all the people who need to hear what she’s saying.
The author also opened my eyes to how societally insidious MLMs are. But she makes total sense about how it’s another prop for White supremacy and White patriarchy. I especially abhorred her MLM’s response to COVID, Black Lives Matter, and the 2020 election.
I loved the reason why she wrote the book. It’s easy to say it was to make a profit. That was probably a factor, but her repentance seems genuine and part of her recovery (making amends). So I hope it reaches all the people who need to hear what she’s saying.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Addiction, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Racism, Alcoholism, and Toxic friendship
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