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Hey, Hun: Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing by Emily Lynn Paulson

3 reviews

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

Didn't condemn MLMs as much as I feel like was warranted based on the facts and her own experiences. Also didn't dive into the issues of racism and lack of diversity as I would've expected given that white supremacy is referenced in the title. 
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maggie_the_ferocious_reader's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

Thank you to Netgalley and Row House Publishing for the eARC in exchange for an honest review!

“This is the pretty much true, absolutely ridiculous, definitely catty story of my life in an MLM, but it's more than that. It's also about how MLMs operate, their role in the lives of suburban women across the United States, and the belief systems,
systemic racism, and white supremacy that course through their trainings, marketing, and one-on-one interactions.”

Author combines both her personal experience as a former MLM member and research/informational background on MLMs!

I was pulled in right away, I love learning about cults and MLMs (which are culty) so this was right up my alley. I enjoyed the interesting discussions on the faux feminism that MLMs typically display, the subliminal religious messaging, and their use of white feminism in upholding white supremacy and the patriarchy.

Paulson’s raw honesty in telling her story was well done and difficult to read at times. She discusses how she was part of the problem when recruiting others, her issues dealing with alcoholism, and reflecting back on her experience. I think she did a great job also discussing her place of privilege and the privilege in general of women in MLMs as they’re typically made up of white, upper-middle class, thin, and able bodied women. I was also glad to see that Paulson remains neutral when discussing MLMs because as she shows, it’s easy for anyone to be manipulated into joining and it’s not helpful to blame people that join.

Clearly well researched as well as personal which made for a fantastic balance of being informative, well-paced, and emotional! I highly recommend for anyone who’s interested in cults or learning about MLMs; any fans of the Lularich documentary will enjoy!
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