Hex: Not Katniss

[Whimsy]

Here's your Hex topic.  I am open to suggestions for a new thread title.  Too many to set up to be witty and I don't know these people yet.  I haven't watched any live feeds.

From the Utopia Website:

 

Hex Vanisles, 25, single
Hometown: Detroit, Mich.
Don’t call her Katniss. Sure, headstrong hunter Hex is six feet of “twisted steel and sex appeal,” but her primary game is to bring lessons from Utopia back to Detroit, her hometown.

[Nessie]

Disclaimer: I have not watched any of the live feeds.

 

So far, Hex is my favorite, which surprised me.  Aside from her alcohol poisoning (at least she acknowledged that she has a problem), she seems very level-headed and willing to hear others out...and not only hear them, but actually listen and understand that others may have a different POV than she does.  She seems to be the only one who acknowledges that everyone may have a different view of what "their Utopia" is, and that they all have a right to those views but that they may not all become reality (*coughBellacough*).  I love that she listened to Pastor Jonathan (is that his name?) and not only didn't interrupt him, but respectfully asked him questions, and then went to the other women and asked them to give him some pond time.

[Wandering Snark]

Hex seems like a beautiful wreck of a woman. That's the best way I can think of describing her... but I like her actually even with the mess.

 

I liked her respectful 'tell me your story' session with the pastor too. She said approx that she'd listen to his as she was sure it was important to him and would want to hear it as much as he should say it if he believes in it. It was the most respect anyone has given someone obviously on the opposiite side of their ideas.

[RedheadZombie]

I agree Wandering Snark.  I'm surprised by how much I don't dislike her.  I think she's pretty even keeled.  She's a big strong woman - she could have kicked Josh's ass.  Instead, she waited for him to sober up and accepted his apology.  She also threw herself in the mix to break up the fight between Josh and Aaron (?) - something I personally wouldn't have done.  I worry about her acknowledged drinking issue.  If she's a daily heavy drinker, she could be in danger going cold turkey.  Why alcoholism, pregnancy, and mental illness weren't screened out of this show I don't know.

[areca]

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Edited September 11, 2014 by areca

[DeLurker]

 

I liked her respectful 'tell me your story' session with the pastor too. She said approx that she'd listen to his as she was sure it was important to him and would want to hear it as much as he should say it if he believes in it. It was the most respect anyone has given someone obviously on the opposiite side of their ideas.

I liked how that conversation went too, but if it is the scene with her I am thinking of, she is wearing teensy tiny shorts which struck me as something that might make the preacher man more than a tad uncomfortable (not that he seemed to notice). 

 

While those shorts had bigger side panels than my days of yore bikini bottoms, they covered less tush!  Kids today...

[kikismom]

her primary game is to bring lessons from Utopia back to Detroit, her hometown.

So she hopes Utopia will set an example of how to live without criminal thuggery, robbery, unfed people and letting the community's funds for improvement get squandered.

How's that working out for ya?

[ottoDbusdriver]

Was doing some reading this morning on Court and Sports Radio website (http://courtsandsportsradio.com/2014/09/16/utopia/), and it appears Hex has the most "constructed" backstory of all the "pioneers".  Decided to a little additional searching and add to it.

 

Her real name is Kimberly Bondy -- https://twitter.com/kimAbondy

 

She changed her name to Hex Vanisles probably about the same time she started up her own PR firm about 18 months ago called Pulse PR Agency (http://www.pulsepragency.com) as both her LinkedIn profiles list her as the CEO for Pulse PR.

 

https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kimberly-bondy/6a/537/84b

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hexvanisles

 

She is a registered member of the Public Relations Society of America

http://www.enjoygram.com/m/721964382606668060_425229171

 

Nothing about her has anything to do with bow hunting that would be enough to designate her a "huntress", though she seems to like animals, drives a jeep, and is adventurous (mashed potato wrestling anyone ?).

 

http://www.enjoygram.com/hexvanisles

 

She used to work at the Hustler Club in Detroit as a brand ambassador/promoter from July 2013 to Jan. 2014 (which is probably why she is so comfortable around nude people), according to this radio station facebook page.

 

https://www.facebook.com/events/207732626052251/

 

Her social media accounts related to working at the Hustler Club using the handle HustlerKB have been scrubbed, that didn't get rid of all associated media

 

Hex modeling the new Hustler Club dresses from the Hustler Detroit Tumblr and Instagram accounts

 

http://imgur.com/2Fqfu2W

 

http://instagram.com/p/fVgvcqBr5E/

 

Here's Hex carrying an albino python at a Hustler Club event -- http://imgur.com/hAKSXey

 

Dressed up for a masquerade event at the Hustler Club -- https://i.imgur.com/qMP4Pb2

 

Hex modeling lingerie (non-nude) for a bondage blog run by someone called J. J. Plush

 

https://i.imgur.com/eINV2x3

 

Hex in a selfie with with J. J. Plush -- https://imgur.com/m4hzm8l

 

Apparently Hex knows J.J. from fetish nights at the Hustler Club (safe for work link)

 

https://pinvents.com/event/564169576963550/taboos-grand-relaunch-50-shades-of-fetish

 

There is exactly one photo of a bow in her Twitter feed -- wall-mounted above her TV.  By the looks of things, she appears to live at home with her parents in Michigan -- which is probably why it was easy to go to Utopia for up to a year.

[hincandenza]

I can't say as I'm surprised; I felt a little guilty until now, because something about her just screamed "model/dancer", and with the background in PR to boot.  So at least I'm retroactively not as sexist as I was worried.

 

That everyone else was somehow acting related is also unsurprising.  What is surprising is that reality TV shows draw from these pools, but why don't they try- especially for a show like this one- to not have the industry folks willing to read their lines and play their parts? 

 

I mean, part of the problem is that only people vying to be on reality TV would usually have the time and inclination.  But if you're gonna throw $50M at this production, then why not put out an open call around small towns and big cities, asking people to nominate who THEY think would be a great survivalist, and then getting truly ordinary, every day people to come on the show.  Heck, most people- even those with jobs and families and careers- would at least consider being on reality TV if the pay was right.  Say, "We'll pay you one year's salary up front if you're selected for the show, and then pay you out 1.5x your salary every week to your family or to escrow for as long as you're on the show".

 

I just don't know if anyone has ever really tried that in years; I suspect they all assume real people are boring, and we'd never tune in to watch something that wasn't a scripted trainwreck.

[RedheadZombie]

Yesterday I heard Hex tell visitor Kim that she works in branding and promotion.