Shameless Fame Whores: Sister Wives in the Media

[mbutterfly]

1 hour ago, RazzleberryPie said:

Nah. I'm all for some color. I just think LLR is really expensive for baggy, yet clingy oversized tshirts. Some of the patterns are past colorful and Way Out There, though. 

The fact the pattern is so badly matched at the seam is absolute proof to me (if the rest weren't) these are cheaply made and never going to be flattering. LulaRoe has just this past month arrived in my immediate area. One friend had a party (I had a social conflict so it wasn't awkward). Yet I haven't seen anyone wearing anything like this. I'm guessing the shoppers bought one conservative piece. Or nobody has had to nerve to wear what she bought. 

[Meowwww]

On 2/8/2017 at 0:13 AM, Meowwww said:

But isn't that what adult women want?  To loon like kids in body with a fully made up face????

Sadly that seems the case!   I know MANY single women striving for that look.  And they have no shortage of men due to it.  

[BradandJanet]

On the way home from work today listening to NPR, I head some raspy-vloiced guy saying Montana men had to protect their woman folk from falling under Sharia law, which is apparently due to take over all of Montana any day now. (Couldn't make that up if I had to.) Good thing those hapless Montana women are armed to the teeth, he helpfully pointed out.

I wonder if those child brides in the polyg photo could get lost in the clothing confusion of the great Sharia takeover of 2017. 

[ginger90]

There was a film crew, the article says. I will be surprised if this is on the show.

http://www.sltrib.com/news/4919118-155/sister-wives-family-returns-to-utah

[Jellybeans]

12 hours ago, Runnergirl said:

Blame the 80s. Third photo down. Florals are EVERYWHERE, not just LuLaRoe (lol at "Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking").

http://www.whowhatwear.co.uk/spring-summer-2017-fashion-trends/slide3

I always try to keep up-to-date each season, but the florals look awful even on the models--unless they're demonstrating camoflage in a flower garden. Saying NO to florals in 2017.

I am not a LuLaRoe fan nor a floral fan but I love color and mismatched prints.  Wearing leggings as pants makes no sense to me.  No one calls me eccentric to my face, LOL.

[VedaPierce]

On February 4, 2017 at 9:25 PM, RazzleberryPie said:

Wonder if Meri has these in her inventory. Tell me what you see. 

These are in high demand apparently. Like triple price on he blackmarket/eBay.

 

This has GOT to be, the weirdest pattern I've ever seen. At first I thought they were bats! This is so awful, I think I actually have to buy them!

[VedaPierce]

On February 9, 2017 at 1:52 AM, BlackWidow said:

you know it's bad when the compound plygs are starting to look less silly in comparison. At least their clothes match...

Lulas:

And what's with all the knots in the clothes? Wth?? Do they think that adds a quirkiness, or makes the giant shirt/skirt look good? Edgier? Such ugly clothes. Made uglier

[VedaPierce]

On February 9, 2017 at 3:51 PM, DakotaJustice said:

I just want to know WTF with all those knots. 

Probably pulls the fabric out of shape and also it didn't appear flattering. Meri's done it and it looks horrible. 

These all look thrift shop worthy to me, but mostly I wear jeans and solids so what do I know from fashion.

Just commented on the knots before I read your post! Seriously, it's enough already with the knots. Stop trying to make knots happen again, they were over in '89

[VedaPierce]

On February 10, 2017 at 10:44 AM, DakotaJustice said:

I really believe that one big reason for its popularity is the outrageous vanity sizing. Meri frequently states she wears a SMALL in several of the items where the sizing goes from XS to 3XL. 

So let's have a few more pieces of pie since we are now a Small!! 

Oh definitely! I stumbled in to chicos once and was thrilled! Stupid, I know, but it really gave me a tiny lift :)

[AZChristian]

9 minutes ago, VedaPierce said:

Oh definitely! I stumbled in to chicos once and was thrilled! Stupid, I know, but it really gave me a tiny lift :)

OT:  Back when Kirstie Alley was on Dancing with the Stars, she said that at the end she got down to a size 4.  My first thought was, "She must be shopping at Chico's."  (Size 4 at Chico's = size 20 in the real world.)  Maybe she should switch to Lularoe.

[Wings]

22 minutes ago, AZChristian said:

OT:  Back when Kirstie Alley was on Dancing with the Stars, she said that at the end she got down to a size 4.  My first thought was, "She must be shopping at Chico's."  (Size 4 at Chico's = size 20 in the real world.)  Maybe she should switch to Lularoe.

Size 4 in designer clothes but certainly they aren't that off!  Although she carries all of her weight below her waist mostly in her legs so probably 4 in a top.  I can see that but not at the GAP!  

Edited February 11, 2017 by wings707

[AZChristian]

5 minutes ago, wings707 said:

Size 4 in designer clothes but certainly they aren't that off!  Although she carries all of her weight below her waist mostly in her legs so probably 4 in a top.  I can see that but not at the GAP!  

I also thought she might have been shopping at a maternity store.  LOL.

[gonecrackers]

I think kids in colorful clothes is cute. But I just went through this with mine in explaining if they have a bright top or pants to put something solid or understated with it, so it's not too much. So I'm just wondering why LLR pics wouldn't do that - take a bright or heavily patterned piece, & put it with something dark or solid/understated? That way it wouldn't be so loud & assaulting to the eyes.

It's like they have to advertise every piece they have so they have the models wear every piece they have - at the same time; yikes.

[DakotaJustice]

Dour, thy name is Brown.  Look at Meris face in the photo in this article. Plus, she's wearing 18 layers of LLR. Except the leggings. 

Her legs must be freezing since those leggings are super thin. 

 

http://fox13now.com/2017/02/10/sister-wives-kody-brown-and-wives-join-march-against-polygamy-bill-on-utahs-capitol-hill/

[Galloway Cave]

4 hours ago, ginger90 said:

There was a film crew, the article says. I will be surprised if this is on the show.

http://www.sltrib.com/news/4919118-155/sister-wives-family-returns-to-utah

Kody: "Stop prosecuting adults."  They. Don't. The article even mentions they don't prosecute for polygamy.

Sounds like it was more of a filming op for the various plyg shows than a march.

[DakotaJustice]

That was my thought as well. The writer did say on twitter that the show was filming. 

Only an estimated 200 people showed up. So much for the Brown fan base. I would suspect most of the people who showed up are polygamists. 

[Roslyn]

27 minutes ago, DakotaJustice said:

That was my thought as well. The writer did say on twitter that the show was filming. 

Only an estimated 200 people showed up. So much for the Brown fan base. I would suspect most of the people who showed up are polygamists. 

That will just give the Kodster ammunition...So few polygamists were brave enough to show their faces with the media presence due to fear of being caught and their families being ripped apart!!  Persecution. Gloom. Doom.  Fear!!!

[Jellybeans]

I have protest fatigue.

[CofCinci]

In the videos and pictures I don't see Robyn.  Did she go?

[TurtlePower]

4 hours ago, DakotaJustice said:

Dour, thy name is Brown.  Look at Meris face in the photo in this article. Plus, she's wearing 18 layers of LLR. Except the leggings. 

Her legs must be freezing since those leggings are super thin. 

 

http://fox13now.com/2017/02/10/sister-wives-kody-brown-and-wives-join-march-against-polygamy-bill-on-utahs-capitol-hill/

First thing that ran though my head when I saw Meri: Sourpuss, grumpy-face, sourpuss, grumpy-face........She has a perpetual frown.

[DakotaJustice]

54 minutes ago, Runnergirl said:

First thing that ran though my head when I saw Meri: Sourpuss, grumpy-face, sourpuss, grumpy-face........She has a perpetual frown.

She can't even smile in her live sales!!! 

[Kohola3]

Did I hear him right?  When asked "what religions?" did Doofus say that polygamy is "a blight on the face of the Mormons"?

[ginger90]

58 minutes ago, Kohola3 said:

Did I hear him right?  When asked "what religions?" did Doofus say that polygamy is "a blight on the face of the Mormons"?

You did

When asked which religion he was referring to, he replied:  "Do I need to say it? I think polygamy is a blight on the face of the Mormon church."

 

Brown spoke out against abuses within polygamy and specifically denounced Fundamentalist LDS Church leader Warren Jeffs. Brown said he believed that if the state of Utah wanted to combat abuses, it should decriminalize plural marriage.

 

"We see and know there is abuse in the polygamous community, but there is abuse in all communities," he said. "What happens is when you criminalize, essentially, consenting adults, you create a dark place, a petri dish to grow abuse."

From this article

http://fox13now.com/2017/02/10/sister-wives-kody-brown-and-wives-join-march-against-polygamy-bill-on-utahs-capitol-hill/

[Wings]

3 hours ago, Runnergirl said:

First thing that ran though my head when I saw Meri: Sourpuss, grumpy-face, sourpuss, grumpy-face........She has a perpetual frown.

Meri, myself, Ellen and many others have a resting face that appears sad or grumpy. The corners of our mouths naturally turn down, it's physical and genetic. 

[SometimesBites]

Kody has made a whole lot of tweets that are explicitly and staunchly conservative; I have a hunch he's voted for a LOT of people who don't give shit one about his freedom to practice plural marriage. Ow. The irony, it burns.

[Kohola3]

OK, so I must be missing the point.  "Polygamy is a blight" certainly sounds very negative to me.

[Wings]

39 minutes ago, Kohola3 said:

OK, so I must be missing the point.  "Polygamy is a blight" certainly sounds very negative to me.

Your brain will melt if you go there.  Organized religion is not something to question.  It is a fantasy and not satisfying to question if you are looking for logic.  A guy built a boat without power tools to house 2 billion species?  Let's start there to prove my point!  LOL 

[RazzleberryPie]

So......is Kody saying he is a blight? Because, yeah.

[CofCinci]

1 hour ago, SometimesBites said:

Kody has made a whole lot of tweets that are explicitly and staunchly conservative; I have a hunch he's voted for a LOT of people who don't give shit one about his freedom to practice plural marriage. Ow. The irony, it burns.

He deleted all his old anti-Mexican/immigration tweets when Mykelti got engaged too. Burning irony. 

[VedaPierce]

18 hours ago, Jellybeans said:

I have protest fatigue.

TOTALLY

[okerry]

14 hours ago, RazzleberryPie said:

So......is Kody saying he is a blight? Because, yeah.

Not that I speak "Kody" very well, but I think he was trying to say that making polygamy illegal just drives it underground and then you get the terrible situations like Warren Jeffs etc. 

If we make polygamy legal, and people can live the lifestyle openly the way the Browns do, then the misery can be on display for all to see and it won't be as extreme!

[RazzleberryPie]

2 minutes ago, okerry said:

Not that I speak "Kody" very well, but I think he was trying to say that making polygamy illegal just drives it underground and then you get the terrible situations like Warren Jeffs etc. 

If we make polygamy legal, and people can live the lifestyle openly the way the Browns do, then the misery can be on display for all to see and it won't be as extreme!

Kody would be a blight polygamous, monogamous, basically no matter what he does. He's an inarticulate mess who loves to hear himself speak.

As long as it's all consenting adults, I don't care what people do. I really think polygamy/bigamy, etc. is illegal because 'possession is 9/10 of the law', and sorting out financials, inheritance issues, insurance, etc. would be really, really difficult with multiple spouses. I'm shocked more inheritance and also divorce attorneys aren't lobbying to decriminalize polygamy just to create a new market for themselves.

People like the Warren Jeffs bunch would be creepy legal or not. Assigning preteens to old men is just stomach turning. 

[Galloway Cave]

33 minutes ago, RazzleberryPie said:

As long as it's all consenting adults, I don't care what people do. I really think polygamy/bigamy, etc. is illegal because 'possession is 9/10 of the law', and sorting out financials, inheritance issues, insurance, etc. would be really, really difficult with multiple spouses. I'm shocked more inheritance and also divorce attorneys aren't lobbying to decriminalize polygamy just to create a new market for themselves.

Decriminalizing polygamy won't create the tax/inheritance/insurance problems. All decriminalizing does is take away the laws on the books in Utah that allow LE to arrest and prosecute for polygamy. In order for there to be the other problems, there would have to be new laws put in place that make bigamy (marriage to multiple partners at one time) a legally binding act. The laws would be similar to the laws that were put in place saying marriage between two men and two women were legally binding. This is why the lawyer Turley has been involved. He is an attorney for the LGBTQ/Alt Lifestyle community. But yes, if the laws were changed to allow legal bigamy, it would create a nightmare on the financial side of marriage/divorce that businesses would not be able to adjust to.

[BlackWidow]

On 2/10/2017 at 3:47 PM, Natalie68 said:

I don't have to work this weekend and have long hair.  I am SOOOO trying one of those hairdos from the 1st pic for giggles and to scare Mr. Natalie.

 

For more plyg fashion weirdness, try this :   http://mormonhair.tumblr.com/

On 2/10/2017 at 5:33 PM, Runnergirl said:

Blame the 80s. Third photo down. Florals are EVERYWHERE, not just LuLaRoe (lol at "Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking").

http://www.whowhatwear.co.uk/spring-summer-2017-fashion-trends/slide3

I always try to keep up-to-date each season, but the florals look awful even on the models--unless they're demonstrating camoflage in a flower garden. Saying NO to florals in 2017.

 

Ahh you brought back the horror of laura ashley in that time period, out west it was all about pastel florals. It was like church on easter, puffy sleeves and shoulder pads combined with maybe a mid-level 80's hotel wallpaper/sofas. I couldn't pull off this look at all. Too short, too top heavy. Someone might have mistaken me for a reading chair at a retirement place and sat on me. What was even worse is when they tried for a Georgia O'Keefe southwest theme with patterns and colors. Ugh.

 

On 2/11/2017 at 7:42 AM, VedaPierce said:

Just commented on the knots before I read your post! Seriously, it's enough already with the knots. Stop trying to make knots happen again, they were over in '89

 

Seriously Jeniffer Beal in 'flashdance'. It should have ended there. Since when did anyone see that movie and think 'omg this is perfect for moms in Utah! Let's do this!'

[BlackWidow]

4 hours ago, Galloway Cave said:

Decriminalizing polygamy won't create the tax/inheritance/insurance problems. All decriminalizing does is take away the laws on the books in Utah that allow LE to arrest and prosecute for polygamy. In order for there to be the other problems, there would have to be new laws put in place that make bigamy (marriage to multiple partners at one time) a legally binding act. The laws would be similar to the laws that were put in place saying marriage between two men and two women were legally binding. This is why the lawyer Turley has been involved. He is an attorney for the LGBTQ/Alt Lifestyle community. But yes, if the laws were changed to allow legal bigamy, it would create a nightmare on the financial side of marriage/divorce that businesses would not be able to adjust to.

 

  And it has something to do with the whole welfare thing as well. I believe it it were legalized and regulated, they would then go after the dads or do dna testing or something in order that people couldn't just write 'father unknown' so as to avoid paying back welfare or even with proving underage abuse, etc.  The reason they only want decriminalization is way beyond insurance and lawyers, it's about not getting in trouble in other ways and still being able to exploit the sytem.

[xwordfanatik]

First time poster here, although I have LOL'ed and upvoted many posts on Sister Wives topics.

Someone mentioned clingy fabrics, and it just made me wonder, if Janelle's dress at Maddie's wedding was one of these LLR "fashions"??

I could even see she has an innie, and that is way more than I ever wanted to know.  So unflattering.

[tabloidlover]

3 minutes ago, BlackWidow said:

  And it has something to do with the whole welfare thing as well. I believe it it were legalized and regulated, they would then go after the dads or do dna testing or something in order that people couldn't just write 'father unknown' so as to avoid paying back welfare or even with proving underage abuse, etc.  The reason they only want decriminalization is way beyond insurance and lawyers, it's about not getting in trouble in other ways and still being able to exploit the sytem.

This!!   I would love the opportunity to tell Kody "sure!  We'll decriminalize polygamy just as soon as you re-pay the state for all the aid your family collected for 15+ years when you weren't able to support them. Oh yes, and your creditors would like the money you owe them once we reverse those pesky bankruptcies you all have filed.  Good??  Oh - now you aren't sure?? Wha????" 

Idiots - the whole lot of them

[Galloway Cave]

51 minutes ago, BlackWidow said:

The reason they only want decriminalization is way beyond insurance and lawyers, it's about not getting in trouble in other ways and still being able to exploit the sytem.

Bingo baby. Utah and Arizona already have said they won't prosecute for polygamy unless the other abuses detailed in The Primer are there, and even then they haven't prosecuted in the last 15 years. Even when plygs exploit the system and abuse their own people, the states just won't do anything. The Browns and the Dargers really have a lot of gall marching and protesting when they have been able to live their lives in peace and get away with Bleeding the Beast (in the case of the Browns).

[Adiba]

8 hours ago, RazzleberryPie said:

Kody would be a blight polygamous, monogamous, basically no matter what he does. He's an inarticulate mess who loves to hear himself speak.

As long as it's all consenting adults, I don't care what people do. I really think polygamy/bigamy, etc. is illegal because 'possession is 9/10 of the law', and sorting out financials, inheritance issues, insurance, etc. would be really, really difficult with multiple spouses. I'm shocked more inheritance and also divorce attorneys aren't lobbying to decriminalize polygamy just to create a new market for themselves.

People like the Warren Jeffs bunch would be creepy legal or not. Assigning preteens to old men is just stomach turning. 

I was also thinking that polygamy being legal would be a nightmare because then both women and men could have as many spouses as they wanted, and some could be same-sex, or even a mixture of both, creating a confusing web of "who is married to whom?"  For example, each of Kody's wives could in turn be married to other men and/or women, but those persons would not in turn necessarily be married to Kody. What a financial and legal disaster that could be.

[RazzleberryPie]

33 minutes ago, Adiba said:

I was also thinking that polygamy being legal would be a nightmare because then both women and men could have as many spouses as they wanted, and some could be same-sex, or even a mixture of both, creating a confusing web of "who is married to whom?"  For example, each of Kody's wives could in turn be married to other men and/or women, but those persons would not in turn necessarily be married to Kody. What a financial and legal disaster that could be.

thats an excellent point!

[sweet201]

On 2/10/2017 at 10:44 AM, DakotaJustice said:

I really believe that one big reason for its popularity is the outrageous vanity sizing. Meri frequently states she wears a SMALL in several of the items where the sizing goes from XS to 3XL. 

So let's have a few more pieces of pie since we are now a Small!! 

Judging by the photos she has posted to "promote" her "business," I don't think Meri should be wearing a small in anything. LLR is not supposed to fit skin tight like all of her clothes seem to (except the leggings, of course!) 

[Roslyn]

On 2/11/2017 at 1:17 PM, CofCinci said:

In the videos and pictures I don't see Robyn.  Did she go?

While the news stories don't show Robyn at the march I'm sure once the show airs next season there will be large framed versions of the photos redone by an artist clearly showing Robyn front and center with Kody.  Remember, she was there from the beginning all along.

[TurtlePower]

1 hour ago, Roslyn said:

While the news stories don't show Robyn at the march I'm sure once the show airs next season there will be large framed versions of the photos redone by an artist clearly showing Robyn front and center with Kody.  Remember, she was there from the beginning all along.

There's going to be a next season?  Thought this thing has pretty much run its course as it seems everyone is tired of 2 hour episodes, the second of which is nothing more than old episodes that no one wants to see.

[CofCinci]

1 hour ago, Runnergirl said:

There's going to be a next season?  Thought this thing has pretty much run its course as it seems everyone is tired of 2 hour episodes, the second of which is nothing more than old episodes that no one wants to see.

TLC cameras filmed them at the March. 

[Galloway Cave]

A little post from The Principle Tumblr that sums up the march and attitude of the those currently protesting very well.

[Christina]

Back when Bill Clinton was President, he enacted sweeping Welfare reforms that limited the length of time you could receive cash benefits (2 years, I think), maxed out how many kids would get you extra food stamps (3, I think), and the States had to agree to keep federal funding for other things. At that same time, you were no longer allowed to claim "father unknown" and had to name someone. There were strict exceptions like in cases of rape. If there was a legitimate fear of the father, which had to be backed with police reports in my friend's case, there were extra protections offered, but she still had to name a dad. 

There was one case here in Ohio where a mother named an ex-boyfriend who passed away in an accident shortly before her daughter was born. The real father lived with her in housing she was receiving for single mothers. She also received WIC, cash aid, and a medical card for her and her child. If she had claimed the dad, she wouldn't have qualified for the cash aid or the housing, but still would have qualified for WIC and a medical card. She pissed off her neighbors because her boyfriend was living there and they kept reporting her to management. Someone reported them to the Department of Human Services for fraud over the birth, and included photos from their Facebook pages where they announced the pregnancy, him in the delivery room, etc. The case worker asked for a DNA test, they lost everything but the medical card for the baby, got kicked out of the housing, and both were on the hook for significant funds and both were on probation. If they had been married, they would have qualified for much of the same things, but he came from a long line of welfare cheats, the ones President Clinton targeted with his new laws, and thought they would take an easy way out. That is someone I know personally, but it's not all that uncommon. There has to be a determination of if it is worth pursuing criminally, and many times it is not; you just lose your benefits. 

There is no reason to believe that Kody is not on the birth certificates. He made a comment on the show about all of the kids not being listed on his health insurance, which was then taken to mean his wasn't on the birth certificates. His first bankruptcy with Meri listed all the kids that were born at that time as dependents. Since he had so many dependents, the mothers would still have qualified for WIC and food stamps. Someone explained either here or on Cynical Jinx's site how Christine was probably in violation of her food stamps because she allowed others in the home to use food from her pantry, but with her amount of kids and Kody, the father, providing her and her kids shelter, she would have qualified for the aid and he wouldn't have been required to pay child support back to the State as a result of their aid, since he was providing actual support with housing.

I don't think the Browns actually care about this law. They never discuss it, refuse to answer questions about the lawsuit during interviews, probably because they had no idea what was going on with it, and were likely contacted by Turley to be the face of the lawsuit because they were alleging injury from it, even though we all know that is bull. Personally, I think the law goes too far in that just holding yourself out as married to more than one person is a criminal act. The State of Utah also seems to think it goes a bit too far and that is why they don't pursue it unless there are other crimes. There are some pretty stupid laws still on the books because they are not worth taking the time to remove. Every year lawmakers in every state try and clean up some of the old, antiquated laws, but with trying to keep the laws up to date, many of them just sit.

I'm very, very glad that the Browns lost, not because I think the law be ruled unconstitutional would change much in practicality, but because they are lying liars who lie and were never in danger. 

[Galloway Cave]

@Christina, I am so glad you can remember stuff from the old Sister Wives Blog! I was a faithful reader (as I am with CJ's blog) but I can never remember all that great investigative work some of those folks did or the posts Brown relatives made. 

Your comments did jiggle my memory though. Christine did file bankruptcy as a single woman and listed Kody as her landlord. As you said, even if she applied for food stamps as a single mother, Kody had so many dependents she still qualified. Where she biffed it was going on national TV admitting she shared that food with the other families who didn't qualify for food stamps. 

You are absolutely correct about Turley (my sister knows and works with him). 

[BlackWidow]

On 2/12/2017 at 2:37 PM, Galloway Cave said:

Bingo baby. Utah and Arizona already have said they won't prosecute for polygamy unless the other abuses detailed in The Primer are there, and even then they haven't prosecuted in the last 15 years. Even when plygs exploit the system and abuse their own people, the states just won't do anything. The Browns and the Dargers really have a lot of gall marching and protesting when they have been able to live their lives in peace and get away with Bleeding the Beast (in the case of the Browns).

 

 That said, they aren't the only groups with lots of babymommas and/or a ridiculous amount of kids that take handouts as well as protest, fraud of various sorts or not.  They're just more famous.

[okerry]

anybody think this is real? It doesn't say anyone's filed yet: http://getreallol.com/its-over-sister-wives-shocking-divorce-announcement/

[CofCinci]

6 hours ago, okerry said:

anybody think this is real? It doesn't say anyone's filed yet: http://getreallol.com/its-over-sister-wives-shocking-divorce-announcement/

http://hollywoodlife.com/2017/02/22/robyn-brown-leaving-kody-sister-wives-divorce-fighting-puppet/

It's Kendra getting chatty.