Maggie Holmes Upset on Instagram

I can't find anything about this.

Where did you see this originally?

apparently she posted an Instagram story (?) that said she didn't want to rely on unreliable sources for information, and I guess that was referring to the video of George Floyd's death-- ?? something to that effect, is what I get out of the instagram account screenshots linked under the youtube video. At the very least, it sounds like what Maggie Holmes wrote was a very poor choice of wording to get across her meaning.

below was copied from the screenshot of her Instagram stories:  

"It wasn't because I wanted to ignore what is going on in the world... rather the opposite.

Sometimes too many voices and too much noise is simply that... TOO MUCH.

I needed some time and space to seek out wisdom and information from trusted reliable sources instead of relying on whatever was popping up in my feed or being reposted by the masses... and most of all to be more able to fully HEAR HIM. (not sure to whom she is referring here- George Floyd?  God??  Is Maggie Holmes religious?)

If you're feeling the same don't be afraid to take a break from social media.  It will all still be here when you get back!

#hearhim"

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It looks like that's what her detractors think she meant- that the video of him saying "I can't breathe" isn't credible or reliable.  Does the #hearhim hashtag refer to George Floyd?  I haven't seen anything about that hashtag before this.  It sounds like Maggie Holmes had a Becky Higgins-type of over-explaining thing going on; when she probably should have written LESS, she wrote more. 

ETA:  when I searched out that hashtag on instagram, what came up was a boatload of LDS posts and photos.  Did she mean "Hear Him" as in God, or Jesus??  either way, poor wording.  

For a heart stained in anger grows weak and grows bitter.
You become your own prisoner as you watch yourself sit there
wrapped up in a trap of your very own
chain of sorrow. John Prine

Me: *checks the board in bed, just before going to sleep*
2PR: DRAMA ALERT!
Me: I guess I'm not going to sleep right away...

Actually, no. @clara_no_sabe_cortar_derecho on Insta used loads of MH stuff, even very recently. Just scroll down. It's 100% her preferred aesthetic and she creates a lot. She's a Latina woman and it seems like it's the WOC who loved MH stuff before this who are boycotting her now. Not people using MH's white privilege outrage rant about hearing God > George Floyd's murder video to find a new entry into the drama vortex loop. Kudos to them. Without them speaking up and having the receipts, I wouldn't even have known about this. As a matter of fact, the same account that has all the tea in IG stories also gave a shout-out to the *actual* designer of the collections, Lauren Waltman, as a preface.

Can confirm #hearhim is a Mormon social media strategy tool. You can read more about it here. Maggie is LDS. She knew exactly what she was writing and what she was writing was that she needed to drown out the stories of a black man's on tape murder to listen to God instead. That "it's ok to step back from social media, it'll still be here when you come back" is BS in light of the current events in the US. That's just an excuse to not face the terrible injustices you've never had to suffer from as a privileged white woman, Mags. Oh well. Crate Paper better hope they didn't stick her name to the 2020 Christmas collection...

ETA: Listening to @clara_no_sabe_cortar_derecho's own thoughts on the issue in Spanish right now and it's clear that she's over this white privileged stance of walking away and not saying a thing when a major social upheavel is happening about a subject that doesn't affect you directly while using the excuses Maggie did which were in her comments (screenshot in those IG stories Clara posted) such as wanting to take time to reflect, asking God for guidance. Essentially, taking time off while the subject is hot so you don't have to get involved in it. That right there is the privilege these women are calling out and rightfully so. Imagine if all the rebels who changed the world had done the same. Yah, welcome to the extended version of the feudal Middle Ages. Now's the time to speak up and lend support even if it's an imperfect, work in progress type of support. 

She was just mentioning that it's not even MH's own work but other designers that AC rebrands as Maggie Holmes stuff. Basically, she's not boycotting the actual artist of those lines. She then went on to show other stuff you can buy from other brands like the Spanish designer (Lemon Pie collection) where there's no hiding of the real artist behind a trendy person's name for marketing purposes. She was denouncing the hypocrisy of the MH brand name in passing. 

Hey, I'd much rather you speak up imperfectly than stay quiet à la Maggie Holmes! No, you shouldn't have stayed quiet. This is how conversations go. "I think XYZ." "Well, actually, have you considered ABC?" "I hadn't. Now that you mention ABC, I get a better picture of the situation and see the issue differently." This is how the ball keeps rolling, mom. 

sleepingbooty gave a good recap.

Maggie Holmes could have said nothing but she didn’t. She instead came and posted about how she used her privilege to tune out what’s going on in her feed.

I’m going to stop buying from her too.

Well, I was one that "wanted" (not really, never liked her stuff anyway) to boycott her, and now I can't think of a better reason!

I am not sure they will. Especially before the Christmas line. They might not do any more collections with her, but I am betting they are too far in the process to rebrand all of her Christmas stuff. 

Ah yes, I forgot how far in advance lines are produced and whatnot.

I also never knew she had designers who developed the lines while her name got credit.

All the names have paid designers that do the actual work creating images that fit the esthetic of a personality’s line.

The owners of AC are Mormon. Maggie Holmes is their dream designer.