Envy is such a terrible human trait.
Instead it was a bubbly little wisp of a human interest piece with a joke at the end about the rest of us now being free to stew in our own slop. It seems to be poking the mildest of fun at Kondo's admission that having kids doesn't leave her a lot of time to tidy up to the same standards she used to.
And I assume we both read the same linked article. I guess this just shows how one's own experiences and resulting preconceptions affect perception of the same material; and that applies to both of us.
Even the title prefix "Relatable:" betrays this. Our role models aren't supposed to be relatable, they're supposed to be better than us.
Showing us that they aren't is just the adult equivalent of telling kids Santa isn't real. It doesn't spark Joy, it crushes Hope. Trolling masquerading as journalism.
(FFS, people are still trying to find dirt on Fred Rogers. Leave the man alone and let the rest of us believe that not everyone and everything on this rock needs to be awful 24/7.)
https://www.diggitmagazine.com/articles/supposed-authenticit...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/apr/05/its-genuine-yo...
I think I'm just angry that she sold out. Relatability in terms of acknowledging you don't/can't eat your own dogfood makes the whole thing feel like a betrayal.
(...not unlike watching Rachael Ray go from being a celebrity chef to a name on a line of literal dog food.)
The expectation of human transcendence and perfection is I'm sorry to say, a bit childish.
You can benefit from someone’s wisdom and insight despite them being just as human as you.
What in the bizarro world?? Go read some research regarding role models and see just how wrong you are. The whole point in effectiveness of role models IS relatability. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=role...
Another perspective is these types of articles are designed by media manipulators to be polarizing so they generate more clicks. There's plenty published in the last 24 hours on her in this vein that will show you what I'm talking about.
I mean she did just release a new book and this tactic isn't unheard of for best sellers to climb.
The most powerful predictor of what spreads online is anger. Monetizing on humiliation is common too.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2023/01/26/marie-kondo-k...
Marie Kondo released a new book last November (Kurashi at Home) which describes her change in direction. This publicity for her book is in no way unflattering to her, and I expect that she would enjoy the sales gained from the extra attention.
Reading comments from people who did not read the article does not spark joy for me.
I didn't sense any envy or negativity in the post at all.
> "To which Gizmodo says: good for her!"
It has literally nothing defamatory, on the contrary.
There’s a reason it’s one of the 7 Deadly Sins.