The most adorable and animated sploshing model ever, Audra, was part of a reality TV show about Doll Fashion, and in season 2 one of the competing models called her out and there was an entire episode that gave our interest a HUGE amount of exposure, and while they weren't exactly positive about it, Audra stayed strong and carried the torch super amazingly. I was a little let down that they licensed a lot of my footage and photos but chose not to use the art stills and made the footage look a little grainy and less stunning that what most of you have come to expect from me.
Well, at least the article has a positive tone. As a member of another oft-misrepresented fanbase, I definitely know that feel.
On a different note, Ultra Happy Alarm looks so cool! I'll tell all my buddies about it. And I think I'll go find a coffee table to put it on. Best of luck on the Kickstarter!
The shitstorm starts at the 8 minute mark. Once that segment's over, it continues at 18:35.
Overall, it's a reality show, so any thoughts I may have are heavily influenced by the storytelling capabilities of the editors. I'd be really curious to know how the cast members all act when the cameras aren't shooting.
If what we see in the clip is what we get, then Audra should probably just say "fuck 'em" and quit. Their publicly shaming a coworker on TV is utterly disgusting. All they accomplish is making themselves look like petty jerks. Working for and with people who have no respect for you and who act like children in the workplace is not a recipe for job satisfaction in the long run.
I did feel like Audra being more upfront about what it is that she does would have made her come off as more confident in herself and her work, projecting a more positive image. Trying to dodge the question only made her look deceptive, which the editors took full advantage of for dramatic effect. It may be artistic, but no amount of art will change the fact that a video of a naked woman sitting on a cake, marketed on the UMD, is fetish porn.
As far as representing the fetish, I thought the effect was pretty neutral. The exposure could have been purely one-sided, but it was refreshing to see a couple of the other women stand up for her, coming from a surprisingly respectful and non-judgmental perspective.
If we did have to pick a single individual's work to represent the fetish to the broader population, yours is probably the best we could go with since it's simultaneously both innocent fun and pornography. People who aren't into the fetish could probably understand where it's coming from. I'd wager that for Messy Hot's business though, this will be some decent marketing.
Edit: I did some more research to find out where the the comments they were referencing actually came from.
https://yuki.la/cgl/8674719
4chan
They're fucking taking 4chan comments seriously
Edit 2: The 4chan comments are from a year ago as well.
Although, it could also just be a scripted reality show on an extremely obscure network that no one knows about, which will probably end up having no impact on this community (the same can't be said for the lolita fashion one) at all, beyond some amusing reddit commentary:
It's also probably worth noting that while my post above is overly serious, the show itself was wonderfully ridiculous, and I found myself laughing through most of it. I'm not sure if anyone will actually take it seriously.
Brandon, Audra's Fetish Video Producer, Messy Hot, I'm also holding you accountable for causing me to follow an obscure reality show about Lolitas who don't call themselves Lolitas. I must know what happens to Audra now that her secret has been revealed! Will she be fired? Will the other girl from the last episode take her place? What will come of her kickstarter? How bad is this so-called fetish porn? Only time will tell!
It is a show on a fairly obscure Southern California network. Not a HUGE deal for wam exposure but as you pointed out, lots of the Loli/Doll communities are all about it. It's been said before that no publicity is bad publicity, so even though the bitchy underhanded girl and the evil queeny sidekick guy are being mean and made the experience less pleasant for her, it still put her in the public eye and drew lots of attention and sympathy for her poor treatment.
The whole thing is the resolution to last week's episode. The dialogue is ridiculously cringe-worthy, but Audra is redeemed, the boss calls out the two idiots for being unprofessional, and all is right with the world.
Love you, too
As a member of another oft-misrepresented fanbase, I definitely know that feel.
Best of luck on the Kickstarter!
