Okay, I am going to toss in my opinions on Jenna Marbles. I have followed her channel since the beginning. I went to Suffolk University the same time as her in Boston Mass and met her before she did the youtube channel. I didn't know her that well, but I had friends that were friends with her.
Her channel was started on comedy for day-to-day life as a early 20 something year-old. It was a lot of shock value comedy that was popular at the time. Furthermore, it was also the wild west of youtube when she started. Her content was honestly tame compared to a lot of youtube at the time.
This does not excuse some of the content she put out there. It obviously didn't age well. I found her early stuff really funny when it came out, but I don't find a lot of it funny now in my 30's. That is called growing up and maturing. The interesting thing is this; Jenna's content also grew and matured. It is really easy to sit here, read the story of her cancelling her channel call her names and judge her. However, she grew a lot as a content provider and a person over the past 10 + years.
Her channel is nothing like it used to be and that is something she can be proud of. She decided to get ahead of this and privatize a lot of those older offensive videos because 1) she realized that the times we are in are about owning it and taking down old material that is unacceptable in today's world, 2) listened, learned and grew a lot as a person to understand why that content should no longer be up and was wrong to make in the first place and 3) she is not that person any more.
Anyone who has actual knowledge of her and her channel knows all of those key factors. It has been sad to see someone take ownership of her mistakes in her life and get so harshly judged and torn apart all over the internet and media. That is the exact wrong approach to progress. If people can't be given some ability to learn and become better people, there is absolutely zero point to everything we are all working for with this movement. That fact it totally lost on some people.
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Originally Posted by Tiduwho
Watched her goodbye video. Haven't watched the past few years, but when the wife and I got together back in 2012, she and Max No Sleeves were a guilty pleasure early in our relationship.
So tired of the nameless, faceless attacks of "Cancel Culture". Every single one of these people that think they are doing some service should live in glass houses, but oh wait, they are just a stupid avatar with no accountability whatsoever. And I can guaranfuckingtee most of them if they had things they said on tape 10-20 years ago, they would regret it wholeheartedly.
He who is without sin may cast the first stone. Pathetic the internet is.
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Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984
Did anyone even come for her? From what I looked up it seemed like she got ahead of it and canceled herself
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Originally Posted by ExistenceNow
Had to google who this even is, but apparently she is a YouTube personality? So how exactly is she getting cancelled? Did YouTube suspend her account? What is stopping her from making videos?
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It is definitely important to note the above in that she is not getting "cancelled." She is taking ownership herself and acknowledging that she made mistakes with her older content. This is exactly what we should all want from people. Showing growth and taking responsibility for past actions while also showing that you can grow as a person.
I don't believe she will be gone forever, but I think she is making the right move by taking a step away to allow people who need the platform more than her right now the ability to use it. By taking this step, she added even more light to the situation.
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Originally Posted by zajDmB1
People who shouldn't have been famous in the first place don't want to deal with the hardships of being famous.
It's also slightly ironic since the extremely little I know about this woman is that she constantly put out videos shitting on other people.
A little karma comes her way and she cries and bounces. Good.
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This is a bad take but I am not surprised by it. It is the easier conclusion to take. It is important that you hold yourself to the same standards you are quick to hold others to. You judged this person harshly while simultaneously admitting you know little about her. Do you even see what is wrong with that, or how that is a double standard?
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Originally Posted by zajDmB1
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I am not trying to single you out, but your posts are way overly harsh to someone you clearly don't no much about. Try to remember that this is someone who is only human and unlike so many other youtubers or social media stars, she has shown tremendous growth in her maturity over the years and is willing to take responsibility for her past actions. That is a huge win that is abnormal in today's world.
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Originally Posted by TheLastPig
You guys talking Jenna marbles? I think I’ve seen her once before this since she left barstool
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Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984
I hit on Jenna back when she was just a dancer in Boston nightclubs, she was less than interested lol.
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Originally Posted by DMBstandUP1984
She moved up quick. Went from a go go dancer in Boston clubs to barstool to one of the first and biggest YouTube stars.
I hit on her at the Avalon ballroom in Boston forever ago lol. She ignored me, I guess hitting on the professional dancer at a club wasn’t a very original move
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This is pretty funny. I heard she was definitely a part girl. The friends I had that knew her definitely knew her because they were more into the part/club scene than I was. I was more of a house party or dive bar kind of guy in College.