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Known as Mother of Daughters to over 700k followers, Clemmie Hooper used the photo sharing platform to share idyllic pictures of her husband and four daughters- but behind the scenes, things were far from picture perfect.<\/p>\n
Under a false identity, the midwife turned influencer harassed and bullied other bloggers and their families\u2013including her own husband, father_of_daughters\u2013on a UK gossip site, Tattle Life. Using the alias \u201cAlice in Wanderlust,\u201d Clemmie Hooper attacked bloggers, using details they\u2019d entrusted her with during her \u201cBirth Stories\u201d podcast.<\/p>\n
Hooper\u2019s trolling seemed be focused on black women\u2013just a week after Make Motherhood Diverse<\/a>\u2018s founder Candice Brathwaithe appeared on the podcast to discuss health disparities, like the fact that black women are 5 times more likely to die during birth<\/a>; Hooper took to Tattle Life as Alice in Wanderlust to brand Brathwaite as \u201creally aggressive\u201d and \u201cweaponizing race.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u2063 To say that the support shown to me in the last 12 or so hours, has knocked me sideways, is a severe understatement. \u2063 \u2063 I say this during a week that has quite frankly kicked my arse privately and publicly and yet because of how I look, I\u2019ve felt that I couldn\u2019t use my voice. I have felt shamed and silenced and it\u2019s a very powerful combination. But I\u2019ve awoken this morning with a feeling I couldn\u2019t put my finger on because I haven\u2019t felt it in so long and I think it\u2019s called freedom. \u2063 \u2063 It is freedom. \u2063 \u2063 Shame doesn\u2019t live here anymore. And nor does silence. \u2063 \u2063 What someone tried to use as poison, you all have helped turn into my power and an infinity of thank you\u2019s could never, ever be enough. If we were doing so much when my tongue was still quite rooted to the roof of my mouth, imagine all of the fun we can have now. I love you guys so much. \u2764\ufe0f<\/a><\/p>\n A post shared by Candice Brathwaite<\/a> (@candicebrathwaite) on \n