Be Powerfully Kind with Long Tall Sally

A lot of our time spent is trying to educate shorter or average people on how to respectfully interact with us. Meaning, don’t walk up and point out the obvious or worse, don’t sneakily try to take a picture comparing heights. You get the gist. The internet can be a truly wonderful place to connect with people and share opinions. It also can devolve very quickly, given the chance as well. Such was the case in February when we had one of the biggest personal wins in our blogging journey. We were able to share an opinion piece on standing tall and self-love in honor of Valentine’s Day week. It is a dream come true to see our post and pictures shared on Long Tall Sally’s site.

As is the case with more exposure, you’re availing yourself to more feedback/opinions from people. It’s commonplace to receive the daily unsolicited messages from men trying to make love connections or requesting more feet pictures for their fetish needs. Unfortunately, we discovered this in a Facebook group we’re members of. Someone took a screenshot of our pictures from Long Tall Sally and posted a couple of jokes making fun of the fact that we’re standing in the snow poorly dressed, and basically that Long Tall Sally makes people pay a premium for the wrong pant lengths/shapes. It was also followed with comments along the lines of “We already got paid for this, we’ll do anything to get the shot”

The irony isn’t lost on us that we’re standing outside in the snow to get some pictures done to meet a deadline. Is it over the top to not wear a coat outside? Sure. Does anyone want to see repeated pictures of the same winter coat for six months? Unsurprisingly, no. Are retailers all switching over to their spring styles now, despite the weather not turning warm in our area for another few months? Why yes, yes they are. Is the point of our blog to share tall clothing finds in as much real-time as possible? Yes, even at the detriment of standing outside for a couple of minutes in the snow.

Caitlin spoke up in an incredibly well-worded response led by her heart and driven by the passion that we both have for this blog and brand. She mentioned to the poster kindly, to re-read the group rules and reconsider the zero bully tolerance. Point being, the post was removed eventually by the admins. Not before the original poster then accused us of bullying in return for calling her out. I suppose accountability goes down the drain on the internet though. It’s a place where you can steal anyone’s picture and make fun of them but feign ignorance on why their feelings could possibly be hurt about it. Long Tall Sally didn’t pay us to take the pictures. We chose what we wanted to wear and took the pictures with our own time and money.

The bottom line is this. It’s super easy to have an opinion. Even easier yet, is finding a free place where all it takes is one click to share said opinion. It doesn’t mean you should. A good stopping point would be attempting to put yourself in that person’s shoes. Do I want someone to do the same to me? Golden rule = widely applicable.

As tall women, I often throw us all into a group of assuming people share the same feelings as me. I don’t want people to talk about me and stare at me like a freak show, so I don’t do it to others. You might not like something, and the best part is, you can just move on with your life. No one is standing over your shoulder forcing you to buy it. Spend your money where you find the most appealing clothes. Take surveys when given the opportunity. Do something that matters instead of taking it to a group where the best you’ll get is perpetuating your bad attitude.

We grow things that we devote our time/energy to. So put it to something positive. Be the change. Create the change.

With all of that said, we want to reiterate that we created this blog because it truly brings us joy. We love fashion, we love finding deals, and we love trying to help other tall women. We are so thankful for the opportunities we have gotten as a result of all of the work in; however, we typically aren’t getting paid to post. We do receive free clothing at times but with no strings attached and we are here to share our honest opinion. We have turned down so many opportunities because it doesn’t serve us and it most certainly won’t serve us to mislead you. Legally we have to disclose if and when we are getting paid and we will do that because above all we created this to build a platform of trust with all of you which in return hopefully does benefit us a little (like when you use our affiliate links).

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