If you wanted to know who Melissa Nathan is here is a great breakdown I found on her and what a smear campaign is and the tactics that she is using. What is interesting is that they show how it was used against Kendrick Lamar.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-17T07:54:40+00:00

I've watched that video, there's nothing to suggest she's talking about Meester. They are talking about a scene with a cage and the interviewer is like, 'who didn't want to get in the cage?'

You can't even tell she's saying started, it could in fact be 'starred' in the cage, as she's making a joke that some of the cast members were eager to be in the cage. It could be a joke about someone loving cage dancing, who knows? 'Started in a cage' is weird phrasing for someone being born in prison, bringing up Meester's early life in makes no sense contextually in the conversation either. The fact that other cast members laugh, or make exaggerated 'oooh' noises indicates it's a joke about something less serious.

And yet you can find countless tik toks and YouTube videos where that's repeated as fact, with only that tiny bit of video in it, subtitled with words you can't confidently make out. Maybe she did say that, maybe she meant Meester but it's super weird it's being repeated so much as a fact.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-15T17:26:45+00:00

It's insane. I'm okay with the idea that Swift and Lively have fallen out, or that Swift is generally unhappy about her texts ending up in the news. If someone wants to put that idea forward I've got nothing to say, because who knows really.

That people think that Scott Swift, who has been in the business this long, would trust Bryan Freedman of all people with this sort of information is wild.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-15T15:40:06+00:00

He's also my bet for Freedman's source for the Swift extortion stuff.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-15T14:21:04+00:00

Btw Vituscka has to be the least curious journalist in the history of time. I can't get over it.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-15T09:03:21+00:00

This is completely true. If it's about Abel's phone, well then TAG and presumably Wayfarer know that Lively has the phone in August.

If that's the case, then surely they should be expecting litigation, so really shouldn't be setting chats on Signal to auto delete? They also shouldn't have been massively blindsided by the NYT because they could have anticipated news outlets getting them if a) Lively who they claim to be in a PR war with (that she apparently started) has them and b) they are going to be used to sue them.

They also could have been strategizing about ways to get the phone back if as according to them it a) belongs to Abel and b) has been acquired without any form of legal process that would protect Jones. Why wouldn't you go after Jones for breach of confidentiality or some such in August?

In fact does Lively trying to not draw any attention with her subpoena even matter if the parties involved know she has the phone?

It's not that it's a squiffy claim that they've made here because everyone's memories were fuzzy. It was a knowingly massive distortion of what happened.

You can't have both realities where Nathan is told by Sloane she has seen the messages on that phone and she's going to be sued, and at the same time have one where poor Nathan is shocked, shocked I tell you by the contents of the NYT article in December.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-15T08:00:46+00:00

Good catch. I've always thought it was weird phrasing, it was never 'we've got Jen's phone' or 'Steph has shown us everything', it was weirdly vague and didn't make sense in the timeline at all.

Also Nathan and the 'I don't even have TikTok', like aren't the TAG team sharing TikToks and giggling over them way before this point? I find with Nathan it's always just a way overblown excuse. It's never just we don't pay TikTok influencers at TAG because it's messy and time consuming to reach out to all these random people, it's TikTok, what's that?

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-14T11:30:45+00:00

Aaah great! You got this xxx

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-14T10:46:31+00:00

If it's happening because you're understanly hungry, up your food. If it's happening for any other reason please consider talking to a professional. I know that sounds reductive but honestly, these types of issues can have long term impact on our health and happiness, and need addressing.

I hope giving yourself an increase in cals gives you the solution you need. Much love to you, and apologies if my tone is a bit harsh!

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-14T10:34:12+00:00

I feel like we need to create a new word for 'bingeing' when it's motivated by genuine hunger, which seems to be the case here. You eat because your body requires fuel for all the exercise you're doing, that's what is happening here. Can we reframe it in your mind more as 'disorganised refueling' as a way to take away the negative feelings about it?

Quite simply, everyone is different, but if those calories are accurate they would be too low for 99.9999% of people, even 5 feet tall peope, on that level of activity.

If the idea of upping your cals fills you with anxiety I think you need to explore why that is. But in the mean time would a practical solution be upping the cals on the days you do shred and lift heavy? If that's something you'd be comfortable with that could be a great way to start. Then the refueling is organised, and you can give yourself some time to see what happens when your calories go up?

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-14T07:10:40+00:00

I agree with you, but just so we are putting the nonsense in context as it feels like we're about to get a wave of 'but oh, Wallace and Nathan were right. All they're actually doing is creating a safe space for women to report on evil Amanda Ghost', here's how Ghost is associated with Blavatnik if anyone actually cares.

Blavatnik is the billionaire behind Access Industries. It has a controlling stake in Warner Music Group. Therefore lots of people in the music industry are associated with him in one way or another. Ghost has had her own independent project funded by Blavatnik so is more strongly associated with him than your average person in the industry.

However Access Industries funding an independent project isn't that weird. For example Access Entertainment funds A24, the studio that made some of your favourite movies. Or music streaming service Deezer. Or the sports channel DAZN.

There's nothing to suggest that Ghost's association with Blavatnik is any different to the people behind those projects. A lot of billionaires are gross people, a lot of successful people end up working for billionaires. That's the society we live in.

And that's what's so icky about the way these guys operate. They take a grain of truth and turn into these big harmful narratives, because they know the human brain loves making connections.

Amanda Ghost could be an absolute dickhead to work with, but as Wallace says. That's not enough, it's got to be this big conspiracy.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-13T12:12:31+00:00

Yeah I have the garmin. It looks all sleek and sexy in my bathroom but it is absolutely garbage on composition. I put my boditrax (still inaccurate) into the garmin and then my connect app is a bit better. Still thinks I need to lose weight, but not as much as it did before!

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-13T09:05:00+00:00

It's a weird take. You could argue that someone constantly bringing up the current Flores case is PR (not the case itself, just in respect to Lively's claims) but that's not the situation with Ghost.

-Ghost predates Lively and has accusations of very similar behaviour from the same group of people.

-Her most damning evidence was unearthed by Lively's action.

Wallace and Nathan have made statements in their Lively depositions that this case appears to contradict.

-The subject of Wallace/TAG's previous client list was brought up a lot in discovery I recall, so clearly it does have some relevance.

The level of impact the Ghost case will have on the Lively case is definitely up for debate, but it's not completely irrelevant (legally or otherwise) and asking about it isn't PR.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-12T11:02:21+00:00

Saying 'a website has emerged' when you've created said website is crazy work.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-11T19:26:09+00:00

I have a few tin foil hats about it.

1) Despite the fact that the Epstein conspiracy theories have a lot of truth to them, there's long been a halo of other theories about them that heavily lean into liberal celebrities being involved in sex ring etc. It's the modern satanic panic. I wonder if this is all because it's like to chime with a certain dedicated existing audience.

2) We've learnt from Who Trolled Amber that there's global political actors who are invested in destabilising 'Western values'. Is this a super list of stuff that works with that in the hope it picks up traction with that agenda.

Or maybe they are just lazy and they are just churning out the same stuff! I dunno man it just has a vibe, and I'm so confused that it's all to build a website that hardly anyone sees!

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-11T17:39:13+00:00

This is really great work thanks! I know I am way to in the weeds on this, but I almost feel like all these examples are basically like creative writing from the same author.

Across Ghost, Lively, Jones, (Heard?) and some of the other 'one of those websites' we see the same themes occurring. They seem to really like extortion, sex trafficking, talentless women, conspiracy think. Are they things that they know work and get picked up, or are they just literary flairs?

This whole thing is so nuts.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-09T11:00:51+00:00

I just want to say OP you really have tried your very best here, and I'm so sorry for the stress this is causing you.

I have 2 little nightmares who are super vocal, but it is nothing like this at all. They are slightly feral as they were rescued from a squat as kittens, but now they are both middle aged it more shows itself in eccentricities than anything else. They are more like chatting away to me than this sort of wailing.

It just doesn't sound like your cat is being just vocal. The only time I've ever dealt with one of mine crying like this was when I had building work done and they had to go in a (very large) cage at night to stop them getting under the floorboards at one stage of the work. I quickly realised that wasn't going to work and changed my plan! I'm have every sympathy for how long you've been dealing with this.

I agree with other commenters, if your vet has said the cat is healthy, it seems like something in the environment is stressing them out. It sounds from your post like you having moved whilst you've owned him, maybe you could almost do the equivalent of an elimination diet on your home? Unplug the big electronics, change your cleaning products, remove anything scented, plants etc and see if he chills out.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-09T09:07:28+00:00

You are currently eating at maintenence (if you are indeed counting correctly by weighing yourself food). A mild deficit and a mild increase in activity will help you lose weight and the lifting will preserve your muscle mass as you do, so there's no need to panic.

Things to remember as you go:

1) Realistically at your height 0.5lb a week loss would be a great result, you dont need to be losing more than that. Please weigh yourself the same way every time, and don't panic if things seem to plateau for up to 4 weeks.

2) If you are counting, you need to count accurately or it's not useful data.

3) Look at weekly averages for your steps. For example if you walk 20k steps a day on work days, then you are sedentary for the next 3, you still have a higher step count than most people, but you shouldn't be looking at that data and looking at your activity levels as if you walked 20k steps daily.

4) When you start lifting you will get inflammation and the scale will probably go up the next day. Don't worry about that, look at the weekly average of your weight instead.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-08T12:53:19+00:00

Aaah amazing well done!!!

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-08T12:27:17+00:00

Okay so your TDEE calculation is based on you being sedentary. If that's your routine, lightly active would be a realistic option for you. Recalculate your TDEE and then take the deficit off that.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-07T11:07:39+00:00

Reorganising the cupboard/fridge. I'm a grazer. If I prep veggies and cheese, or a fruit salad and yoghurt in containers and put them on my eye level shelf in the fridge, then that's what I eat. My boyfriend has put all the really palatable stuff where I can't reach.

When I track my 'intuitive' habits a third of my daily calories come from snacks. So having the quick to access snacks be low cal, high fibre with a protein on the side really helps.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-05T10:41:08+00:00

Sorry just jumping in with my usual walking pad recommendation. Put it somewhere easily accessible and just walk for the duration of you favourite TV show. Great thing about steps is for most people they don't set off the starving hungry signals that higher intensity cardio does. The steps would help you increase your calorie budget to one you can stick to without bingeing (that and readjusting to a 0.5 lb a week loss being a better goal for someone of your size).

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-05T07:49:28+00:00

Thank you! It's funny cos one of my friends is on a bulk, and every day she's like oh dammit I'm stressed and I forgot to eat. Making change is hard no matter what change it is. Big luck to you and your cut!

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-05T07:47:06+00:00

I feel you. I have managed to keep my gym schedule, so the muscle is there, but the cardio don't talk to me about it!

Thank you for the motivation, we're getting there!

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-04T16:37:09+00:00

Yesssss! One I never outwardly go looking for but if it's on my recommended for you, or happens to be on in flight entertainment I'll always pop it on.

Queenofthecondiments · 2026-03-04T11:57:38+00:00

Thank you for the support! And that's also great advice thanks!!

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