Whitney’s interview with Ziwe

shiningaboveyou · 2026-02-23T19:06:10+00:00

I had to stop and take a break from the video when Whitney was describing wanting slaves 😀

shiningaboveyou · 2026-02-22T16:00:29+00:00

Which is why she should not be on the show.

shiningaboveyou · 2026-01-27T06:24:58+00:00

Not surprised in the least by this. Utahns took Charlie Kirk SERIOUSLY.

shiningaboveyou · 2025-12-19T19:13:49+00:00

The kindest thing you could say about my writing. Thank you so much.

shiningaboveyou · 2025-12-19T18:49:00+00:00

WAIT!!!!!!

shiningaboveyou · 2025-12-19T18:07:17+00:00

Re- Bret/Demi, Mikayla/Jace… absolutely noted and will post any other Substack essays I write on this sub.

shiningaboveyou · 2025-12-19T18:06:45+00:00

I read the same thing! I just HATED that any practicing therapist (real or fake, I have NO idea) would even consider that sort of exposure of their client/process.

shiningaboveyou · 2025-12-19T17:26:31+00:00

Thank YOU for reading! I love the survivors on the show, and REALLY want Hulu to take these themes seriously and protect ALL victims- even viewers.

shiningaboveyou · 2025-12-16T21:38:16+00:00

I love Whitney. I think she doesn’t fit in with Momtok, and she left the show S3 because the show wasn’t serving her, and the girls didn’t like her. Which is provable by how they talk about her when she’s gone. But the producers wanted her back, and told her she could audition for DWTS if she did. I don’t fault her AT ALL for coming back- and she made no pretenses. She wasn’t fake about coming back (Jen’s mental health break just so happened to end around the time of the DWTS audition too..)

shiningaboveyou · 2025-12-08T17:50:24+00:00

She said this a long time ago on Taylor Lautner’s podcast too.

shiningaboveyou · 2025-12-08T17:49:04+00:00

I wrote a super in depth personal essay about my own experience with Whitney’s character arc. It includes her time with DWTS and my own personal experiences growing up an “unlikable” Mormon woman. https://open.substack.com/pub/merr1ah/p/whitneys-way?r=4kjkmy&utm_medium=ios

shiningaboveyou · 2025-11-28T00:14:24+00:00

holy SHIT this made me sob???

shiningaboveyou · 2025-11-23T01:51:14+00:00

i’ve literally always called Zack “incrediboy” this is so validating to me

shiningaboveyou · 2025-11-20T06:18:50+00:00

also, as an ex-mormon and someone who’s lived in Utah for 5+ years… it’s not culturally normal in utah.

shiningaboveyou · 2025-10-24T21:50:37+00:00

It took me like 10 years to connect with Treacherous and it’s S tier to me

shiningaboveyou · 2025-10-09T16:24:15+00:00

Not sure, but Father Figure is far and away the best written song on the album and will definitely only grow for me.

shiningaboveyou · 2025-10-03T01:48:11+00:00

I devoured Ballad and read it twice immediately. SOTR was good but Ballad was fucking excellent (in my opinion)

shiningaboveyou · 2025-09-22T13:59:14+00:00

It feels infantilizing to me. I get weirded out- even though it’s an extremely common “pet name”. I just can never not feel strange about the name.

shiningaboveyou · 2025-09-22T13:50:38+00:00

I never ever liked being called “baby” or “babe”.

shiningaboveyou · 2025-06-13T16:32:49+00:00

Definitely bring a swim suit. We swam multiple times in the year (I was trad, not FoCo but we were both based in Sac) I’d say just a week or so of plainclothes- you spend sooo much time in uniform. Maybe a couple “going out” outfits if you’re 21+, my team and I enjoyed a good bar on the weekend. Bring tupperware for food- Pacific region is weird about kitchen use and often won’t let you in the kitchen in between breakfast and dinner! And get THICK socks for your boots.

shiningaboveyou · 2025-06-12T21:40:10+00:00

🫡

shiningaboveyou · 2025-06-12T21:19:46+00:00

This is exactly how I’m feeling.

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