Rachel Hollis. Photo: Nicholas Hunt/Getty Images Since her book Girl, Wash Your Face became an immediate blockbuster in early 2018, dominating best-seller lists for much of the year, Rachel Hollis’s profile has risen meteorically.
But Hollis’s “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” messaging has faced sharp criticism — especially among those who call out her lack of self-awareness when it comes to privilege. As Laura Turner writes in a BuzzFeed feature, “Hollis doesn’t address the possibility that for some people, obstacles to happiness are outside their control. And it is proof of her hard-earned privilege that she doesn’t have to.
It sure looked like she plagiarized an iconic Maya Angelou line. Even after being accused of plagiarism, Hollis seemingly didn’t learn her lesson. In April 2020, she posted a quote card to her Instagram with the words, “Still … I Rise.” While the quote is widely recognizable as the title of an iconic Maya Angelou poem, it appeared to many that Hollis was suggesting the words were her own — especially given her habit of questionable attribution.
I feel bad for unrelatable women.
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