Beauty Youtuber rawbeautykristi is hiding her anti-LGBT views from her followers
I got into following rbk about five or six years ago because of her popularity on r/beautyguruchatter. I couldn't understand what people liked about her and became completely fascinated by her, especially as I saw hints of her falling into the crunchy to alt-right pipeline. They were subtle things that could be explained away, ex: she shared a post about food with health misinformation from a right wing, carnivore diet-type instagram (maybe she just saw the post on her insta feed and didn't realize where it came from?), she's started wearing a cross/reading the bible/attending church (maybe it's a progressive church?), she blocks anyone asking her about vaccines (there's only anecdotal evidence so maybe that's not true?), she started using phrases common with fundies (maybe she just picked it up from her religious family members?) etc. As of the 4th of July, I discovered solid confirmation of Kristi's descent to the right.
Since her son was a baby, she has often discussed her interest in homeschooling with her followers. At one point, she asked her followers if it was possible to build a mini-school on her property and hire a teacher to come to them (I will get back to this at the end of this post). A few days ago, she confirmed that she had decided to send her son to a homeschool co-op when he starts school, later this year.
Because I follow her sister on social media, I knew that this was her sister's homeschool group as the photo Kristi posted matched the ones posted on her sister's homeschool Facebook page. Her sister has been featured in Kristi's videos and, last year, Kristi made a gofundme for her sister with her name and photos included so her sister is somewhat of a public figure via Kristi. Kristi's sister recently started this homeschool group with a friend because she believes god spoke to them and told them they need to rescue children from the "perverse" public school system.
On the 4th of July, a video was posted to the homeschool's social media pages showing them participating in a parade. It featured them holding signs associate with anti-lgbt sentiment. The slogan, "don't mess with our kids" is actually the name of an anti-lgbt hate organization and it is clear that they are associated with this hate group because the sign is promoting their hashtag. Kristi's son was in the video, face showing. I will not be posting him but I find it interesting that she's against showing his face on social media unless it's being used to promote hate.
Although Kristi does not appear in the video, allowing her son to be involved in it shows her support. She also liked the video on Facebook.
Now it seems like Kristi is getting her wish of having a school on here property. The homeschool announced they're moving locations on their Facebook page with a picture from Kristi's outdoor entertainment area that has been featured on her social media. I have blocked out all faces aside from Kristi's sister.
A video was also posted by someone involved with the homeschool group showing children playing in Kristi's tree net. Kristi frequently shares her tree net in her instagram stories. Kristi has also announced that she is building her sister a house on her property so all things point in the direction of Kristi now hosting this homeschool group on her property. All things considered, she cannot distance herself from these hateful beliefs.
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