Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Kate Paltrow is an American Oscar-winning actress, fashion guru, and wholehearted promoter of an expansive range of nutty pseudosciences (usually alternative medicine and beauty products). She owns/runs the website Goop.com (named for her initialsMartha, Oprah ... Gwyneth?, New York Times), which pushes the exact same bullshit (but has extra writers).
==(Lack of) expertise==
Does Paltrow have any scientific education to back up her claims?
Nope! After attending the uber-wealthy Gwyneth Paltrow: Why do so many people hate on her?, Entertainment Magazine Paltrow briefly "[s]tudied anthropology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, before dropping out to pursue her acting career."Famous Alumni Directory, myplan.com And thus ends Paltrow's expertise in medicine.
==Pseudoscience pushing==
List of woo that Paltrow or Goop has promoted:
*Vaginal steaming: Yes, you read that correctly.Snake Oil Alert: Why Gwyneth Paltrow Gets Her Vagina Steam-Cleaned, and Why You Probably Shouldn’t, by Friendly Atheist, PatheosVaginal Steaming Is a "Must" For Gwyneth Paltrow, But Not for Everyone, RedbookGwynnie Is No Gyno. Link broken.
*Colonics, including a $135 coffee enema called "The Implant O'Rama"The Nuts and Bolts of Colonics GoopThe Implant O'Rama websiteWhat Is A Coffee Enema? Goop Is Facing Backlash For Linking To This Potentially Dangerous Cleanse by Brandi Neal (January 6, 2017) Bustle.
*Putting a jade or rose quartz egg up the vagina. This can get infections into the vagina and cause potentially fatal toxic shock.Uh-Oh! Gwyneth Paltrow Is Dispensing Terrible Vagina Advice Again!, by Friendly Atheist, Patheos They got rocks in their hoo-ha, PharyngulaGwyneth Paltrow sells a jade vagina egg, Why Evolution Is True In 2018, Goop agreed to pay $145,000 for making false claims regarding the eggs in a settlement with California state prosecutors; the false claim had stated, "increase vaginal muscle tone, hormonal balance, and feminine energy in general".Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop touted the ‘benefits’ of putting a jade egg in your vagina. Now it must pay by Amy B Wang (September 5 at 3:36 PM) The Washington Post. Suckers Consumers who bought the eggs are also entitled to full refunds.
*Psychological astrology: Don't know why you're an idiot? Blame the planets, and then you'll be sure.A Psychologist Astrologer on Using Your Sun Sign to Navigate Conflict, Goop
*Pissing in the shower (for health reasons): Again, you read that correctly.The Secrets of the Pelvic Floor, Goop
*Apitherapy: Specifically, deliberately getting bees to sting oneself.Gwyneth Paltrow Has Been Stung by Bees, for Beauty, The Cut
*Yawning correctly (for health reasons)!Why Yawning is Important—And How to Optimize the Reflex, Goop
*Science doesn't know everything:
:*Goop is happy to report that one of their suppliers, Anthony, "gets his information from "Spirit"—not from medical textbooks or studies".A Heavy Metal Detox, Goop(Perhaps God really does move in mysterious ways -- but instead of writing Bibles, he's busy helping you learn the secrets of the universe for only $19.99.)
:*Moreover, Goop claims that scientists are indoctrinated against alternative medicine and other ways of knowing.The Medical Medium—and What’s Potentially at the Root of Medical Mysteries, Goop While certainly not "indoctrinated", scientists are trained in critical thinking and the scientific method — precisely the skillset that Gwyneth & Co lack and the exact lack of which allows them to accept their own current beliefs in the first place.
*Annee de Mamiel: Skin-cream maker and woomeister extraordinaire (but extraordinary mostly in her insane prices).The New Secret Beauty Formula: Intention, Goop
*After riding airplanes, making sure to go to a nice warm, dank sauna and "sweat out" the germs.How Gwyneth Paltrow Likes to Travel, New York Times
*The debunkedGywneth Paltrow's Goop: Worst advice from the eccentric lifestyle website, The Independent bra-breast cancer link.Could There Possibly Be a Link Between Underwire Bras and Breast Cancer??, Goop
*Miscellaneous quantum woo (including that of Masaru Emoto and Habib Sadeghi).Goop Mag 16, GoopThe New Secret Beauty Formula: Intention, GoopThe Goop-iest Goop That Ever Gooped: Skincare Products Nurtured with Chants and Music, SlateGwyneth Paltrow Claims Water Has Feelings in Weird New Blog Post, StylecasterGwyneth Paltrow: Yelling at water hurts its feelings, Stuff
*Water memory: Because kinda-sentient water makes homeopathy possible and sounds really cool. (A particularly memorableGet it? example is that yelling at water hurts its feelings.)
*Colon cleanses: A shitty idea, har!Gwyneth Paltrow Now Sells GOOP Colon Cleanses
*Ayurvedic medicine: The older a medicine is, the more power it has. Fact.
*Faith healing.
*Crystal woo and crystal healing.
*Sound healing.
*Aromatherapy.
*Acupuncture.
*Essential oils.
*Stickers that promote "wellness", a snip at $60-$120.Gwyneth Paltrow and Goop's latest health fad was so bad that NASA got involved, Business Insider
*And of course: "spirit truffles"Spirit Truffles, Goop that contain "spirit dust"Listing for Spirit Dust. Note that it sells for 38 fucking dollars. (presumably a blend of artisanally hand-crushed, organic human souls—hopefully not sweetened with ).
===Hypocrisy===
In case you were wondering:
*Paltrow "smoke[s] one cigarette a week".'I smoke one cigarette a week': Gwyneth Paltrow the health fanatic reveals her vice... and vows to NEVER get Botox again, Daily Mail Those toxins sure are nasty, aren't they?
*Paltrow simultaneously sells aluminum-containing products, and claims that aluminum is "one of the greatest threats to our health and well-being".Gwyneth Paltrow Sells 'Toxic' Goop With Ingredients She Says Are Dangerous, Forbes
==Bad art yacht club==
Paltrow was one of several celebrity bandwagoneers to have purchased cryptocurrency-based non-fungible tokens in an attempt to be trendy or cool.Actress Gwyneth Paltrow Joined The Bored Ape Yacht Club Yesterday Evening (Feb 8, 2022) The Bored Ape Gazette (archived from December 22, 2023).Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall by Zeke Faux (2023) Crown Currency. ISBN 0593443810.
==In touch with the people==
Paltrow's take on the human experience obviously has nothing to do with the (in)validity of her favored products. However, since Paltrow often promotes these products as part of her "lifestyle" brand (and thus ties these products to her own success), it's perhaps worth mentioning that Paltrow is hardly a down-to-earth angel, commenting (in a veritable orgasm of relatability):Gwyneth Paltrow’s 25 Most Pretentious Quotes, Stylecaster
"I know, right?!"
==Nugget of good==
Paltrow starred in Contagion, a movie that portrays scientists as hardworking, goodhearted people and portrays alternative-medicine pushers as moneygrubbers. In other words, it rebuffs precisely the kind of woo that Paltrow promotes – and more ironically, she was Patient Zero for the pandemic.
==See also==
*Appeal to celebrity
*, the obstetrician-gynecologist who has painstakingly debunked Paltrow's woo
*Princess Märtha Louise
==External links==
*Goop.com, Paltrow's website
:*Account at Twitter
:*Account at Facebook
==Notes==
==References==
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