Her tv show was fairly entertaining. 🤣 I kept watching it like a train wreck wondering how a grown woman could have so many excuses for why her life kept not turning out.

She definitely has a massive victim complex, you’re very correct about that.

Hello WhoCares!

I’m writing an Op-Ed/Review of Class–I too was at UM when Land attended. Would you be willing to be interviewed? Thanks! :)

I have struggled with Land since being on a book award committee and was forced to read Maid. I think Maid is more sincere and focused on overcoming the struggle. I don’t think the writing is great but it was okay.

Class… I listened to the audiobook, narrated by the author. I am not sure exactly when, but I was suddenly not entertained and mostly annoyed. The irresponsible behavior is just… ugh. It’s real, no doubt, but I think Land is narcissistic and it’s gross.

I live in the town in Alaska that she went to college in before she dropped out the first time. She hasn’t visited and doesn’t mention Alaska because she knows that we are ready to let everyone know that she’s a liar, she made Her background sound bad so people would feel bad for her when she kept making bad choices. I do think she was maybe an alcoholic at the time, Just smoking a ton of weed and drinking a lot, which can make life pretty tough.

But there is definitely a reason why she hasn’t come back to Alaska and done a book tour or any kind of press— she knows that we know, and we don’t like fake people up here.

I honestly thought her next installment would be about Alaska and her younger years wildly partying here, because it’s a lot more likable portion of her life then refusing to work and instead going on welfare and going to get a Master’s Degree.

Reading Maid I was rooting for her. Then learned that she had a second child that she could not adequately support or parent. I was/am appalled. When she’s on this book tour, on podcasts and radio, does anyone ever push back about her choices? She’s the current queen of poverty porn and raking it in.

I’m listening to this now through Spotify. I live in Bozeman and there has been a lot of hype surrounding Class’ release. I am absolutely appalled at the writing and stories in Class. She has the opportunity to be a platform for impoverished individuals and single mothers, but instead re-enforces every negative stereotype related to the group.

She is 35 in the book and continues to make awful decisions without any accountability and half-assed attempts to blame the consequences on the “system”. She constantly judges other students’ privilege without realizing that the vast majority of students in college Montana also work almost full or full time (I went to school here and currently teach at the college level). The thing that upsets me the most throughout her writing, though, is her ability to leave her young daughter with a variety of men (either she is dating/sleeping with or are “friends”) as she goes out to have fun, work, or go to class. I understand child care is expensive, but the number of young women who grow up to report sexual assault is too high to have unvetted and random men care for your daughter.

I’m glad to see others have similar opinions regarding this book. I was excited to read Class ( I only watched Maid) as many reviews were singing its praises.

THANK YOU for your comment! I have heard several incredibly positive/sympathetic interviews with Stephanie Land, and could not believe that the interviewers weren’t challenging her about how her life choices made a bad situation far, far worse.

I enjoyed Maid and loved the Netflix series, which helped me empathize with the many ways our country makes life even harder for poor people. But I think Stephanie Land reinforces every bad stereotype about poor people. While I admire her for pursuing her education and giving herself a path out of abject poverty, I find it unthinkable that she had a second child while she was still very poor and unstable (emotionally and financially).

There are so many hardworking people in this country who are making difficult but responsible choices: to complete their education BEFORE starting a family, to use birth control and exercise their reproductive rights so they don’t have children they can’t raise properly, to have only as many children as they can afford (which could mean 0 or 1 child when they’d love a houseful), to have children with a loving and responsible partner (or not at all), to study in a major that will allow them to earn a stable income, to take care of their children rather than abandoning them, and on and on.

In contrast, Stephanie Land seems quite entitled about her “rights” (to be a student, to be a parent) and very lax about her responsibilities (like providing food, clothing, shelter, emotional stability for her children). Her children have suffered as a consequence. And we as taxpayers have to pay for the consequences of her poor choices. Our country is filled young people living in totally unstable homes, many who are repeating the mistakes of their parents. This leads me to wonder: How would Stephanie Land feel if her own daughters were single, broke and pregnant?

I would love to meet her in person just to see how she really is. Class has been so so disappointing for me so far. Besides the lack of accountability, just lacking in substance, reflection and value.