Pokimane responds to Valkyrae\u2019s RFLCT controversy: \u201cUse sunscreen\u201d Instagram: pokimanelol\/100 ThievesPokimane has responded to the wave of backlash aimed at Valkyrae\u2019s new RFLCT skincare line which claimed to decrease the harmful effects of blue-light on human skin. On October 19, Rachell \u2018Valkyrae\u2019 Hofstetter announced the launch of her new skincare line RFLCT, with the goal of protecting gamers everywhere from the blue-light being emitted from their monitors. However, a stark lack of evidence against the effects of this light has raised questions about the brand\u2019s intent, and whether or not Valkyrae\u2019s community was being \u201cscammed\u201d by the team behind the product. Fellow streamer and content creator Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys chimed into the conversation, stating she acknowledges the \u201cresearch concerns\u201d around the product. However, she wants to give Valkyrae the benefit of the doubt as more details emerge. Concerns over Valkyrae\u2019s RFLCT are \u201cvalid\u201d: Pokimane As Valkyrae\u2019s former housemate, Pokimane said she feels like she\u2019s in a tough spot to speak on the subject. However, the Twitch star feels like she has an obligation to her audience to be \u201cpretty honest\u201d regardless. \u201cI completely agree that there are valid research concerns, especially when you call out something that to be harmful but when it\u2019s not universally considered as such,\u201d she explained on a October 21 Twitch stream. \u201cI\u2019m glad she acknowledged those concerns were valid, and I guess all I can really say is that I hope she creates a solution to resolve it.\u201d The streamer also spoke on how this represents a bigger problem in the world of influencer brands than just this one incident. \u201cThis highlights how people like us \u2014 streamers with large audiences, especially if they\u2019re young and impressionable \u2014 we really have to be held accountable and do our due diligence before promoting anything,\u201d Pokimane said. Pokimane did reserve any further judgment until Valkyrae has had a chance to tell her side of the story. \u201cWe can further discuss it when we see what she and the brand respond with,\u201d she said. Valkyrae has announced on Twitter she\u2019ll be returning to streaming on October 23 at 3PM PT to address the situation. Poki\u2019s big two takeaways from the situation are people should \u201cuse sunscreen\u201d regardless, and streamers need to \u201cdo a lot of research\u201d before attempting to sell anything to their audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pokimane responds to Valkyrae\u2019s RFLCT controversy: \u201cUse sunscreen\u201d Instagram: pokimanelol\/100 ThievesPokimane has responded to the wave of backlash aimed at Valkyrae\u2019s new RFLCT skincare line which claimed to decrease the harmful effects of blue-light on human skin. On October 19, Rachell \u2018Valkyrae\u2019 Hofstetter announced the launch of her new skincare line RFLCT, with the goal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}