Now, just over a year later, you may be surprised to know that when Heather Brooke Simpson agreed to sit down with Scary Mommy, her intention was to spread a surprising new message. Far-right political views, anti-choice rhetoric, and conspiracy series dot the landscape of her social media presence. Unsurprisingly, many of Heather Brooke Simpson’s social media posts from her time on the anti-vaxx scene were cringeworthy, upsetting and downright offensive.
The anti-vaxx world was her entire world, and her social network depended on it. Simpson says she received on overwhelming number of angry messages, including death threats and calls for her suicide. In anti-vaccine groups on Facebook, Heather Brooke Simpson received endless positive attention for her costume, but elsewhere, people were not so amused. Before she knew it, Simpson’s photo was all over the internet. Her tasteless and misguided joke went viral.
