Part of me is exasperated at all the very young, white, privileged fashion bloggers that have risen to fame (Cory Kennedy is the obvious, but also Alexi Wasser from imboycrazy.com, and I know there are others whose names/URLs I cannot recall), so am kind of meh about hearing news about Tavi Gevinson.
That said, having just read her blog, she comes across as wide-eyed and adorable- reading her reaction over meeting Chloë Sevigny and not meeting Hedi Slimane, she seems as much an excitable fourteen year old as anyone, privilege and extraordinary circumstances notwithstanding, I guess.
@Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: What is her privilege, exactly? I've been wondering for a while how she gets her hands on such extraordinary clothing at such a young age. Are her parents in the fashion world?
"1,500 girls lined up on Saturday in New York, and another 1,000 in Los Angeles, to try to be chosen as America's representative to the Ford agency's Supermodel of the World competition"
Haven't they been running that competition for a while now? Like, pre-ANTM days?
@femme-bot: Oh, SMOW's been around forever. But I don't think they held cast-of-thousands ANTM-style free-for-alls on selection day. That is pure reality TV.
Chaske Spencer, you are nothing like the Beatles. The Beatles were talented. You are not. You are in a shite film with shite acting. Not the same thing. Not even close.
@Mrs. Stephen Fry: To be fair, he wasn't trying to make comparisons re: talent, but rather of girls gone batshitcrazy. I actually do feel sorry for these guys... it's not their fault that our generation chose a less-cool infatuation to wet their knickers over!
@Mrs. Stephen Fry: That's true. But that's probably in part the problem- we've grown up with these folk tales of yore about girls scaling fences to get to the Fab Four, that when we hear about similar circumstances involving the Sparkle Vamp, there really isn't any other comparison easily at hand.
And for this, I blame George. You should never trust the quiet one.
Dodai, you clearly haven't been hearing the squeals of delight emitting from every guy I know whenever the Avatar trailer comes on. If I didn't know better, I'd swear I was hanging out with Leo fans back in 1996.
I'm getting a little tired of Adam Lambert waxing on about everything under the sun, with no significant music to make him relevant. Maybe it's just me being out o the loop but i can't think of any of his songs that have been *really successful*. Maybe he should concentrate on that?
Also, how on earth have men NOT been using sexuality in their acts? Oh Adam, R.Kelly was shoving womens faces in his crotch when we were still in diapers. Granted, theres been no mn on man that I can think of, and I welcome it, just back it up with something better than formulaic/mediocre songs, will ya?
re: Robin Thicke and Paula Patton naming the baby so early - I've always wondered how parents to be can pick names out AT ALL before having the child. I've never been in that position, so it's not a judgment thing, just something I don't understand. How do you give someone that you don't know a name? And, yea, probs a bad idea to tell People magazine about it.
@MIXED: True story: I have my future sons' names all picked out. Sure, the father(s?) can pick out the middle names, but the first names are already chosen.
@MIXED: Well, even if you name a baby after it's born, you're still giving it a name based on what suits the child at that time. You don't know what the child will look like 30 years into the future and whether the name will still suit them.
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That said, having just read her blog, she comes across as wide-eyed and adorable- reading her reaction over meeting Chloë Sevigny and not meeting Hedi Slimane, she seems as much an excitable fourteen year old as anyone, privilege and extraordinary circumstances notwithstanding, I guess.
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ETA: apparently her dad is a 'high-school teacher,' but no comment on what her mum does.
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Haven't they been running that competition for a while now? Like, pre-ANTM days?
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And for this, I blame George. You should never trust the quiet one.
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Not to mention the movie Irreversible. I don't know why someone felt the need to make a movie with a nine minute long rape scene.
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#tips
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Also, how on earth have men NOT been using sexuality in their acts? Oh Adam, R.Kelly was shoving womens faces in his crotch when we were still in diapers. Granted, theres been no mn on man that I can think of, and I welcome it, just back it up with something better than formulaic/mediocre songs, will ya?
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um maybe because he hasn't really had any songs out??
His album comes out tomorrow and will likely be a huge hit.
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And to the Prejean family: I propose bigots and the narrow-minded be legally prevented from marrying and raising children, ditto on the immediacy.
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