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Zoe Kravitz For Vera; Mary-Kate & Ashley Close Beauty Line
Back To School: John School. No Trapper Keepers Needed.
"Most Stories That Involve Me Have A Happy Ending."
British Professor: Prostitution Is Not All Bubble Baths And Bordellos
Sales Clerks At Fancy Stores: What Is Up Their Butts Anyway?
Hollywood Always Loves A Harlot

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J.D.Regent
11/06/09

In reply to Zoe Kravitz For Vera; Mary-Kate & Ashley Close Beauty Line
Anointed! Like Christ? So funny. I love your posts on the Kimberly Process in Zim and on the Goldstone scarves! Fashion matters, people. #ragtrade
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LvV
11/06/09

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I am not trying to be mean, but Lily Cole's cakes are probably not very good. Cooking allows for many freedoms (and that salad she's describing sounds delicious) but baking is a science and requires precise amounts to turn out properly.

/cookie nerd #zoekravitz
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Ratinski
11/06/09

@LvV: Definitely. One of my friends is a stellar cook and a terrible baker, because she can't just toss things in. She claims it's boring.

I claim it's just as creative; you just have to be carefully creative. #zoekravitz
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Hana Maru
11/07/09

@LvV: I know a guy who bragged that he made awsome cakes just like Lily Cole, mixing this and that, and guessing the amounts. The one time I actually tasted his cake, it was dense and horrible, but I didn't have the heart to say so. He's a really nice, generous person. I suspect something similar's going on with Cole and her friends. #zoekravitz
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perfidia
11/06/09

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Olivier Zahm: Definitely has Booger's hair. #zoekravitz
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
11/06/09

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True confessions: I have actually worn the mary-kateandashley makeup. They made a really kick ass gold metallic eye shadow pencil that I used to rock in high school. #zoekravitz
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dj_chick
11/06/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I still have a couple of their eyeshadows. I've had them for years and should probably toss them, but now it's like they're a relic or something ... #zoekravitz
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LBB
11/06/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: They had a peach flavored sparkly lip gloss that was *the shit*. I still have a tube of it somewhere... #zoekravitz
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Hana Maru
11/07/09

@Zombie Ms. Skittles: I have too! I bought a bunch of it at once, like 5 years ago, because they had things packaged together and then they were buy one get one free, and they were cheap. It was good makeup, especially the lip gloss. I used everything until they were done and I still have the dark brown eyeliner.

It is a little embarrassing. One of my friends peeked in my makeup bag and was like "I didn't know you were a Mary Kate and Ashley fan" #zoekravitz
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Penny
11/06/09

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I have very strong opinions about Eileen Fisher. I worked in a boutique that sold her things when I was in college and, regardless of the "image" she's going for (fuck, it's fashion), she IS a godsend to a lot of women. If you can sell a cute pair of linen drawstring pants in XS to a 19 year old like me and dress a size 22 who is 50 and a professional, you're doing something right.

Fisher's ads feature a pretty wide range of women (ages, races and yes, sizes). She doesn't need to target the plus-size market because they already flock to her.

Also, Rosie bugs me. Does Donna Karan go for a plus size image? No. #ragtrade
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lilyHaze
11/06/09

@Penny: It's not my kind of style, but Eileen Fisher clothing seems to be very well made. Many of the brands catering to plus sizes seem to be very cheaply made.

If I go to a higher end department store and look at plus sizes, the style is very dowdy and matronly. There are young, plus size women who have the money to buy nice things.
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Jenna
11/06/09

@Penny: I agree about the designs -- I actually love some of Eileen Fisher's pieces. (Most of them I stole from my mum, but you know.)

However, it is true the company is consciously chasing a younger "hipper" customer -- they certainly collaborated with a Times article stating same -- and that strikes me as foolish.

And if Fisher herself said what O'Donnell reports, to her very face, that is just downright mean.
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Penny
11/06/09

@Jenna: Ah, well, I have admittedly not paid much attention to the company in recent years (besides seeing ads here and there). Bummer. #zoekravitz
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Penny
11/06/09

@Penny: But Rosie still bugs me :-) #zoekravitz
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ardentlilac
11/06/09

@Jenna: I agree. I'm not one to ditch good design willy nilly, but Fisher's rudeness to a happy, loyal customer tells me I shouldn't express any more gratitude to Eileen Fisher with my hard-earned money because clearly my fat behind insults her business.

Famous person talking about and wearing your clothes = great advertising. Famous person telling fans how rude and ungrateful clothing designer is = bad advertising. That's how social media works, lady. #zoekravitz
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madeofawesome
11/06/09

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Zac Efron can wear my favorite jeans for eight weeks to get them to look "perfectly lived-in." I don't mind. Honestly. #ragtrade
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Sanfo
11/06/09

@madeofawesome: I'd like to see if his theory works on my bed, and I'm willing to hire him to find out. #zoekravitz
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pantsless economist...access RESTORED
11/06/09

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Ugh, the Kimberley Process is worthless. #ragtrade
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DeedleDee
11/06/09

@pantsless economist...access RESTORED: A shiny rock is not worth the prices paid in human suffering. #zoekravitz
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Penny
11/06/09

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She's being knighted by President Obama...

I didn't know the President was able to do this. Are we in England? #ragtrade
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Jenna
11/06/09

@Penny: "...And then, he's gonna make her Lady Wintour, Viscountess of 4 Times Square, and Marchioness of the Leaping Brazilians, and he'll take her as his vassal for Long Island, and then they'll all eat pizza and cupcakes." #zoekravitz
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Penny
11/06/09

In reply to Zoe Kravitz For Vera; Mary-Kate & Ashley Close Beauty Line
I was reading through the UK Vogue with Georgia May on the cover last night. It's literally the first time I have flipped through a magazine and felt frightfully old. #ragtrade
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labratintraining
11/06/09

In reply to Zoe Kravitz For Vera; Mary-Kate & Ashley Close Beauty Line
I can relate to Lily Cole's excitement about cooking. I just started cooking meals that are more complicated than "1.) Punch hole in plastic 2.) Put in microwave" and "Place meat in between two pieces of bread." I get really excited when I don't require recipes to get my food going. But I guess I usually only share this excitement with my boyfriend, and he kind of just gives me a skyped-pat on the head-look and proceeds to continue his tradition of cooking delicious food.

And yeah, I actually remember Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's make-up line. Probably because I was a pre-teen at the time it started and scanned the make-up aisle of Wal-Mart like I used to pace and analyze the toy aisle.
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Penny
11/06/09

@labratintraining: I can relate to the excitement about salads. I make some rockin' salads. #zoekravitz
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dominique.blain
11/06/09

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'calculate pi to the 100th decibel '

... now that made me laugh.
(p.s. decimal :D )
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Jenna
11/06/09

@dominique.blain: I suppose if a gifted person sang her mental calculation of pi, you could say it'd be to the 100th decibel.

(NEED. COFFEE.) #zoekravitz
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badmutha
11/06/09

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How can a rapist inspire anything but mortal dread? That is so inappropriate, even if he was her brother. #ragtrade
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berryline
08/27/09

In reply to Back To School: John School. No Trapper Keepers Needed.
I like the Swedish system, under which selling sex is not illegal but buying sex is. Seems like the most sensible and most humane approach to the whole issue of prostitution.
With regard to the John Schools, I think it's actually good that they target johns who have picked up street walkers. the "escort agencies and internet hookups" are less likely--I think?--to exploit drug addicted or enslaved women.
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bluebears
08/27/09

@berryline: I didn't know that about Sweden, thats really interesting.
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berryline
08/27/09

@bluebears: yeah, they rock. [en.wikipedia.org]
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Treeless
08/27/09

In reply to Back To School: John School. No Trapper Keepers Needed.
Placing Johns on the sex offender registry--for a consensual act with a grown woman--is very "gotcha!" in nature, dilutes the seriousness and purpose of the registry, and infantilizes any sex worker who has chosen her profession. As long as prostitution is illegal, I don't mind the concept of John School (most Johns are ignorant or in denial of the nature of prostitution or seeing sex workers as human) but putting Johns on the registry would have ridiculous detriments not worth the possible benefit. If people are so hell-bent on protecting prostitutes like any other worker, I wager their work should be decriminalized and taxed and subject to the protections of all legal workers (and thus able to seek help from police and social agencies without fear). No one has to like or approve of prostitution to support humane treatment of sex workers. I'd be weirded out if a bf of mine admitted to "paying for it" once in his wild youth, but I don't want him to have to live a certain distance from schools for the rest of his life like some molester. The punishment wouldn't fit the crime.
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Hana Maru
08/27/09

@Treeless: I don't think Johns being named as sex offenders is something you need to realistically worry about. Male politicians would never risk themselves being placed in that category.
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LaComtesse
08/27/09

In reply to Back To School: John School. No Trapper Keepers Needed.
Has anyone seen the documentary "Very Young Girls?" The opening scenes are all about girls, none of whom entered prostitution AFTER the age of 16 (most were 13 or so), talking about the abuse they suffered from their pimps and johns. Anyway, after all that there’s a scene that takes place at a lecture the johns have to go to. The cop there explains that their crime will not show up on any of their records, but that they can’t do it again because these girls are young and often sex slaves. One guy raises his hand after hearing this and says "When’s the break?" All the other guys laughed.

While I believe prostitution should be made legal, I think that scene is clear that we need to properly set the stage for it…
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Plum-Pie
08/27/09

@LaComtesse: 1/3 street-level prostitutes in the US are under the age of 18 - so the most vulnerable sex workers are also the youngest (and arguably not 'sex workers' at all, but rape victims). ([www.sp2.upenn.edu])
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Zombies make the heart grow fonder
08/27/09

@LaComtesse: Yes, I actually just watched that documentary the other day on netflix. I was so enraged at that guy!
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