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more about #newyorkmagazine more comments → Lumix: On the one hand I do not believe that she should be dismissed as serious simply because of her age, which seems like the tone of the original piece; o... more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: I think her redaction was tacky and did more to reinforce her under-cutty tone than anything. Tavi is enjoying herself and people obviously appreciate... more » whynotshesaid: Maybe it's just me, but using Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as comparison points seems to undermine her argument. They both seem pretty serious about fa... more » sydbarrettsaves, emissary of hell: Yes, Blume. Back away from the ignorant comments. Slowly now, don't make it too obvious. Make sure people understand that you were only concerned for ... more » LazyHippo: New book by Lesley M.M. Blume: Are You There God? It's Me, Lesley, Trying to Make a Retraction. more » janusjana: I wonder if Blume has done more than glance at Tavi's blog? It's 2 parts personal opinion, 1 part esoteric knowledge, and 1 part "here's what I'm wea... more » phoebe.assenza: I didn't think Blume's comments were all that bad. She's not attacking a 13-year old girl, she's commenting on the ridiculous, intense amount of media... more » Norton: But... she IS a novelty. That doesn't mean that she isn't knowledgeable or any of that. It means that she's known solely because she's 13. It's a grea... more » BeckySharper: Yeah, because the fashion industry is sooooo concerned about the welfare of adolescents. Noooooo they'd never want to seen teenage girls be explo... more » dripdrop: I sort of see where she's coming from when she says " I also expressed concern that she is being used as a novel marketing gimmick by an industry not ... more » EarlyGrey: I sort of agree with the idea that it's insulting to expect adult women to heed the fashion cues of a 13 year old child. If for no other reason than a... more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: "I didn't mean to call her a novelty, except for all those times I called her a novelty. I mean, I seriously don't know how you got 'novelty' from wh... more » thelaurenator: Was this man even thinking about the fourteen year old girl, or was he thinking about his magical power to move incest-rapists to tears???? The fact t... more » deitybox: ....and you called the police, right, Mr. Daniels? Right?? more » Gnatalby: Well thanks for alerting the authorities, Daniels, that was decent of you! Oh wait no, you took this confession of a sex crime about minor as an ego ... more » -
#infashion
Fashionista Didn't Mean To Say Tavi Gevinson Was Just "A Novelty"
Vogue contributor and children's author Lesley M. M. Blume wrote us today to distance herself from some of her reported comments about 13-year-old writer Tavi Gevinson, whom she thrice called "a novelty." More » -
#notablequotable
Awards Season
"Some guy came up to me at a screening that I was at recently and he told me that he, um, was sexually abusing his 14-year-old daughter...And he was crying. To me, that is the award." -Precious' Lee Daniels. [NYMag] -
#myprecious
Push Comes To Shove: Precious Pushback
Today, David Edelstein at New York Magazine has some choice words for me and the Jezebel "posse" and Vogue's Andre Leon Talley reveals why he passed on a Precious cameo. [New York, Movieline] -
#incontrol
The Pelosi Principle: Madame Speaker Smiles Through The Madness
"Back then, there was a tendency for women to minimize what you could bring to the table in intellect and strategic thinking. But men don't have any secret sauce." Profiled in New York Magazine, Nancy Pelosi doesn't pull any punches. More » -
#letstalkabout
New Yorkers' Sex Lives Lead Researcher To Conclude We Are Culpably Neurotic
Writer Wesley Yang spent three weeks poring over the entire compendium of New York's popular Sex Diaries feature: 800 pages of printed out Diaries and their associated user-generated assholia. New Yorkers, it turns out, are a smug bunch of wankers.
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#maghag
Anna Wintour: The Early Years
In the summer of 1981, a young British stylist who'd worked at Harper's Bazaar and Savvy landed at New York Magazine. Her job was fashion editor; her name was Anna Wintour. Peep that staff portrait!
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#storystraightening
Marc Jacobs: Madonna's Beau Either Integral To His Business, Or Not Working For Him At All
Madonna, her Brazilian lover Jesus Luz, and Marc Jacobs certainly kicked up quite the international media storm last week, as competing allegations about Luz's immigration and work status ate up column inches in every tabloid. More » -
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#modelbehaviors
"'We're not using black models this season.' Like it's a category."
In a video for New York, Somali models Iman and Ubah Hassan — face of Ralph Lauren — talk about diversity on the runway, and why SI should feature a 32A girl some day. [NYMag] -
#modelbehaviors
Hanging With The Boys
For a refreshing, balanced look at the allegedly glamorous world of male modeling, read this story about a (really, really ridiculously good-looking) kid from Tennessee named Petey. [New York Magazine] -
#knockingtheknockedup
Are Pregnant Women Dulled By "Fuzz-Head" Hormones?
One of New York magazine's "Reasons To Love New York" is "Because Our Pregnant Women Kick Ass." The mag makes an example of Amy Poehler, noting that she's inspiring:
