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more about #saraziff suiterkin: As a graduate student in English planning many courses for the first time, it's interesting to see responses to this syllabus. Looking at this profess... more » girlleastlikelyto: One of my writing professors co-wrote Desert Flower. What I've read of it is very affecting. I think books about models like that can lead to some int... more » LadybirdRamone: Wendy Belcher is an amazing teacher. I took a class with her before she went to Princeton, and it was both interesting and actually useful. I went to ... more » sportz.star: YAWN. I took: Disneyland and American Culture and the Sociology of Pop Culture (wherein I studied Trekkers and wrote a paper on Titanic (the movie) ... more » coffee milk: When you open Naomi Campbell's book, a mobile phone flies out. Sure it hurts when it hits you, but, hey, free cell phone! #modelbehaviors more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: I'm waiting for the day someone wises up and finally bases a class around my memoir of being a blog commenter and on again/off again bloggist. #modelb... more » WaltzingMatilda: "discussions of contemporary television programs" ANTM time! (but seriously, I did a final class paper on P Funk, so you shall hear no complaints f... more » andromache: I'd be interested in seeing the syllabus for this course. While I'm skeptical, I do agree that sometimes the "fluff" course turn out to be much more ... more » graciousplum: Does Tyra have one? Surely. But I can't think of it, if it exists....you'd think she of all people would! more » hello.kitty: Is AFTER THE RAIN by Princeton alum Brooke Shields additional reading? Anybody remember the name of her first book, the one she wrote while still a s... more » JessicaLovejoy: Laughing, riding, cornholing!: Get with the program, Prof. No Lifeguard on Duty or GTFO! more » Triana Orpheus: I understand that knowledge of pop culture is important, but classes like this is why America is slowing down on innovation and intelligence. #modelbe... more » Highsmith: The only book written by a model I would read, hasn't been written yet. What are you waiting for, Lauren Hutton? #modelbehaviors more » greengrey: I don't think "secret sales" is anything new. more » LaComtesse: Re Bee Schaffer wanting to be a lawyer and working in theater... I come from a family of lawyers and actors: the differences between the personalitie... more » bluebears: hahahahaha. Yes Grace, having an appetite is HILARIOUS. more » Sukie in the Graveyard: Ah, Vogue. Remember those covers, Vogue? Weren't they nice? (though, clearly, parts of the industry have destroyed far too many people) The covers w... more » ArtfulSlinger: Thank you for this piece. Oddly Mulder was in my mind recently after the Muse exhibit at the Met here in NYC. As one of the most beautiful models ev... more » Kira Smith: WTF is going on here?! It seems like Jezebel simultaneously fetishizes modeling, dance, Marilyn Monroe's exact weight and measurements and writes long... more » lfw1031: Tatiana - your post hit me square in the jaw. As a dumpy, 4'11' "normal" gal, I spent countless hours of my teenaged years alternating between complet... more » -
#higherlearning
Princeton To Teach Class On Books Written By Models
So this ridiculously expensive Ivy League university of which I'm sure you've heard is offering a class in model memoirs. More » -
#ragtrade
Naomi Campbell Speaks Out (For A Change)
- Naomi Campbell: "Unfortunately, we are the same as before...People, in the panic of the recession, don't dare to put a girl of colour in their campaign, full stop. Nor of any other race. It's a shame. It's very sad." [Telegraph]
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#modelbehaviors
Modeling And The Tragedy Of Karen Mulder
The news that '90s supermodel Karen Mulder was arrested in Paris for making death threats to her plastic surgeon could be written off as, at worst, a punchline, or at best, the latest expression of an unbalanced woman's erratic behavior.
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#modelbehaviors
"Sena, Can You Grab His Cock And Twist It Real Hard." (NSFW)
Ew: "The scene: a casting with a photographer... Halfway through the meeting Sena Cech is asked to strip. She does as instructed and takes off her clothes. Then the photographer starts undressing as well." [Observer] More » -
#modelbehaviors
5 Fashion Model Blogs That Are Actually Interesting
The casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that personality is making a fashion comeback just now, after years of Eastern Brazilopean clones on the runway and in the magazines. More » -
#onphotography
In New Documentary Film, The Fashion Models Shoot Back
Sara Ziff — an outspoken Sasha Pivovarova double — started modeling at 14, and deferred college to model full-time. After 12 years in the industry, she's co-directed a documentary about the working lives of models. More »


