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    Gisele Bundchen Tops High-Earning Models List, Again

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    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    05/28/09

    In reply to Gisele Bundchen Tops High-Earning Models List, Again
    I was always under the impression that Adriana Lima was also mixed? Oh, race; must you always insist upon classifying?
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    05/28/09

    In reply to Gisele Bundchen Tops High-Earning Models List, Again
    Everyone should watch Beautiful People. It's so darling.
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    05/28/09

    In reply to Gisele Bundchen Tops High-Earning Models List, Again
    What is Bi-Racial?


    Can't we get past even thinking in race. Adirana Lima and Gisele are Brazilian, what race is a Brazilian?

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    05/28/09

    @chelseadaggers: Terms such as bi-racial and mixed race always grate with me too. Just because a person appears to be of white heritage does not mean that they are not mixed race as has been conclusively proved thanks to DNA testing. A Channel4 documentary was able to show that a number of white people, who banged on about their supposed racial purity, actually had relatively recent non-white ancestors. One woman threatened to sue when it turned out she had recent Romany blood running through her veins.
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    05/28/09

    @chelseadaggers: Look, Gisele and Adirana Lima still promote a very specific, very dominant cultured, very white, beauty look. Pointing out that the models who are being paid the big bucks are still in a very narrow spectrum of colour and features is pretty reasonable.
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    05/28/09

    In reply to Gisele Bundchen Tops High-Earning Models List, Again
    WHERE IS THE NEWS ON LACROIX?!
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    05/28/09

    @stacyinbean: Sorry, I'm just horrified over here. Only couturier I could give a rat's about is bankrupt!
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    05/28/09

    @stacyinbean: Eddie?
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    05/28/09

    In reply to Gisele Bundchen Tops High-Earning Models List, Again
    A mistrial is SO disappointing. I was really interested to say what effect the outcome of the case would have on fashion knockoffs.
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    Image of vamusical vamusical
    05/28/09

    In reply to Gisele Bundchen Tops High-Earning Models List, Again
    I love you Giselle, but those are some awful bangs you are sporting there.
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    05/28/09

    @vamusical: They look like the clip-on kinds that you can get at the mall, in a color slightly close to your own.
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    04/28/09

    In reply to "Sexy Syrian Lingerie?" Not That Sexy, Says Blogger
    Wait- is she asserting that this is "patriarchal and heteronormative" or is she just quoting someone who said it?


    I think there's a weird tension, in American discussions of the middle east, between feminism and Islamophobia. I'm glad to hear somebody talking about it-- I came up with this while writing a research paper last semester and have kept my eyes open for further reading ever since.

    [muse.jhu.edu]

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    Image of HannahBethD HannahBethD
    04/28/09

    In reply to "Sexy Syrian Lingerie?" Not That Sexy, Says Blogger
    I'm not really comfortable with the assumption that every Muslim is all bad, all the time.


    Perhaps some Muslim men really do love their wives? Perhaps not every Muslim is an extremist?

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    04/28/09

    @HannahBethD: That should be 'every muslim MARRIAGE' .. gah.
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    04/28/09

    @HannahBethD: That's a really broad assumption you're making. Not everyone thinks that. I'm just not really sure what you mean. I think I maybe taking this a little too hard because I'm Muslim...
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    04/28/09

    @sarah0220: I got the gist from the quoted material that the writer (not Sadie) thought all the women were buying lingerie for patriarchal reasons.


    I don't liek the assumption that all Muslim women (and not everyone makes this assumption, but it seems to be the overarching theme of almost every story I read about Muslim women) that every Muslim marriage is all horrible patriarchal cruelty all the time.


    I'm not saying I think that. I;m sorry if I wasn't clear.

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    04/28/09

    @HannahBethD: I get what you're saying, and I completely agree.


    I think, though, that most of these assumptions about Muslims, not even just about marriage but about anything, come from major misunderstandings that exist about Islam and the Middle East and Muslim culture.

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    04/28/09

    @HannahBethD: Gotchya. I just wasn't sure what point you were trying to make but I understand now. Thanks for clarifying :)


    Also, I hope I didn't come off brash, it was one of those comments where you write exactly what you're thinking at that exact second and hit submit before you can smooth the edges.

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    04/28/09

    @sarah0220: Oh no, I completely understand! It's all good!
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    Image of MarissaExplainsItAll MarissaExplainsItAll
    04/28/09

    @HannahBethD: A lot of them aren't but as w/ all religions, the representation of their religion is skewed to say the least.
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    04/28/09

    In reply to "Sexy Syrian Lingerie?" Not That Sexy, Says Blogger
    I have that set, in peach. I bought it from Muslims, too, in a Parisian market. True story.
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    04/28/09

    In reply to "Sexy Syrian Lingerie?" Not That Sexy, Says Blogger
    I confused "Syrian" for "Saran Wrap." It's time to go home.
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    04/28/09

    In reply to "Sexy Syrian Lingerie?" Not That Sexy, Says Blogger
    There's a danger to Westernizing too much of the Middle East, but if "sexy" turns into "confident" like we've seen over here, I can't imagine that wouldn't be a bad thing.


    The patriarchy is sickening. I say that as a dude.

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    04/28/09

    @Rock You Like An Iracane: where do i find more dudes like you?
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    Image of MarissaExplainsItAll MarissaExplainsItAll
    04/28/09

    @Rock You Like An Iracane: Oh, you're just full of WIN!


    @MIXED: Deadspin darling.

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