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newyorker: Abramson put her purse down on a white Formica desk that she occupies in the middle of the third-floor newsroom. Someone had left her a sealed envelope with “Congratulations” written on the front. It contained a cover note from a female editor at the paper along with a laminated letter passed down from that editor’s father. The letter was from a nine-year-old girl named Alexandra Early, who wrote that she got mad when she watched television: “That’s because I’m a girl and there aren’t enough girl superheroes on TV.” The cover note to Abramson said, “Wherever Alexandra Early ended up, I hope that she heard about your new job.”Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/24/111024fa_fact_auletta#ixzz1bYTfI39B Read the whole profile here.

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Abramson put her purse down on a white Formica desk that she occupies in the middle of the third-floor newsroom. Someone had left her a sealed envelope with “Congratulations” written on the front. It contained a cover note from a female editor at the paper along with a laminated letter passed down from that editor’s father. The letter was from a nine-year-old girl named Alexandra Early, who wrote that she got mad when she watched television: “That’s because I’m a girl and there aren’t enough girl superheroes on TV.” The cover note to Abramson said, “Wherever Alexandra Early ended up, I hope that she heard about your new job.”

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/10/24/111024fa_fact_auletta#ixzz1bYTfI39B Read the whole profile here.

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Miss Representation 

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A helpful guide for Banana Republic as they attempt to profit off of Mad Men: The one on the left is a Woman. The one on the right is a Girl. High empire waists and cap sleeved lace dresses are designed for 12-year-olds to look like 12-year-olds.

A helpful guide for Banana Republic as they attempt to profit off of Mad Men: The one on the left is a Woman. The one on the right is a Girl. High empire waists and cap sleeved lace dresses are designed for 12-year-olds to look like 12-year-olds.

When I wear them, all the guys would look at me weird but all the girls love them. And that’s what really counts, of course.
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Yeah, fucking thanks Gap.

Yeah, fucking thanks Gap.

Selling Youth

J and I had a really passionate argument about what it means to be sold clothing by pre-pubescent models (I really thought we posted it, but c’est la vie).  Anyway, its probably for the better that our ramblings never made it out of gchat, because Stephanie said it much better today.  Read on.

THE GIRLIFICATION OF FASHION

“The girlification of fashion is a two-pronged affair that encompasses the infantilization of women and women’s style (see: the Lula effect, Zooey Deschanel) as well as the sexualization, not just of young girls, but of the entire false fountain of youth…”
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I did not make this but the sad truth is I may as well have.

I did not make this but the sad truth is I may as well have.

Models are not real people

Sometimes it takes an exceptional photo to remind us how insanely tall and thin models are.  Put your hands up to cover the two other girls, and one would almost think she was petite.  Seriously.

via All the Pretty Birds

Ladies, instead of saying “The Duckbills” we shall now refer to them as “The Crow T Robot.”

Ladies, instead of saying “The Duckbills” we shall now refer to them as “The Crow T Robot.”