fashion

"Say No to Size Zero:" How Judging Thin Women Doesn't Promote Body Acceptance

Lashing out at thin women to tell them they aren’t wanted isn’t the way to address disparities and prejudices in fashion.
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Issues, fashion, modeling, class war, body diversity, fatty fatty two by four, body acceptance, body image

Apr 4, 2013 at 2:30pm | 186 comments

modeling

H&M's NBD Approach To Plus-Size Model Shocks, Astounds World

We're starting to normalize the appearance of plus-sized models in fashion as just a natural variation of human bodies, rather than something shocking and awful.
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Issues, modeling, models, plus-size models, kudos to you good sir

May 16, 2013 at 10:30am | 112 comments

modeling

It Happened to Me: I Almost Got Scammed Into Spending $500 On A Hypothetical Modeling Career

The whole thing started because I needed income over the summer and my best friend had commented “You should model!” on a Facebook picture. Yes. I am that susceptible.
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It Happened To Me, modeling, possible models, embarassing moments

May 14, 2013 at 3:00pm | 73 comments

learnvest

Real Talk: How Much Models Actually Get Paid

In reality, most models spend their days schlepping to casting after casting, usually being rejected from each one. They live in model apartments with three other girls, and celery is for dinner only because they can’t afford much else. How do I know? I’m a model myself.
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Issues, LearnVest, modeling, career, money

Sep 24, 2012 at 4:00pm | 39 comments

fetishes

I’m A Professional Fetish Model

I’ve been photographed in 13 countries and four states, tied up everywhere from stunning church ruins to secret underground dungeons below country mansions and have stomped down catwalks in just about every kind of outfit imaginable.
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Sex, Sex, Sex ... and Love, fetishes, modeling, IHTM, the frisky

May 23, 2013 at 10:30am | 38 comments