Seriously, I mean, don't overshare, but why pretend to be someone or something that is clearly a ruse? Maybe I'm just jaded or I mostly encounter bad liars, but I'm not easily emotionally manipulated or fooled and am insulted when people assume that I am.
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Okay, but that's normal. Rejection is normal. When they make it clear that they don't want to date and/or sleep with you, do you try to manipulate them into doing so or do you accept and move on? The difference is the belief in entitlement to attention and affection from others vs understanding and accepting that…
You (in the abstract) could just genuinely be interested in the person you're talking to instead of trying to manipulate their attention? Seems like a pretty simple solution to me, since eventually the mask will fall off anyway, like when they get to your home and see a giant collection of stuffed Pikachus…
I'm biracial and very mouthy, so usually it's not a problem for me to immediately call people out for their behavior, but some days I'm not emotionally fortified for the "b-b-but I'm NOT RACIST!!!!!1!" freakout and defense of the indefensible that inevitably follows the callout. I have a friend who happens to be black…
As someone who has the opposite problem (lots of screeching about my BMI being under 18, etc) I understand your frustration. I gained 5lb of muscle over the past couple months and I'm still "underweight" even though I'm healthier, stronger and all my bloodwork is always normal. I'm not sure if this is true about the…
Too soon for Craigslist Killer jokes? Haha. As in, I might be a serial killer.
Haha! I love it! What I thought was going to be dinner was dinner then a drink then an awesome dance club and I just got home. Podiatrists should not legally be allowed to be so sexy.
AMAZING. We went to a sushi place, I got him to try eel, then we went dancing, and he's actually a podiatrist. What sort of podiatrist is McDreamy levels of hot??
Well, yesterday when I was walking a friend to her car, I passed a really gorgeous man sitting at an outdoor table at a restaurant in my neighborhood. We made eye contact, and today he posted a Missed Connection about me! I'm leaving in 10 minutes to go to dinner with him! Hopefully he doesn't end up dead.
Actually a great example of this is the popularity of swing music in Philippines. Of course, tagalog swing is different in some elements than American swing, but it was inspired by the original and is emulated by Filipino people.
This just reminded me to go watch the rest of Pretty Wild.
Yep, these are pretty much all the points I tried to hit yesterday, I'm glad you decided to speak up, Morgan.
I can see how it might be difficult for someone who has never eaten vegan before to just jump right in, when I went vegetarian I had to re-teach myself how to eat to get enough calories without loading up on carbs and processed crap. But yeah, with a little research, planning and an adjustment period, it's not THAT…
ANTM = not the modeling industry. That entire show is scripted and edited to make fools out of the girls on it, and does not depict their real personalities. I happen to know a fair few people who have been on ANTM and they are nothing like how reality tv portrays them.
If I wanted one, I could, but I have better things to spend my money on.
Yet those models don't represent the thousands of girls who aren't in any position to negotiate. Querelle is not every unnamed model in every editorial in every fashion mag, and even she does not have the power to turn down editorials without being blacklisted by the entire industry. You do what you are booked to do,…
Usually we don't, when we're sent on jobs from our bookers. When I set up my own editorial submissions I work with the photographer, stylist, etc to put together a story. Castings and jobs I'm booked for via my agency? I could show screen caps of the casting calls (100+) that are in my email every day, most of them…
I'm going to suggest that you watch the documentary Girl Model, then get back to me. These girls don't have any other choice to get out of their poverty stricken home countries. Getting a visa to America, London, Milan, Paris, etc is their only real opportunity. Would you tell a woman she shouldn't pursue video game…
We have little to no agency in the industry. Many, many models are underage, and many of them do not speak the language of the country they are working in fluently or at all. When a big mag books you for a shoot (oh, and the pay for this was probably $200 or less, by the way), you either go or get dropped from your…