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First World Feminism

What's the point of this website?

A fair question. Two quick answers:

1. Those of us lucky enough to live in the most progressive parts of the world tend to focus on how good we have it, and yet we still haven’t achieved true gender equality.

2. I’m over trying to pitch women’s magazines. If the story isn’t about slimmer thighs for summer, they’re just not interested.

This stuff is important, I’ll try not to make it too dry.

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November 14

Models Are Getting Younger

Lottie Moss photo by Fashion Copious

From a Daily Beast article about Kate Moss’s 13-year-old aspiring model sister, Lottie:

This year, high-end fashion labels have embraced pretty young things like never before. Though runway models have an age minimum of 16, there are no regulations that dictate age in editorial spreads and ads. As The Daily Beast first reported, Miu Miu chose Hailee Steinfeld, the 14-year-old star of True Grit, as the face of its fall 2011 campaign. Thirteen-year-old Elle Fanning appeared in Marc Jacobs ads, and 10-year-old French sensation Thylane Blondeau caused a stir with her racy photographs.

The friend who sent this to me added, Lottie is modeling “because Kate Moss’s family desperately needs the money” (that’s sarcasm, btw, Kate is worth around $80 million).

Lottie, you’re 13-years-old. Try out for the tennis team, make something for the bake sale, or just be the hottest 7th grader at whatever school you go to. There’ll be oodles of time to exploit your legs and cheekbones to sell products.

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