Memento Mori

Just blow up threads with the occasional awesome GIF. That's all I ever do anymore ...though those first two are probly the best I've ever done. All downhill from there, really.

I want to do this often enough that I ended up paying for TubeDigger. Worked perfectly. Free version only gets half the clip, but it's enough to demonstrate how to use it/how it works. Only really wanted Rose's videos so I'll upload those in a sec, might as well. Edit: Here they are.

Thanks, didn't see that. Appreciate it.

So are the other videos gonna be posted for download, or at least, can we hear how its done so we can do it ourselves?

I like all of these. It is a fantasy, so why limit oneself? While categories like high fashion, or glamour modeling, etc, have relevance when describing someone's career, they don't mean much to me if the subject is "who is hot?" Eugenia Diordiychuck is known for erotic, softcore stuff, but what's keeping her or say, Alyssa Arce, out of something like the swimsuit issue is her resume, not her appearance. Doesn't prevent either of them from having folders on my HD, right next to Karlie Kloss. I do know quite a few guys who mock the swimsuit issue as cheesecake, and think only 13 year old boys who haven't discovered all the free hardcore porn on the internet follow it. Though I know just as many giving it crap for not having a damn thing to do with sports illustrating (this opinion only pops up within a week of ESPN's fantastic-for-other-reasons Body Issue coming out).

Yeah I edited to be more clear. I meant dont do that. The "models who actually have a chance of being cast" is essentially the main reason for having broad ground rules. But then, I don't follow this business as closely as many (especially here, including folks who have unique access) so my judgement regarding who would be plausible and why is not the best.

I used my own loose ground rules (not listed anywhere but in my head) to come up with something like: Though if we were to do something like this for a thread, I think picking actual photos (2-4 per model) would be more fun. Lists by themselves are kind of boring, especially if a model is either obscure or so prolific that the pictures of them we have in mind could be anything. I get eddie's point about a free for all being possibly more fun. I'd be initially in favor of ground rules because hey, art from adversity. You're gonna have to retain some models you aren't all that thrilled by, and resist going back in a time machine to re-do decisions you didn't like (for me itd be retaining Catrinel and Kim Cloutier or something). Ground rules establish a vague approximation of the actual conditions of picking who goes in the magazine. Kinda like fantasy football not allowing you to pick six quarterbacks and skipping the kicker.

History proves that this has not truly mattered to racists. I believe they even have a term for that phenomenon in the US: the one-drop rule. ^ Again, bingo Sympathy, and you are right about the one-drop rule. Things like that have faded, but still linger to some degree. And the OP is not playing a card of any kind, she simply made an astute observation that others agree with. Moving on, Solveig is definitely deserving of support To clarify, I was not denying that the epithet of cheap, or its synonyms, were reserved exclusively for women of color. It certainly hasn't been. Nor have I done some kind of rigorous study that demands explanations or apologies out of people. Merely that in my limited observation, when the terms are often applied to white women they reflect some measurable quality in the model's work, such as the brand involved. Hence why I didn't say anything until another user posted comparisons of Rose's allegedly trashier posing. Generally, I cringe a bit whenever a person is described as cheap (which as some pointed out, is common), regardless of their color, and not the campaign (or whatever) it is they're working with. That this would carry added negative connotations--intended or (more likely) not--when applied to groups of people who are already marginalized shouldn't be controversial. That should suffice as my final 2 cents as far as this thread goes.

In related news: Memento Mori's Bellazon avatar could become Memento Mori's next girlfriend, in a story planted by Memento Mori.

On the subject of "dream covers" and seeing a lot of strong opinions here and elsewhere about these issues, I thought about starting a thread where every user just "designs" their own Swimsuit issue. Lay down some ground rules to keep it from becoming a total free for all (or a carbon copy of VS swim), then vote at the end. But I've been too busy to actually draw it up. Examples of a ground rule might be... no rookies who didn't make it getting another chance. Which would rule out one of my favorites, Catrinel Menghia. Models who once appeared, but stopped, not returning (like Bar or Kate). An upper limit on the number of rookies/replacements (so as to discourage folks from replacing everyone with their own personal top 15), nobody who might broadly fall under the category of "if they were going to do it, they'd have done it by now," etc.

There is no difference. This thread has a habit of calling women of color "cheap." Also, any models who are outspoken about feminism or their ambivalence regarding the modeling industry have "bad personalities."

The videos have been where its at for a few years now, IMO.

When is the website supposed to be live again, tomorrow night?

Kelly looks like David Bowie in that last shot.

Personally I think it's better than the Gen and Lily pictures. But then I just don't like Lily much. Pose wise it seems like the equivalent of Hanna's cover, just with her top instead of her bottom. That said, I may be overrating it because I tend to yawn at bodypaint and I gather that's all of the rest of Rose's (a favorite of mine) pictures in the magazine are, so my expectations are low.

Catrinel Menghia.

She doesn't even call herself that. But when websites post headlines like that, they get clicks. So...

This bit actually makes me like her more. Same.

She has an attitude that makes Chrissy seem like a sweetheart. Google her, it's just .... Nope http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/aug/24/robyn-lawley-supermodel http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/28/robyn-lawley-why-the-dangerous-thigh-gap-trend-makes-me-mad.html http://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/fashion/news/a33914/robyn-lawley-pregnancy/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2780421/My-weight-issue-Australian-plus-size-model-Robyn-Lawley-accuses-modelling-industry-encouraging-starvation-reveals-intense-pressure-thin.html http://www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/news/a15446/robyn-lawley-unphotoshopped-bikini-photos/ http://robynlawleyeats.tumblr.com/ https://www.upworthy.com/some-say-this-model-is-fat-she-gives-such-a-perfect-response-that-even-ellen-applauds Yeah, just awful.

Congrats to Adobe for their tenth (?) cover in a row.

Meh, I don't get Gigi the same way half this forum doesn't get [insert name of several model I like just fine, including profoundly unpopular ones.] Not that anyone cares. But hey here's the one picture of her that I've ever liked, maybe there'll be more. Still, better than Kelly, I guess.

Shouldn't have skipped leg day, Adi.

Appreciate it, thanks. Nice work

There, I added some more direct links. If those don't work I dunno what to tell you.

Do none of the download links work?