February 15, 20169 yr The boob job on Hannah D wow such a difference from the previous years to now. I'm in the minority but Ashley looks really sexy to me. Maybe they needed some better suits for her but I loved her shoot. She has such a striking face and for a more curvier girl her body is insanely good. I also really liked Lily's shots. I like that a lot of the girls look different in their shots. Erin really got the raw end of the deal. Everyone else looks pretty decent but I don't know what they did to the poor girl. I also really liked Robyn's shots. Hannah F is the standout. Less Photoshop is great too. Except for like I said what they did to the girls on the Zanzibar shoot.
February 15, 20169 yr I'm overall very pleased with the ass content this year. Sofia - Repetitive poses and suits are MJ's or the photog's fault. No ass shots to speak of - WHAT A WASTE! Her body is almost flawless. Barbs - piss Nina was fire and Fergs was even hotter. True swimsuit models. Hannah D's boob job isn't that interesting. Rose - expected more Gigi - better than I expected but not wowzers Erin - thought MJ was trollin' with the hair and the giant leaf coming back but then I saw the seaweed. Wow, that's next level stuff. She must hate Erin.
February 15, 20169 yr I know this isn't the right time but just thought I'd point out that a giant Huntsman has been living in our lounge since Christmas. He comes out after midnight and zooms around. He is really scary but kind of cute when you can see him moving around underneath the curtains. He looks like he could palm a basketball.
February 15, 20169 yr I think my favourite photoshoots are those set in Malta. I like shoots with different settings instead of the usual seaside with nothing else but sea and sand. I was expecting more from Barbs' shoot. I like her posing and how she looks in those pics, but still the setting is so boring. Erin, I love her so much but I'm so pissed off and sad by the fact that they made her look so ridiculous with her hair. I love curly hair but she looks so weird in those photos and it's a pity because the shoot and the setting are very nice (except for the fact that the whole shoot is SO YELLOW). Emily D is perfect. I love the shoot and the posing and what she wears. I really love Tanya's and Nina's shoots. Also Sofia's, Bo's and Chanel's are good. Such a shame that in Malta they used Kelly, Sam and Robyn. I would have preferred to see other girls there than them because their shoots are really good. All the others left are meh.
February 15, 20169 yr Honestly Ben Watts should shoot the whole issue. His shots are always the best in each issue. They're so full of energy and colour. Yu and Ruven's shots the girls are all washed out. There's no colour in them and when there is it's yellow. James did ok. His shots in the past have been 10x better.
February 15, 20169 yr Hailey - I'm not a huge fan of hers but I sort of liked her shoot Ashley - Not my cup of tea Nina - Hit and miss for me this year, but the shots that do work are some of the best of this year's edition Bo - Perhaps the best-looking body in the issue but the shoot itself fell well short of her potential Barbara - I had some hopes for her but she was unfortunately amongst the poorest shoots this year. Chanel - Okay I guess Chrissy - To my great surprise, I didn't really mind Chrissy's shoot this year. Gigi - Liked Gigi a lot more than I thought I would. Decent shoot Hannah D - Incredibly forgettable shoot and coming just a year removed from her cover Hannah F - Incredible body and good shoot. Still room for improvement though. Lily - Never been a big fan. Completely forgettable shoot Kelly - Meh Samantha - I will never be a fan but by her standards, a decent shoot Tanya - Fairly forgettable shoot Rose - Glad she is back but not sure if this is an improvement on last year for her Emily D - Emily is a very beautiful girl but I'm increasingly convinced that SISE is just not her thing Robyn - One of the oddest SI shoots in recent history. Odd decision altogether to have her return. Sofia - Okay, nothing more Kate B - Middle of the pack for me, nothing especially memorable in there.
February 15, 20169 yr I don't get why they had to have 3 covers this year, Hailey is my favorite, but that's not saying much because I really don't like the others. Hailey is pretty but this is a common swimsuit cover shot, Ashley's pose is very unfortunate. I'm not going to start the "plus size" debate but this angle is not flattering for her body. Ronda just looks angry and she's just not sexy at all here. For the shoots, I like what I see it's a shame that Ebonee messed up, I really like her shoot, overall I like all of them, even if some of them are pretty generic, maybe except Erin who got ruined by this hair and awful tan.
February 15, 20169 yr Thanks for posting all of those, Pretty Hailey: on paper, neither her face nor her body are really my taste, but she has a unique, weird sexiness about her that I really love. Thought she looked gorgeous and all-American. Nina: body is amazing, had some great shots. Her pictures felt nice on my eyes and were very naked, like every year I guess. Gigi: her body is a lot nicer than I remembered, made my Haterade look a little stupid. But still not a huge fan of her face, or her in general Hannah F: holy shit, what a babe. not even sure what else to say about that, except I want a gif of her doing a split and getting hit with that wave Hannah D: nope. nope. nope. her pics make me retroactively mad about her cover last year. totally undeserved. Chanel: I can see why people like her but she bores me Irina: why is this still happening Lily: lol wtf is this pretzel yoga bullshit posing? Erin: close-up headshots of her wearing that seaweed made me actually laugh out loud Chrissy: don't care what anyone thinks, I like her. Her boobs are glorious, especially in motion. Bo: pretty hot but kinda forgettable? Barbara: don't get the appeal of her face at all, and I really, really don't enjoy her body. personality seems boring Kelly: more confused than ever that Alexandria Daddario is supposed to play second fiddle to this person in Baywatch...?? But not terrible. Nice hair. Sam: looks better than her red carpet pics but her chest weirds me out Tanya: pretty/hot but why is having a nice hip-waist ratio no longer in style at SI???? (yes i'm an asshole) Rose: lovely, want moar Emily D: beautiful, beautiful face but I just don't care about her as a swimsuit model. would rather see her wearing clothes tbh... Robyn: ... Sofia: hot but I feel like I'd be screwed if someone asked me to pick her out of a lineup. Also can we not with the "sexy model poses near indigenous person" pics?? Kate B: pretty but doesn't move me Ashley: her body isn't really my taste (and I do like bigger girls pretty often) but I think she's got a gorgeous Eva Mendes-ish face. Still not into their cover choice. In general I prefer almost all of the "model search" girls to the actual rookies. I miss Emily Ratajkowski.
February 15, 20169 yr I really liked Nina, Hannah F and Gigi. Nina- she has lots of poses and different facial expressions, she has probably my one of my favorite shoots from this year. Hannah F- she looks so goo, that body is just WOOOOW. Gigi- her best year for me. She did very good posing wise and her body is one of tge best in the issue. However she did not have any cover worthy picture. Kate B- I liked her a lot aswell specially the shoots in the car and with the flag. Samatha- looking good this year. I actuallt liked her. Erin- big NO! Rosa- Expected more. Bo and Barbara were my favorite rookies but none look as good as I expected. Bo's hair makes her look a bit weird here. OVERALL, this issue is better than the previous one, and quite good in my opinion.
February 15, 20169 yr t&c sea is amazing but for SI is a boring location so the pics are a little boring as well Hailey looks better this time but her body again is not in the best shape and i'm mad with her because after her shoot she started to toned up Hannah F what can i say..LORD HAVE MERCY! i'm happy for Hailey but i wish she was on the cover, her body alone deserve a cover poor Erin, i like her and her body looks great but they must hate her loving Tanya shoot too bad no pic with the orange/grey bikini..she looks better in motion! Chanel shoot is cute and Gigi too is not bad Nina yasss, not my fav shoot but she looks amazing! love Sofia as well so much yellow why Sam looks bad again for me she's lucky with the location tho..Kelly is lucky to have a good body her face is a big fat nope, i can't Irina shoot is so boring, just leave please..i like Rosie but this is just boring..Hannah d too, last year her shoot was amazing Bojana body is great but still nope for her face..and idk she does nothing for me Chirssy shoot is tragic but i like the pic with the huge hat, for the styling tho Ashley is pretty but she's just too much for me, not my taste i love the idea with the name of the models on the swimsuits!
February 15, 20169 yr I liked Hanna F's poses the best. I think I'm fatigued from the lineup. The air brushing is too unnatural and plastic IMHO but the poses are much better this year.
February 15, 20169 yr 6 hours ago, RIP_Cabrini_Green said: Hannah Ferg. fucking murdered this shoot. WOW. Love it. +1
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February 15, 20169 yr 9 hours ago, Cult Icon said: Pinker and J.Gould have made careers at Harvard trying to tear apart the "blank slate" or strong form interpretations of it. (also many books) . "The mismeasure of man" is an interesting book.
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February 15, 20169 yr 2 minutes ago, 17 Moments of Spring said: "The mismeasure of man" is an interesting book. Yep, I remember that. To my understanding, the "blank slate's" historical origins are from the rise of the pseudo-scientific psychologists (Freud, Jung, etc.) in the late 19th century coupled with the rise of existential philosophers of that time period. The strong form of "blank slate" dates as far back as Karl Marx's revolutionary writings and is a pillar of Das Kapital. I remember reading the papers, text and being quite stunned that he used this as a pillar of the ideology. It makes sense of course, why progressive movements generations later would cling a bit on it. Communism is long gone, but a faint shadow of Marxian thinking and unconscious impressions of the 'new socialist man' as the next stage of human consciousness still remains. The blank slate underwrites the hope that human beings are not "chained to their genetic programming" but can fully liberate themselves based on their free will. The philosophy of fat acceptance is just another..countless..iteration of this.
February 15, 20169 yr For what it's worth, and I have no interest in restarting the debate, I never made a claim that humans were a blank slate and that biology or psychology had no role in anything. I have not read Gould's book, but nothing in the Wiki summary suggests a conclusion I immediately disagree with. My politics are informed by history (and 19th-century Marxist authors' understanding of earlier history has always been bad, and I don't share it), not my opinion on the nature of human consciousness.
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