"As much as a fashion magazine or an ad is always trying to sell something to us, it feels more and more like big fashion blogs are also “selling” something, and it works so magnificently because it doesn’t necessarily feel like we are being sold anything. And yet we are, aren’t we? Aren’t we being “sold” on a lifestyle that seems charmed and beautiful—one where you get to run around in exquisite clothes in the scenic locations while your hetero-male partner takes adoring, flattering photos of you?"
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jenny zhang, on her love-hate relationship with fashion blogs in an interview with chictopia
JENNY LAYS THE FUCKIN’ SMACKDOWN AND I WANT TO SHOWER HER WITH LOVE LETTERS AND KISSES. read the whole thing!
