Supermodel Personals

April 28, 2004 11:05 PM

Supermodel Personals. "Nervous short girl into fantasy novels and The Simpsons seeks quiet, sensitive guy to while away the hours with me in my library of cocaine." (NSFW)
posted by PrinceValium (24 comments total)

[this is hilarious]
posted by rafter at 11:16 PM on April 28, 2004

ha. those were great, thanks.
posted by dobbs at 11:24 PM on April 28, 2004

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Interesting concept. Thanks for the link, PrinceValium.
posted by The God Complex at 12:48 AM on April 29, 2004

genius. thanks
posted by matteo at 1:28 AM on April 29, 2004

I sense a tinge of hostility in these personals.
posted by Down10 at 2:03 AM on April 29, 2004

That was fuckin' funny.
posted by jonmc at 7:26 AM on April 29, 2004

Like shooting fish in a barrel-- ah, but what fish.
posted by gwint at 7:39 AM on April 29, 2004

Hilarious, and it wouldn't surprise me if the models really said those things.
posted by tommasz at 8:00 AM on April 29, 2004

I really liked it for a few minutes and then the sarcasm and anger started to wear on me like a naugahyde coat and I had to go away.
posted by ashbury at 8:31 AM on April 29, 2004

Oh joy, that particular brand of misogyny which targets pretty women rears its head once again.
Hyuk, look, models are stoopid.
Funny.
How about some blonde-jokes?
posted by signal at 9:31 AM on April 29, 2004

This makes me miss Super Models are Lonlier Than you Think
posted by geoff. at 9:49 AM on April 29, 2004

This makes me miss Super Models are Lonelier Than You Think
posted by geoff. at 9:51 AM on April 29, 2004

Oh joy, that particular brand of misogyny which targets pretty women rears its head once again.
Hyuk, look, models are stoopid.
Funny.
How about some blonde-jokes?

Yes, because the life of pampered women who get paid huge amounts of money because they look pretty is so tough they really deserve endless sympathy.

Cry me a fuckin' river, glamourpusses.
posted by jonmc at 10:19 AM on April 29, 2004

Perhaps not endless sympathy, but hostility? I dunno, some where amusing but kinda overkill, easy repetitious humor becomes a little tedious
posted by edgeways at 10:35 AM on April 29, 2004

Perhaps not endless sympathy, but hostility?

Why not? The looks obsessed, materialistic, celebrity-worshipping culture that supermodels are part and pacel of deserves hostility and mockery, don'tcha think? I don't really see the misogny since as far as I'm concerned it applies to male models (and most other "celebrities") as well.

I can see what you mean about overkill, but hell, as long as it's funny.
posted by jonmc at 10:53 AM on April 29, 2004

signal, i read it more as making fun of the manipulated image created in the ads...not so much the women but whoever's designing them, the person who's sniffing out the provocative implications of each image and its setup.

and yes, it's pretty hilarious. wish i'd thought of it; it's perfect for the format--a format which WANTS you to form subconcious, instant "cool" narratives based on a page flip.
posted by ifjuly at 10:54 AM on April 29, 2004

It seems to me that these are poking fun at the way these women are portrayed in the photos as opposed to making fun of the women themselves. This is an important distinction. IMO, that makes this more of a slam on the fashion industry (and the images it produces) than on women.
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:32 AM on April 29, 2004

In other words, I agree with what ifjuly wrote and really need to consider reading all the comments before I post.
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:35 AM on April 29, 2004

Nice. Particularly the junkyard manager one.

On preview: I third ifjuly.
posted by of strange foe at 11:39 AM on April 29, 2004

Not a single picture on that site is showing up for me. I suspect that lessens the humor somewhat.
posted by bargle at 12:04 PM on April 29, 2004

The little blogger girl. Cheerleader, honors student, and I'm in a band! I tell my parents I'm a virgin, but the truth is I sneak out at nights to party with cholos, and the secrets to my good grades are diet pills, and having given a handjob to the vice principal.
posted by msacheson at 12:53 PM on April 29, 2004

Perhaps not endless sympathy, but hostility?

A better word would be jealousy.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 1:28 PM on April 29, 2004

Its a nice idea but the execution is very repetitive and somewhat limited.
posted by sgt.serenity at 4:49 PM on April 29, 2004

There is an additional rich layer of irony that can perhaps be enjoyed only by those of us who have the misfortune to be veterans of the online personal-ad 'scene.'
posted by apollo3000 at 11:44 PM on April 30, 2004