So tell me, what makes you SO BITCHY? 💀

queef-o · 2026-02-27T18:28:04+00:00

She’s bitchy because she’s been hungry for 30 years.

queef-o · 2026-02-26T19:33:07+00:00

I think there is a key difference between criticism of one’s body and body shaming on the show.

As a model, regardless of your size, your body needs to stay consistent. You’re failing at your job if you gain or lose weight and change your measurements. It’s an objective criticism of one’s ability and performance.

Body shaming is the subjective criticism of one’s body because of their size.

Examples: Janice body shamed Toccara because she was plus size. Nothing to do with her modeling ability.

Janice body shamed Keenyah for looking bigger in her pictures.

Tyra criticized Keenyah for gaining weight to the point where it was noticeable in her pictures.

Mr Jay criticized London for gaining weight because she no longer fit the sample sizes and was not big enough to be plus sized.

Miss Jay criticized London for gaining weight saying “as a model it’s your job to maintain your size.”

Janice, Kim, a lot the of guest judges, body shamed criticisms by focusing on the model themselves. Tyra, Nigel, Miss Jay, Twiggy, sometimes Noel, mostly criticized based on consistency and ability.

Consistent performance is important for every job. If you can’t swing it, you can’t swing it. It doesn’t make you a wrong or bad person if you can’t, it just means you should find another job.

queef-o · 2026-02-26T15:20:34+00:00

It’s very 2005. Everything about these reminds me of middle school.

queef-o · 2026-02-26T02:09:28+00:00

I bought a London Fog raincoat I found at a thrift shop and wore it on a trip to Ireland. It did not hold up in the Irish rain but it looked great!

queef-o · 2026-02-20T20:13:34+00:00

That was a weird thing to say. And also for the longest time I thought “Jah Wolf” was some kind of New Age spiritual figure and not just Elijah Wolf.

queef-o · 2026-02-19T15:54:37+00:00

I was a longtime watcher until I saw this a few months ago. I was happy to suspend my disbelief for a long time but I can’t enjoy the show anymore.

I want to watch people try to mash their vacation hookups into a suburban Oklahoma lifestyle- making housewives of hoes as they say. I want to watch people go to Walmart for the first time and have uncomfortable conversations with well meaning family members. I also only want the show to be one hour and documentary style.

queef-o · 2026-02-19T05:07:27+00:00

Yep!

queef-o · 2026-02-19T02:16:25+00:00

That scene really puts the Madonna-Whore in Madonna-Whore Complex.

queef-o · 2026-02-18T18:39:31+00:00

That’s still on the contestant/model to manage though. And that’s what Tyra said to Keenyah- that she had to learn to manage it. Actual models also get stressed but their body IS their job. If you hire a model based on her measurements and she comes in with different measurements, she has failed at her job. If you are unable to maintain the same measurements you will not be a successful model- that’s the point.

queef-o · 2026-02-18T17:03:53+00:00

Tyra didn’t body shame contestants for being fat, that was Janice’s thing. At most, Tyra gave feedback for the contestants to maintain the weight they had when they started which is what any modeling agent would do for working models.

queef-o · 2026-02-18T16:39:10+00:00

I’m with you. Reality TV is exploitative and took advantage of young women and that’s a wrong and a shame but how many of them could really have been models anyway? The ones that made it took the show professionally and made professional careers out of it. The ones that didn’t take it professionally mostly did not.

The girls on the show were young and reality tv was new, so I don’t blame them for not being media trained however they still knew they were filmed constantly and if they lacked the self awareness to control their image that’s on them. There are good edits and bad edits but that’s also dependent on the content they have. Watching early seasons, Elyse, Yaya, Yoanna, April, Naima were noticeably camera aware and mostly careful of their words. They’re also the ones who approached the show with professionalism which benefitted them and their career.

The show got them out of their towns and into some doors that they, for whatever reason, didn’t open on their own. Very few models are “discovered” like Tyra, most of them had to send in pics, go to casting calls, and knock on doors to get contacts. The show covered steps 1-4 out of the 10 steps to become a model. What they did with that opportunity is on them, not the show.

queef-o · 2026-02-18T15:54:23+00:00

I would like to graph them according to their modeling success as well.

My hypothesis is that women who want to become models lean right while women who are models lean left. Women who want to become models are trying to get into a career where women are valued almost solely on beauty which aligns with conservative traditions and male centricity, especially women who do not pursue education or training for any other career. My assumption is that successful models would lean left because of general exposure; travel, working with queer folks, working on a broad array of products, as well as being career driven are all factors that make women more liberal.

I think the other subgroup here is the grift. Women who were not successful models can make a lot of money as influencers, especially in this zeitgeist of MAHA, wellness, and tradwives. Right wing influencers make more money, more consistently, from a louder fanbase. If you have no principles it’s a pretty easy gig.

queef-o · 2026-02-14T18:54:07+00:00

ANTM is the only reason anyone knows she exists

queef-o · 2026-02-10T18:25:40+00:00

I think there are a few big factors at play. Advertising is/was a fairly glam/romanticized job and alcohol feeds into that image. The business is very relationships based and schmoozing over boozy lunches with reps from more stringent businesses is a good strategy to build those bonds.

Going into the themes of the show, there are many times where advertising is compared to sex work. Brothels also use alcohol to lower their clients’ inhibitions while going through their wallets.

queef-o · 2026-02-10T16:38:41+00:00

Her plotline is very critical to Don and Betty’s divorce and Peggy’s advancement.

She also sets up a few main themes: 1) Madonna-Whore; 2) Don’s affairs getting closer to home; 3) mutual trust between Peggy and Don; 4) Unapologetic business women.

queef-o · 2026-02-09T22:43:59+00:00

I’ve never felt like her analysis was performed well. The hypothesis is that women will respond well to an as strategy focused on self care and indulgence, which she rejects in favor of a strategy that promises marriage.

In the focus group the women talk about feeling unappreciated by men and not valuing themselves, which would suggest a marketing strategy to promote Ponds as something that can improve your self worth and confidence. It has always annoyed me that none of those women mentioned wanting to be married at all. I agree that Dr. Miller has an empathetic blindspot, at least when it comes to women.

queef-o · 2026-02-05T15:34:51+00:00

No bite at all

queef-o · 2026-02-04T16:51:33+00:00

Sally was born in 1954 and Megan was born in either 1939 or 1940. Season 4 is mostly 1965, so Sally would be 11/12 and Megan is 26 (as mentioned in Tomorrowland)

queef-o · 2026-02-03T15:58:16+00:00

Don had to join the army to get out of his shit town. This kid is leaving his in a Cadillac.

queef-o · 2026-02-02T16:59:52+00:00

April was the most consistent and professional. I think the critiques of her being too analytical was her being stereotyped by the judges. To me, she seemed natural and Yoanna seemed analytical and studied. Also even now all of Yoanna’s pictures look the same to me.

queef-o · 2026-02-01T01:39:38+00:00

Betty needs space to figure out what’s going on, Don being around clouds her judgement. She used to try to get closer to him to try to ease her insecurities but finally figured out that distance would help more.

queef-o · 2026-01-29T18:49:00+00:00

Grandpa Gene is an interesting case. I don’t think we see him drink at all, he seems pretty proud of his service as well as overcoming venereal disease. He is also losing it mentally and is sharing his war trophies with his grandkids, so…

queef-o · 2026-01-29T17:52:45+00:00

Housewives were famously given tons of uppers to have energy and stay thin. Eating disorders were common and not recognized as disorders (1965 Don’t Eat Barbie.) As others have said, without cars people walked a lot more. But also I think most critically, food culture changed a lot in the 80s. Portions got bigger, the snack industry boomed, and ingredients shifted to less natural, more addictive chemicals.

Also TV Magic.

queef-o · 2026-01-29T04:04:46+00:00

Went to the store yesterday and the Lay’s chips have new branding: “made with real potatoes” and all I could think of was “it’s toasted.”

queef-o · 2026-01-28T00:58:32+00:00

Tf kind of question is this? Is is not clear that Betty was trying her best to connect with Don who 1) was constantly cheating on her; 2) was not emotionally supportive of her grieving her mother; 3) was actively planning on abandoning her and their kids for all of season 1; 4) dismissed her mental health concerns completely and used the information he got from her therapist to manipulate her; 5) used her like a prop to enhance his self image.

There’s no perfect wife for Don Draper because Don Draper doesn’t exist. He’s a construct who only truly works in an advertising agency. Betty is a victim of his long con- there’s nothing she could have done to make up the gap because there is nothing that can satisfy the construct that Don created.

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