The American media has invented its next villain, and in short, it’s us:
This weekend, the Associated Press launched a story similar to “MySpace and Facebook will sell your children into sex slavery” (remember that one?) claiming young fashion bloggers were at risk for pedophilia, kidnapping, sexual abuse, and also ruining their chances of getting into an Ivy League college – seriously. Our favorite line in the whole story is, “You are what you post online… Is it how you want to be remembered when your tuition scholarship person’s going to review you for Dartmouth?”
That’s actually in the article, and unfortunately not an article appearing in The Onion.
As for the sex abuse and pedophilia of aspiring fashion bloggers, it seems unlikely that a young girl astute enough to self-publish her thoughts about the fashion industry (like Tavi, at left) would also be daft enough to follow some grown guy into a minivan because he promises her a puppy or a new pair of Marc heels.
But we won’t lie – if you’re shipping your 14-year-old kid off to the New Faces board at an agency, she’ll probably be photographed nude, offered drugs, propositioned, and ruined as far as most major churches are concerned.
Though she would have a decent shot to make the tuition money it takes to go to Dartmouth – although if she blogs about her experiences on the runway, she’ll never get in anyway.
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this article is a shame!!!pfffeww!!! i’m doing a phd and also have a fashion blog, and so what’s the problem?
cécile
http://detour2mode.wordpress.com
Yeah and Tinky Winky was turning kids gay once upon a time.
this is ridiculous, look at all the blogs which have only got praise for their blogs
http://www.stylebubble.typepad.com
http://www.ikilledysl.blogspot.com
and tavi!!xx
Yeah. Um, I’m in that article, as the 18-year old the writer mentioned. I was a bit weirded out that the article took such a negative slant to blogging; she asked me a lot of questions about internet safety, etc, and I think she twisted my comments contextually a bit.
I wrote a somewhat-not-really response here; though not an angry one, just really neutral as not to offend anyone.
http://moohoop.livejournal.com/54434.html
-Brooke
By the time Tavi has to start applying for colleges, she won’t NEED the Ivy League. She’s smarter and more perspicacious than most college grads as it is.
i have to say, that girl tavi is ridiccccc…is she for real? i wish i could have been so astute at that age, or the ten years after that…
The fashion blogging I did at 14 is actually helping me get into college…this is so silly.
I don’t believe Tavi is for real. I saw something on her blog about how she loved Doug when she was a kid (ironic considering she still is a kid). Anyway, I am 21 and Doug was my childhood.
Whoever is writing her blog must be in their 20s
I don’t think any of the girls mentioned are particularly astute or extraordinarily fashionable.
People are clinging onto these people because its a novelty.
^guest 9, everyone loves a novelty in the blogging world. thats why some blogs make it and others don’t.
interesting that this came out at the same time as the NYTimes Style section piece on how COOL it is to be a very young (16ish) blogger…
TAVI
love her blog
who gives a shit about ivy league schools anyway
going to business school or getting a job in finance doesnt mean you are going to be happy!
people need to EXPLORE a little more
Tavi is a child! Who is watching this girl and encouraging her? Tavi speaks like she’s 30 years old!
Sigh. Not the stupid “is Tavi real or not?” debate again. And that is a silly article… I have a fashion blog and I’ve never gotten hater or sketchy comments.
Hey,
I’m 17 and am the editor of an Australian Style and Fashion blog. So let me set the record straight here, I am not a complete moron and will never EVER become a victim of Pedophilia, and you know why that is? Because I have the intelligence and capabilities to observe when a situation (or article) is out of hand or just plain dangerous/stupid!! I am not completely naive, granted all teenagers are to some extent naive despite some are rather mature. However, do people not think that teenagers who are blogging maybe have some inkling more intelligence, composure or observation skills than the average teenager? Because after all they are in many cases upholding substantially popular sites which take, A LOT, of hard work, determination, intelligence and dedication! Argggg, and we’re supposed to be the naive ones?
SAA
http://www.seventhavenueaustralia.blogspot.com
Wow, this struck me as funny. I have a fashion blog I post on out of boredom and whim. Not only that, but I love fashion! I don’t see why I can’t use it. I mean, sure, I’m 13, but who cares? The only thing about me I post is my opinions. I have no pictures of me, I don’t give out any personal information, etc. Nobody is that dumb! So whatever.