
Reading journalist Lizzie Stark's recent column at a news site about Live Nude Girl: My Life As An Object, by Kathleen Rooney, I was struck by the feelings, reasonings, and perceptions around being an art school model.
I was one myself.

My all time favorite example of the use of metaphor goes back to the middle ages; traveling bards used to present stories and poems to audiences from town to town before the advent of print.
9/11 Blueprint for Truth: The Architecture of DestructionSource: ae911truth.net
For anyone and everyone who believes that the collapses of 1 WTC, 2 WTC and 7 WTC could only have been caused by aircraft collisions and office fires, I challenge you to go through every slide of this presentation.
Disabled Models: A UK Reality TV HitSource: TIME
Aspiring model Debbie van der Putten loves her body, and she isn't afraid to show it off. The 22-year old from Helmond in the Netherlands has appeared on posters throughout Europe for charity groups, worked for a German modeling agency and recently posed nude for Playboy.
A revolution - for climate model evolutionSource: News at Nature
The World Modelling Summit for Climate Prediction held there last week was itself something of a rare event – a union of the weather and climate communities, who met to discuss whether – and how – they can eventually provide climate predictions that are as useful, and as us …

It wasn't too long ago that I was just like everyone else. Then I started selling my body to people so they could photograph it. Just a few photos here and there for minor products that you probably can't pronounce because you can't do this with your tongue (see picture right).
Step 1 Against Size 0Source: New York Magazine
Summary: Recently-launched modeling agency in the U.K., called Quintessentially Models, doesn't sign any "size 0" girls. It's also working with the Beat, an eating-disorder charity in the U.K., to help raise awareness of eating disorders.
The Rise of Skinny Male ModelsSource: The New York Times
Wasn't it just a short time ago that the industry was up in arms about skinny models? Little over a year ago, in Spain, designers were commanded to choose models based on a healthy body mass index; physicians were installed at Italian casting calls; Diane von Furstenberg, the p …
'$25,000 per day' for Miss 'U.S. American'Source: WorldNetDaily
The South Carolina beauty queen who suffered a geographic meltdown over "U.S. Americans" during last month's Miss Teen USA pageant can now have the last laugh, with the chance to make up to $25,000 a day as a model for Donald Trump.
12-Year old Model Fronts World Fashion ShowSource: thehotjoints.com
Blonde-haired, blue-eyed Maddison Gabriel was picked as the official ambassador of Gold Coast Fashion Week in Australia and has also worn a number of revealing outfits for the Queensland event. (SEE PICS)
International model told she is too thin to workSource: Telegraph
An international model has been turned down by a top modelling agency for being too thin.
Charlotte Carter, who is 5ft 10ins and a US "size zero", was advised by agency Models 1 to gain at stone and think about her health if she wanted to work for them.

Recently, when discussing the Iraq war, assuming that one of the reasons for the invasion was liberation of the Iraqi people, the following question was posed: Why Iraq? What makes Iraq so special? Why not Sudan? Why not Iran? Why not North Korea or a plethora of other countr …