I wasn't surprised when Kiwi Jenna Sauers was revealed as the author of the v. good Tatiana the Anonymous Model posts on Jezebel. Perhaps I should rephrase that . . . I wasn't surprised when a relative outsider was the woman responsible for the trenchant commentary and observations. Kiwis, like Canucks and members of those countries who live their lives in the shadow of super power, develop a more critical sensibility as they are constantly bombarded by messages or media that need to be reinterpreted. Living in the shadow of the US means that I watch a lot of films and television developed for a very different cultural sensibility. I'm a lot more critical watching this stuff than I would be otherwise.
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