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bookgrl says:

Ummm...something was clearly going on...but what on earth was it??
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

mywayNorway says:

OMG!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

leedav says:

That is craziness!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

AnnieKnits says:

Oh wow.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

i have no idea! I asked some people who didn't know, but they speculated that it was NOT a beauty contest. I guessed Dove ad? There was a camera crew and two people were going around standing on either side of a girl. I will try to do some investigating . . .
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

doggedknits says:

Heh, maybe they're auditioning to model that bikini on Rav...
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

doggedknits says:

PS in the thumbnail I thought this was another clone shot, and I thought, ok, there's comfortable taking wacky pictures of yourself in public, and then there's COMFORTABLE with taking wacky pictures of yourself in public.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

susiejulie says:

it could be How to Look Good Naked. they do lots of line up comparisons like this, though usually indoors. :)
still, how cool!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

verypink says:

I thought this was a clone shot in the thumbnail, too! Weirdness. I really want to know what was going on here with the matching bikinis.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

mintyfreshflavor says:

ha! i didn't even "see" the cloniness of this shot. yeah, no. not me. I bet Julie's right.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

mywayNorway says:

I too thought it was a clone shot, and I was thinking that you just went one step out of your mind with clone shots :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

hilpalny says:

I also thought it was another clone from the thumbnail.....
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

MiniLaura says:

Me, too--I though it was a clone shot in the thumbnail. Probably not the best timing for you in your clone week. :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

mintyfreshflavor says:

I realize thumbnails aren't super clear, but now I'm wondering how I might be fat and skinny all in the same shoot . . .
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

doggedknits says:

Well, I wasn't looking that closely--I just saw a bunch of identical bathing suits.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

lauren*o says:

I also thought it was a clone shot - I guess the body size differences don't really show up in the thumbnail. I did notice that it was women in bathing suits in a park, though, and I thought you had done some insane bikini in the park clone shot.

Dove ad isn't a bad guess, but honestly, the big ladies I've seen in those dove ads are not that big... They're like, my size. Now I'm curious.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Funessa says:

I totally thought it was another clone too. (Until I clicked on it, of course.)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

misplacedpom says:

Me too!

Also, concrete glare is no girl's friend.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Elinor Brown says:

weirdness!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

m_soto says:

I totally thought the same thing when glancing at the thumbnail. I was actually disappointed when I opened the photo and it was not Minty being wacky and getting her clone on because that would have been funny. This is... interesting?
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Arciteka says:

what the? I guess we'll find out soon enough what was going on.
In the thumbnail, they all look the same size. I thought it was another clone too.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jen76me says:

Interesting!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

NotHip says:

I though the same thing from the thumbnail.
I noticed some size difference in the thumbnail, but glancing quickly, I thought it was a persepective thing.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

angefasu says:

Oh dear.. I can't wait to find out what this is all about.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

cauchy09 says:

so odd...
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

GirlReaction says:

everyone else already said it but yes i also thought "wow minty cloned 97 of herself in blue bikinis, WHAT?" before i clicked on the big picture. :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

JulieFrick says:

Me too!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

gleek.net says:

could be a dove ad.. or improv everywhere. they do stuff like this all the time :)

improveverywhere.com/

i just looked at their latest stunt on their website.. the identical twins human mirror. hilarious!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jenchung says:

I'm going to use this image on Gothamist and see what readers know!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

mintyfreshflavor says:

Thanks! That's one of the reasons I was sure to tag it and put it in the pool :)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

mintyfreshflavor says:

gothamist.com/2008/08/28/what_was_going_on_at _madison_squ...
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jenchung says:

Apparently it was a segment for the Tyra Banks show!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

doggedknits says:

God. Just when I get to a point where I think, eh, men aren't that bad; maybe I should have coffee with some of them, I go and read a comments section like that and immediately retreat to my radical feminist collective.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

JulieFrick says:

agree (1,000) Arseholes.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

lauren*o says:

I'm not entirely sure you have to be a radical feminist to be offended by assholes like that. I'm going to go calm down now.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

mintyfreshflavor says:

people on gothamist are generally quite evil.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

m_soto says:

I get the feeling that there are a lot of bored teenage boys on gothamist. Lots and lots. Bored and lonely. And quite sad.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

jenchung says:

I think, unfortunately, that's much of the Internet as a whole. Sometimes it's easier to for commenters to come up with snarky comments fast than to delve into other areas and question situation. But sometimes they exhibit empathy.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

mintyfreshflavor says:

you're very right.i didn't mean to cast gothamist with a negative brush. I think the potential for anonymity on that forum makes this a bit more easy. (I also think some of it is funny, but then I haven't checked in a few hours.)
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

editrrix says:

Just think how those women are feeling right now after reading Gothamist.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

friend 2 friend says:

i think this is so great.
and i am totally loving those women that are embracing their bodies.
i probably couldn't do that if you paid me a million dollars.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

lauren*o says:

I certainly hope that they are feeling fine and that body-obsessed America needs to take a chill pill. *sigh*
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

JulieFrick says:

Last night in the shower (where it always happens) I finally thought out what I wanted to say to those gothamist posters:

Well, we can certainly see who's showing their ass here, huh?
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

mintyfreshflavor says:

Well, let's also remember that they agreed to pose in a bikini in the middle of a park. I'm not saying that the comments aren't cruel, but they had to have been braced for the public's reaction.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

doggedknits says:

Well, they definitely didn't ask to be put on Gothamist for people to savage. And trust me when I tell you, as someone who is moderately overweight, no one needs to be standing in a bikini in the middle of the park to get that kind of commentary directed at them.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

rebrill says:

I think there's no cause to be as mean about how these women look as the posters on Gothamist have been.

Also, call me an idealist, but women aren't around for the purpose of giving men something to judge. That shit sucks.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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