So! I’ve been working on this matchmaking piece since early December - you may have seen our interview with one of the matchmakers on TMIweekly last week, or you might have noticed I was going on an unusual number of dates. It was quite the experience.
That said, this column is about 1/20th the size of the original version I turned in … you tell me which you prefer!
Once again, Julia Allison transparent revising history game is in full swing. She's really just too easy to figure out.
1. Latest TONY column gets ripped apart by its commenters for lacking depth and substance.
2. Julia's Internet is mysteriously broken so she disappears for the day.
3. Magical "email from mom" shows up explaining TONY's "edit" of her illustrious article.
4. "Original" longer article shows up on Julia's blog later that day. Three times as long and three times worse than what made it into TONY.
Julia Allison? I'd bet that after throwing TONY under the bus like that (accusing them of cutting your article instead of just owning up to a craptacular article in the first place) you'll be out of a job.
We were thinking something along the same lines, Anon. We're actually not surprised about the last part regarding TONY eds. cutting the article. We're sure they did cut the piece, as slashing and rewriting is pretty standard protocol in magazine journalism (one of our fields, natch). What we don't understand is this:
How do you turn in a 2,500-word piece for that space?
Read that again: 2,500 WORDS!
First of all, no magazine editor from this century would assign Julia Allison 2,500 words to write a piece on her experiences with matchmakers. It's just not going to happen. What's more, no one wants to read 2,500 words from Julia Allison on her experiences with matchmakers. But here's why we're really confused: Surely, the editor must have given Jules some kind of word count. Maybe not the 550 it ended up being, but perhaps a range? 600-800? That's what we're thinking, MAX.
So what does Jules do? She writes a 2,500-word, crappy, vain, self-absorbed, pseudo- (sorry, suit-o) clever piece on matchmaking (sorry, you'll have to go to her page to read it, we just don't have the heart to post it here) and turns it in, expecting that her editors will fawn all over it and print the whole thing? That's incredibly lazy and unprofessional. And then Momsers emails this (we do not doubt its veracity):
I like this column… it needs a good edit job…but the job TONY did was ghastly! Looks like they just took a hatchet and carved up the copy without looking. As you would say, BLERG.How convenient. Hatchet job, indeed. It's tough to edit something that's so god-awful in the first place, but perhaps said "hatchet job" wouldn't have been necessary had Julia completed her actual assignment. Then again, maybe, in some strange world, TONY was going to give 2,500 words of real estate to JA (yes, if you know anything about magazines, that's highly unlikely, but let's grant her the hypothetical) and then read the piece, realized how shitty and self-absorbed it was and had no choice but to hack.
Either way, her writing sucks, as does her professionalism, or lack thereof.
Isn't it plagiarism to reproduce the matchmaking article- admittedly in an unedited form- on a different media forum without giving correct credit to the original publisher? Or even asking their permission? In the scientific publishing community this would be professional suicide.
ReplyDeleteShe posted an email from her Mom! Without permission I'm guessing bc it includes some personal information abut her Mom that has no relevance to TONY. Way to go Julia.
ReplyDeleteWell, how else could she make sure we know her parents can afford an interior designer?
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU.
ReplyDeleteCorrect me if I'm wrong, but wasn't this intended for her column? Which is around 500 words. Why would you ever submit 2,500 words for that? Did they tell her to submit something longer and then decided against running the longer story? Did she just go out and write that and expect them to pay her more for her longer piece?
I know for a fact that she gets peanuts for her TONY gig (that's the only reason she is still there, she is willing to work for literally nothing) and if she expected to worm her way into getting a longer and high paying piece she is delusional.
The mom thing is such a typical mom thing though. My mother is always supportive of everything I write and will defend me to the ends of the Earth even when she knows I wrote garbage. That's just a mom's job. You don't go around publishing those emails on your blog.
She makes peanuts and Gawker reports a 5% across the boards pay cut at TONY. Her peanuts are now %5 smaller.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, as a non-journalist, the first thing I thought when I read the article and her mom's email and her explanation was, "Well, I'm sure she submitted a piece that was far too lengthy."
You just know she promised those matchmakers huge publicity, and they are getting trashed on TONY right alongside JA. Listen up, sponsors: she is brand poison!
ReplyDeleteYeah, maybe her mom should have edited this piece, just like she did for all of Julia's articles at Georgetown.
ReplyDeleteTONY as an aericle word limit folks..guess what the range is?
ReplyDeleteJA wake up your lying train is going to get derailed..
And JA what is up posting pics of you having a new cable tv set hooked up to cable and working and claiming internet cable is out?
Here is a start when Julia attempts to whitewash her bad job at writing we flag her comments as not worthy..
ReplyDeleteHer comments at the TONY article just got flagged..
You can play too:)
The editor of the now defunct Domino magazine has very cool blog with you know, actual content:
ReplyDeletehttp://isuwannee.blogspot.com/
Just showing it can be done. No kissy face photos either.
When I first started as a professional writer and had the opportunity to show my parents my articles before submitting them, I got HONEST appraisals. When my writing was good, they proudly let me know. But they also let me know when I was being unclear, meandering or just needed some improvement.
ReplyDeleteI don't ever know if Julia has been a good writer. She may have had the potential, but that went down the drain when she decided to become JULIA The Brand, and started getting lazier, relying on begging her blog readers for story fodder.
She also comes across in writing as vain, obnoxious and thoroughly unlikable.
I remember a post by JA a few weeks ago where she said she'd turned in this story but that it was 2,000 words too long -- a fact that she seemed to find hilarious. So she knew what she was doing.
ReplyDeleteI've worked as an editor, and this is the most infuriating thing a writer can do (aside from writing shitty copy, which she managed to do as well). Basically, you're asking your editor to do your job for you by cutting/rewriting to fit the original word count. Here's the thing though: This shit gets old fast. And the next time, you hire a different writer.
At the first major publication where I worked (something Julia has never done, and never will do), we newbies were taught that if we exceeded the allotted space for an article, the copy editors would just keep erasing sentences from the bottom of the article until it fit the assigned column inches.
ReplyDeleteDivas aren't liked or appreciated, especially when they haven't done anything to earn it.
Julia is low-classy, vain and stupid. The same goes for Mary, in her desperation to be like Jackles. Sure, Rambles is trying a lot harder at NS than the other 2 dim bulbs, but she obviously has far less to fall back on. Other than the kindness of strangers, that is -- cough, St Barts, cough.
ReplyDeleteHere are a few of my low classy complaints:
Adding an 's' on the end of many words is just utterly lame. See: Moms, Hells, etc. etc.
Dropping the fuck bomb on high flying panels is beyond the pale stupid and tacky.
Dropping the fuck bombs all over NonSociety and especially at TMI Weekly less mind blowingly tacky and just more in the vicinity of lame.
Do i swear behind closed doors or in "suit-o" professional settings? Yes. Do i do use profanity when i am being recorded by a camera or public speaking? No way in hell!
That these NS bitches don't understand this is extremely low classy. Like crazy, low classy.
And they are not living differently, they are merely living obnoxiously. There is a difference and it is hilarious they are not at all able to see it. 24/7 kissy face is not different it is obnoxious.
Julia is deluded and a bad writer. Mary is a botox face who, try as she might, has nothing to offer. I only keep watching because i want to be there when the Handmaiden of Tragic Rebounds figures it out and jumps ship.
Tragic Rebound is dumb and lazy (or she is when it comes to NS) but she is not low classy. That is the difference.
Here's where she proudly cops to doing this with *another* TONY assignment: http://julia.nonsociety.com/post/53254016
ReplyDeleteSo it's a regular thing.
Oh, she also mentions there she has to wait a month to post the unedited version, so if that's her deal with TONY, she's certainly broken it today.
ReplyDeleteIt would be pretty funny if she got paid by the word. That would explain handing in opuses. She's so vain that she might probably think to herself: "They'll love it so much they won't possibly cut it and then I'll get a bigger cheque."
ReplyDeleteMy God, she is pissing on the only steady gig she has. Smart!
Ok, can I just point out how Julia thinks "evolution" is the cause of all human behavior? It's like she heard about this Darwin guy this one time. There are a lot of different reasons humans act the way they do, and biological competitiveness just isn't the reason for all of them, sorry.
ReplyDeleteHmmm. As someone who spent many years freelancing for *cough* major publications, I would say if Julia Allison is self-publishing her original matchmaker magnum opus before the contractual month is up, she must know her TONY gig is up or is not being renewed or whatever. Either that or she really is gaga.
ReplyDeleteThere have been times when I've exceeded a word count and had to go back and edit a piece, but, good lord, 2,000 words over?!? And dude, in this economy and THIS industry, it is just not smart to publicly imply that your editors fucked up your article. Crazy.
ReplyDeleteAlso, JA wrote this:
"The producers from WINGMAN, to premiere next week, were the most efficient I have EVER dealt with - which is saying something. If all productions were this organized, I might not dislike filming so much."
Is she dissing NNN? I had heard that TMI had its own production crew.
Not to mention that a good writer knows to write a piece based on the desired word count, so that your pacing and level of detail make sense in the final piece. If they did a hatchet job, it's because she absolutely invited them to.
ReplyDeleteAnd my God, what grown woman cites Mommy as backup. She really has no shame, this pathetic girl.
ReplyDeleteAnd why won't Momsers tell her to stop wearing so much makeup? Less is more, Jules!
she must know her TONY gig is up or is not being renewed or whatever. Either that or she really is gaga.
ReplyDeleteYep. Called it days ago. This column was submitted, what, a week ago?
So that's:
*No mention of Fashion Week next week
*No 24 dates/24 hours
*A chopped up column idea that she already used for a TMI episode BEFORE this article was printed.
*Throwing TONY under the bus and slagging on them
Those, my friends, are all signs of someone who doesn't give a care, and for a reason.
i hope you people know that hunter s. thompson vastly exceeded his word count almost every time he wrote a piece. Some of his most epic displays of gonzo journalism began as assignments for short articles.
ReplyDeletemaybe Julia wasn't defying the editors of this free paper after all. maybe she has embarked on a search for no less than the american dream and wanted only to share a little of her mystifying dating experiences with you.
i hope you consider her journalistic daring and see your sexist double standard for what it is.
Oh yes, of course. Now that you mention it - Julia and Hunter Thompson; peas in a pod.
ReplyDeletehttp://vimeo.com/3088309 so i guess they edit and comment (ie "produce" as julia likes to call it)
ReplyDeletemary seems curt. julia delusional at how funny she actually is (not).
Makeup makes you look older. That's true whether you're 14 or 40.
ReplyDelete@10:04 Thank you for my biggest laugh of the day. Gonzo Julia indeed. Why didn't I think of that?
ReplyDeleteI am remembering that old writer's saw, which I have quoted oh, so often:
"I didn't have enough time to write short."
I'll premise this with I've had a shitty and and a couple tequila shots, but how is it that so many good stories get left out. - Mary's comment on this vimeo
ReplyDeleteUh, girlfriend needs to check her alcohol intake. Wasn't she drunk during one of the CES tapings? Wasn't she drunkish in that Vimeo where she revealed her hair cut to the girls? And once again Mary is literally almost falling off the couch. I guarantee you she's throws back a drink before taping these episodes.
Anon 10:14: This quote from Mary re: that video is simply awesome:
ReplyDelete"I'll premise this with I've had a shitty and and a couple tequila shots, but how is it that so many good stories get left out."
Does "had a shitty" mean what I think it means??? Gross.
(See how your typos make you look like an imbecile, Mare?)
Jinx, Christan, you owe me some coke. Er, I mean a Coke.
ReplyDeleteIs a shitty anything like a sussy? Kind of a bad sussy, amirite?
ReplyDelete@10:04 Oh for eff's sake! Jules, you need help.
ReplyDeleteI've had a shitty...
ReplyDeletePriceless! I'm using that to preface all of my opinions from this point forward.
In Mary's defense, that BIG PINK GRAPHIC is bad.
ReplyDeletehas anyone contacted Time Out NY? Seriously? ... I think someone should. ASAP.
ReplyDeleteAnony 10:30, I'll troll her in here, but not IRL. Somebody posted her mom's email at TONY, so I'm sure they're aware by now. ;-)
ReplyDeleteUh, that was for Anony 10:39...not 10:30. Numbers confuse me. Words, too.
ReplyDeleteYou think that is bad some of us have the same damn Feb birthday as JA..I'm gonna kill myself now..
ReplyDeleteMemo to the one who wears the head bands: You need to change your profile photo on your site where you wear the tutu and have the monkey feet.
ReplyDeleteYou do not look like this anymore!
The only commenter she responded to on TONY today is the one who thought JAB was in her 30's. Oh yeah, 27 is light years away from 30...heh. In a few more weeks, she'll be even closer! Oh noooooooo!!
ReplyDeleteWhat's the age limit for trophy wife?
ReplyDeleteOr "young" entrepreneur?
ReplyDeleteJulia Baugher is auctioning her time for charity: https://auction01.charitybuzz.com/secure/viewItemDetail.do?auction_item_id=300097
ReplyDeletehey,
ReplyDeleteI looked through most of the comments and didn't see this:
You can no longer FREELY post on QOD!
It tells you there is a filter.
And guess what!
Crazy critical shit doesn't get posted!
You know, screening comments is, like, about three months too late, and three weeks too late for the RBNS crowd.
But it should cut down on pageviews.
I knew it would come. And count the time it took them to get it under control as one of their Great Lazy Fuck Ups.
But, weirdly, I still want to throw trash on their lawn.
How to by pass it?
Geniuses?
This guy managed, guess he was being too cryptic:
ReplyDeleteWhat is your favorite winter activity?
Kevin Mohomameed: Getting a room at the ST. Regis and then ordering an hour of Julia's time from jazzypearls.com
The JA charity experience is valued at $500(which includes a $120 dining certificate). I estimate her time investment to be about 5 hours (primping, transportation to and from, dinner), so they think she's worth $76 per hour.
ReplyDeleteGetting washed-up, has-been, dead-broke Ed McMahon to record a personal voice mail greeting for you (remotely) is valued at $1,000, and it consists of the following:
"Heeeeeeeere's (insert your name here)! Hey- ooo!" His estimated time investment is 15 minutes, so they think he's worth $4,000 per hour.
Sounds about right to me.
Here's a link to last year's video birthday tribute to JA (only 13 seconds) by Jim Behrle of Kreepie Kats:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD3Cxw3IAwo
Good times!
If Hunter S. Thompson was still with us and saw his name and JA's being mentioned in the same breath he'd want them to shoot him out of the cannon while he was still living.
ReplyDeleteFlatface, you're just gonna have to turn on the subtlety. Here's an example that made it through the filter last night:
ReplyDeleteSpartacus: I am grateful for my freedom!
Some of you may remember Spartacus from an earlier commenter free-for-all, where everyone was commenting as Lisa-Intern and saying "We're ALL Lisa".
Somebody else posted an earnest comment, but then threw in some links to their personal Avon site or something (lots of folks pimping their own sites in there).
They are bound to lose a TON of traffic though, since nobody will want to read a bunch of bland answers to snoozer questions.
OMG, I thought JazzyPearls was some legit product they had shilled on TMI and somebody was just kissin' JA's hinder. That was a good one.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjdJMlW9voo
ReplyDeleteAccording to Alexa, RBNS has had more traffic than NS since Feb. 2. Also, RBNS is on a pretty steady rise, while NS is on yet another downward spike. Yay!
ReplyDeleteAnon12:31, that video is perfect evidence of her insanity and vanity. Oh Jeezus, they ask her what she last shopped for and she launches into endless bragging blather...I'm a media personality...can't wear the same thing more than three times...Davos name-dropping...VOM.
ReplyDeleteShe is speaking to a non-native English speaking audience, and yet she prattles on at 100 miles per hour. She must have rolled her eyes a gazillion times. She really does think she's the cutest little trick in shoe leather, doesn't she?
Thanks for reminding me why this idiot needs to get knocked off the pedestal she put herself on (and crawled over everyone in spiked heels to get to).
Anon 12.31am OMG..."I'm a media personality" "I'm old fashioned" "I'm feminine"...Uh-huh, sure.
ReplyDeleteThey asked her what she's wearing, she mentioned everything but the underwear, and then she picks up her purse, name drops Chanel, and pulls out her friggin Mac to show that off, too. Somebody call the ham-bulance, cuz she was overacting somethin' fierce.
ReplyDeleteOn the red carpet, they say who are you wearing and get the name of a designer in reply. She started with her earrings and necklace (from mommy), then went on to the cami, the suit, the TIGHTS, and the shoes, going off on tangents for every single item. I don't think I could spend more than 5 minutes in her company without wanting to forcibly constrict her airway.
ReplyDeleteregarding the V-Day rough cut: http://vimeo.com/3088309
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to see the rough cut from Next New Networks and to see that the girls don't like the "big pink strip graphic", either. The other lower thirds with the skinner, rounder font (Century Gothic). I don't know if they have a different editor than before or what, but he's clearly got no idea how to edit a coherent story from their raw footage. Sure, it could be on the production side (the DP isn't getting the colors they want either -- the three of them look positively GRAY in the uncorrected footage) but the editor isn't doing a good job either. The content he's chosen is terrible and not placed correctly.
Whatever, though. Whatever. I have to say, I agree with Mary and I'm glad she's handing that guy's ass to him.
If the raw footage of TMI is anything like that Munich interview I just watched of Julia, it must be completely intolerable to watch. Think of their long-suffering production crew. I'd rather work with raw crime scene footage than listen to their yammering over and over again.
ReplyDeletehow gauche: "REAL freshwater pearls."
ReplyDeleteShe makes such a big deal of the term "manertia"...does she think she invented it?
ReplyDeleteJulia on matchmaking services:
ReplyDelete"...they’re the best thing to happen to my dating life since I got boobs."
"In fact, I now firmly believe that upon moving to Manhattan, every single adult should receive a Metro card, a box of Trojans, the unlisted phone number to Milk & Honey and a year long subscription to a bona fide New York matchmaker."
If my little girl grows up to say things like this, well I'll cry my eyes out. And I'll definitely hide such musings from her father, because it would kill his soul.
No parent wants to know their child's favorite brand of condoms (nor do they want their neighbors and co-workers to know such things, either.)
The videos are so ghastly I can scarcely bear to watch. Seriously. I tried to get through that V-Day vid and just had to click out of it. It's a lot more painful to watch them making idiots of themselves than to see them do it on a blog. And I mean almost literal wincing pain. ow!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd seriously, the headbands are way beyond bad, they are like a form of buffoonery. Why? whywhywhywhy?
Do any of those three have their own circle of close friends in New York? Do they ever invite people over for dinner? Do they get invited to dinner parties given by their close friends? These are the burning questions in my mind right now.
ReplyDeleteI think Julia's too busy perfecting her "right hand side only" photo posing technique to invite people over.
ReplyDeleteI remember photos of a big dinner at Meghan Asha's place attended by lots of her girlfriends (the ones who ostensibly didn't like Mary because they were "threatened" aka "jealous" of her because of their Julia Allison (TM) Theory of Evolution). They looked attractive and nice and normal. And the food looked like normal post-grad sort of stuff.
ReplyDeleteUp too late working again. Nice to be able to wander over here and unfurl a roll of toilet paper on the NonSociety shrubbery. Ta.
ReplyDeleteThat is such an apt description, Dyspeptic, I love it!
ReplyDelete"If I didn't have a wrap dress, I wouldn't be as happy."
ReplyDeleteSeriously?
"Women.. it's our lot in life to dress uncomfortably"
As MANY people commented RE: the office attire TMI... nobody is forcing you to wear short skirts and 4-inch heels, so no, sorry.
Ugh, the ONE comment on that youtube vid of the interview is BEYOND spot-on.
I really don't have a problem with Mary's "corrections", but do agree she shouldn't be mentioning her drinking as often as she does. It makes her more real to us and her audience as viewers, but casts a bad light for those considering doing business with her/them in the future. Same thing with the profanity they think makes them real/uncensored when (combined with efforts to state it's a real business with legitimate purpose) it just looks plain unprofessional and trashy to corporate. Companies have reps to maintain and protect, and much more significant than anything these girls would have to lose, they aren't going to consider "spokeswomen" who don't confrom to the image they represent. Since NS wants to WORK with such companies and appear to be actively courting paid endorsements, they'll either have to tone it down immensely, abandon the prospect entirely (therefore, no free stuff/access) or just end it while they can still maintain the teeniest shred of dignity and self-respect.
ReplyDeleteAnon 12:31: My God, what a ham. She is ridiculous. How could anyone spend ANY time with this loon? No wonder Mary drinks.
ReplyDeleteOh. My. God.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, what is wrong with this woman?
http://www.vimeo.com/3073654
I could not bear to watch more than a minute of those videos. Julia, you are so, so gauche and tacky -
ReplyDeleteFRESHWATER pearls - ha ha ha
It's camiSOLE, not camiSOL
"My Aldo heels, because I can't always afford Louboutins" - Honey, you can NEVER afford Louboutins! Everyone knows you only have one pair of the most boring Manolos ever made.
Don't even get me started on the tights...
Or shopping at Bloomingdales...
Go back to the Indiana where you belong, you cheap poseur.
And this explains the non-coverage of the inauguration. Getting on the train at Dupont Circle with 10 minutes til the inauguration? Smart.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.vimeo.com/2926068
What a tool.
Also, I have no doubt that Julia is not fat, but she looks like a stuffed sausage when she squeezes herself into size-to-small pink strapless dresses. Armpit boob is NEVER a good look. Might want to reshoot in a looser dress, sweet cheeks.
ReplyDeleteAdding to the list of 8:07pms hates:
ReplyDeleteThe gangster hand signs and the constant use of BLERG.
YOU ARE NOT TINA FEY, JACKLES. In fact, i can see Jackles being all that Ms. Fey finds loathsome. Srsly.
Also, her primping and body language in all her videos is fucking pathetic. Especially that YouTube interview. Holy shit! What a moron.
Re: YouTube video. Why is she dressed like a teenager? Two words, Julia Allison: age appropriate. At one point, it's no longer cool to dress like a 16-year-old. Gossip Girl and Mean Girls are targeted toward teens, not women approaching their thirties.
ReplyDeleteYou can be girly without looking like a fool.
Look at Alexa traffic comparing this site to theirs - it's way ahead of theirs! I'd bet if they stop posting links to nonsociety on this site, their traffic would drop dramatically...sigh.
ReplyDeleteSo for those of you that don't want to give in to the temptation to check NS, JA went to a College Humor function last night and has posted the photos of those people - the same predictable crue - still willing, or not openly resistant, to be in a photo with her. Of all the communities that JA has burnt and worked her way through and out the other end, College Humor is right up there!
ReplyDeleteIt also seems like there is currently a moratorium on kissy-face (also known as "myspace-face" or "facebookface").
Who else amongst us was there?
Poor sad little Julia Allison Baugher. She didn't get her Bravo show so now she has to resort to going to premiere parties for her friends' reality shows and screen capping herself when she appears on The City for two seconds. As stupid as The City is, you KNOW it was the dream reality show that Julia and Mary WISH they had - it girls in the city living glam lives and working in fashion. Too bad she and Mary are too stale, old and haggard looking to ever appear on MTV. Now they have to stick to self produced CRAP posted on their own websites. Can't wait to see Mary's blurry fashion week videos next week! Don't forget to edit out the part where Whitney and Olivia are snickering behind your back!!
ReplyDeleteIn that German interview, she is asked where she gets her fashion ideas/news and SHE DOESN'T MENTION MARY! Omg! Mary is supposedly the stylist and the fashion expect on NS and Julia totally ignores her existence! "Oh I read Vogue ... etc." And she goes on and on about how traditional and old fashioned she is. WTF? And why? Because she's trying to impress a bunch of wealthy geezers every day and wants to make sure the message gets out that she's just a sweet old fashioned girl. Vom!!
ReplyDelete“I’ve never really dated bankers,” I explain politely, by which I mean, “I have stereotyped bankers as boring fucks with whom I have nothing in common except for a shared love of towncars and pasta involving truffles. Please don’t force me to actually spend time with one of them.”
ReplyDelete----um you are a boring fuck....and beggars cant be choosers ja.
also i wish she would stop using blerg. do you know how much liz lemon would HATE JA?
ReplyDeleteNNN is hosting a party as part of social media week. I think this is the same NNN that currently runs one of their webshows - http://nnnlaunchparty.eventbrite.com/
ReplyDeleteIt's free, what are the chances that any of them will show up? Or has their show been canceled?
TMI Weekly is on the down slope, just like Nonsociety and even Julia's Time Out job. So they might show up to the NNN party to take pictures with their Web 2.0 "friends" but I can guarantee you those "friends" are laughing behind their backs.
ReplyDeleteLooks like it's time for them to join a matchmaker's "inventory" and marry the next boring fuck they meet!
Also, I just watched that TMI episode. What a complete load of bullshit. These bozos are the perfect example of a jealous, backstabbing, catty mean girl. Who do they think they are fooling?! I am so over these trashy posers. Their infuriatingly phony plea for all of womankind to band together to be kinder to each other just gives me more ammo to want to PUBLICLY tear them down and trash them. I'd say it almost makes me want to call Julia fat.
I don't think Meghan is a mean girl, moreso a follower who some(oft?)times adopts the behavior of those around her (like her story about how she and Julia were making fun of some girl who was dating Julia's ex, ummmm let's take a bet on who initiated that). I definitely concur the episode was a response to the soooo-caaaalled haters, and RBNS popping up. How very strange that - as mentioned earlier - episodes/posts tend to coincide with the VERY THINGS they are being called out on. As usual, they don't mention that it's a concern they've noticed being discussed on the web or even from a reader... it just pops up as a new topic; as if it was an original idea they had themselves. That too is annoying.
ReplyDeleteAlso, as far as Liz Lemon and/or Tina Fey not being entirely fond of someone like JA? Yeah, AGREE. I find it odd that her identity always seem to evolve from or follow nearly to a t fictional characters. First Carrie from SATC, then Blair from GG, then Liz Lemon from 30 Rock. Don't idealize what are essentially creations JA, be yourself even if you're scared people might not love the real you. It's pretty clear they aren't loving the multiple "iterations" of yourself either, and that you aren't evolving much from who you were in the college days you've been trying to push under the rug. If you openly admit to being a character and controlling your image (are you even, if you want to be honest with yourself?) and you're supposedly different in reality than what you present to the world, then your lifecast can't be anything BUT a farce and you can't honestly be expected to be taken seriously or have your opinions or thoughts valued. What you're saying to the world is, "I'm just acting, and constantly". The problem is that the "world" that's noticing you isn't dumb, they can see what you're doing.
Their site is beyond boring. It was amusing for a time when people actually discussed the the glitches with the site, as well as their opinions on the content. Now they just delete everything, except for the lame responses from their 4 "loyal" readers. What is your favorite winter activity? "Sledding" "Snowboarding". Who cares? God, their site is so painfully boring, it hurts..
ReplyDeleteMary's post on her Manholo's:
ReplyDeleteGood Morning.
I love starting the day with pretty shoes. Usually they aren’t practical, so this lovely Manolo is especially nice. Recession friendly in fact, if you don’t look at the price tag :)
WTF -- that doesn't even make sense. What a moron...I'm actually quite thankful they have this blog - could you imagine them having any sort of job where they may actually have an impact on some industry/society anything? Please, keep them in their bubble of vapidness and away from the real world.
Thanks for the update, AnonDude. Interesting bit about the moratorium on myspace-face pics...maybe she would enjoy posing for some myfist-face shots. (Couldn't resist.) ;-)
ReplyDeleteIf Mary started her day with breakfast instead of pretty shoes, she might be less of an airhead.
ReplyDeleteJane, Nonsociety, featuring Julia Allison Baugher, Mary Rambin and Meghan Asha Parikh was a boring vanity project from the launch - the ONLY thing that made it worth reading was the amusing exchanges on Question of the Day and even that is dead now.
ReplyDeleteThese girls (they are NOT women) are:
Uneducated
Egomaniacal
Classless
Trashy
Tasteless
Profane
Vapid
Bitchy
Backstabbing
Clueless
liars. And they are not even that good at it. Of course they are beyond boring. They certainly have achieved "living differently" because they live in an altered state of reality where they actually think their "business" model is successful and thriving. It is not, and has not been thriving since the launch.
Sorry for my nasty laundry list above, but it was more made as a point to Mary that the Internet is a public forum that cannot be controlled by spoiled little girls, no matter how much they think so.
I don't want to look. Did Mary post a photo of Manolo's that she actually purchased, or are they just something for her wish list? If they're hers, then she is no doubt posting them in a passive-aggressive stab at JAB for her sad little admission that she couldn't afford them in that Munich interview.
ReplyDeleteIt's kind of a good thing Jane! Their angst over controlling the reception to their site will end up exposing what's been clear from the beginning through the absence of any legitimate participation - lack of content, lack of originality, lack of verve. I mean, most people weren't visiting for the sake of the site being great, but because of drama surrounding it - or Julia and Mary anyway.
ReplyDeleteWhat they don't realize is that, yes, the dissenters made the site look bad in being open about the issues involved - not that they've solved that, as this site exists and is SIGNIFICANTLY more damaging than any "jealous statement" that could have been tossed up, then deleted on their sites, with it's coherent and well-expounded critiques for the most part - but the state of their site after they attempt to control all that will say the same exact thing, just in a different way.
They'll end up suffering for trying to obliterate negativity because that and the ridiculousness of their enterprise was ALL that got them pageviews, which appear to be a necessity for their existence. There was maybe a 10-20% max rate of people visiting out of curiosity, less than that for what's supposed to be the real content (like their respective areas) driving their business. Their moderation of comments absolutely came too late in the game, and should have been their first consideration given the online reps of at least two of them. All it will look like is that their pageviews in the first place were all about sensationalism and once they killed that aspect, general interest died down. I don't think potential sponsors and PR reps are interested in those that constantly generate negative buzz, no matter HOW big, and without that negativity they have no leg to stand on, no real, STRONG audience to make advertising or giving them things appealing to those who (particularly at this time) aren't looking to just waste money.
Someone said before, the "presentation" is strong. That's what has people fooled, but it's not really a constant deal, eventually word spreads and people get wise to what's what even if it takes some time getting there. I'd prefer they took comments and made the right changes than being so insanely defensive about what they're doing wrong. They need to take their ages into account too, unfortunately. It's not that they're teenagers trying to run a business "and don't know any bettter", although if they DIDN'T and admitted it, I think they'd be cut MUCH more slack. Their main issue is maintaining for the most part that they're this perfect, legitimate, honest entity when their behavior and everything business-related exposes the exact opposite of that.
This is getting way too long so I'll shut up now BUT, recall the respective quotes :
JA - "The reason half the world feels lonely is because the other half is pretending to be perfect."
She's a whole in that case, even if empty. Even her "I'm not perfect/I'm human" moments seem calculated and false, appearing only when she's under fire for something or has been smacked hard enough (rare and temporary) by some real-life situation that for all of 5 seconds brings her back down to earth.
MR - "Personality begins where comparison ends."
Quoting KL whose name she mispelled later on is kind of funny, but how can that truly be applied to any of them? Comparisons have been being made from day 1 because there's no originality there. I won't go into her comments on style as the mini-bio continues, since a great deal of her posts have clearly contradicted her statement.
I can't fault Meghan because hers is about constantly evolving even though she might not be right this second. I think at some point she'll wise up and figure things out, though. She really just needs to become more self-confident and separate herself from all this (but would probably feel bad about being the first to bail out, AND made to feel guilty if she did). She's gorgeous, but very obviously doesn't want to skate by on that alone, so in a way I feel for her.
It's true, Mean Girl. I never visited their individual pages (I rely on RBNS for that), but I did visit QOTD on a daily basis, because of all the hilarious comments left in between the handful of earnest ones. At least now they'll be able to see how many actual fans they have.
ReplyDeleteGreat comment at TONY on the matchmaker crapticle:
ReplyDelete"Helen R. Thu, Feb 05, at 06:41pm
This piece is sorrowfully lame and just skims along the surface. I don't understand the point. To discover how desirable Julia is? Or to open a window into the world of matchmakers and who might benefit from using them? Also, why does she feel the need to curse when describing the banker? It's crass and offensive. Shame on Time Out for publishing substandard pieces like this."
Interesting that they do an episode on how awful women can be to other women. Yet Julia models herself after a 17 year old fictional character like Blair Waldorf. Correct me if I;m wrong, but isn't the whole premise of Gossip Girl about a bunch of self-absored, vapid, spoiled rich kids? And don't all the female characters participate in girl on girl hate and snideness regularly? Maybe if you're so offended by Miss I-Never-hate-on-other-women then you shouldn't be such an advocate for that kind of show. I mean, if it so morally offends you.
ReplyDeleteI'm willing to bet the Manolos Mary's talking about (haven't looked either) are a wish item and haven't been purchased. In fact, she should be hawking her $700 or so YSL Mary Janes on Ebay right now, or should have. WTF is "recession-friendly if you don't look at the price tag"? Really? TRUE! Same with other outrageouly priced items of pure conspicuous consumption! You know, before you actually have to um, BUY THEM. Zomg, sooo smart. ::eye roll:: Could definitely have been a stab at JA, because yeah she said she can't afford them andddd the icing on the cake is that the solitary pair she DOES have were a gift from some random guy she semi-dated (pretty sure it wasn't a boyfriend). She said that awhile ago when she was on her "guys should buy me nice expensive things" kick that unsurprisingly went away when NS launched. She's never owned or even borrowed a pair of Loubs, so the namedrop was.. cute. It all really speaks for itself. NS is for publicity, notoriety and the attention they (or at least MR and JA) so desperately need, while they'd really love to be taken care of and supported by some rich guy. Let's be realistic here - why no "boring fuck" bankers for JA? Because they're passe, quite hated right now and largely BROKE via Wall Street failures and this recession. Transparent as ever.
ReplyDeleteShe wanted to be Blair Waldorf? That explains a lot. It's like watching Mean Girls and idolizing Regina George. Those characters were meant to demonstrate what NOT to be.
ReplyDeleteJA's mental problems apparently have some very deep roots.
Christan, Julia is such a raging hypocrite it's hard to keep straight what exactly she believes in since it changes on a daily basis. Anyone who points out her hypocrisy (like in the many, many comments on TMI) is shouted down as a jealous hater.
ReplyDeleteReally, Julia Allison? WE are jealous of YOU? It seems like every calculated move you make is to secure many of the things that WE already have: jobs, friends, productive lives, homes, families and partners. But WE are jealous of YOU - the barely employed, broke, shoebox dwelling, grasping at a tenuous reality Princess. OK.
In Julia's extended version of her matchmaking adventures, she drops some identifying information about the guys she got fixed up with. She didn't use their real names, but I have to believe that their close friends would recognize them by the details. I would LOVE to hear their side of the story, especially when they found out they were just guinea pigs. Why were they willing to invest their time and money in dating someone who was only doing it for the story? (I know she's acting like she is interested in a few of them, but that's probably just window dressing.) I thought these guys didn't have time to date the wrong people?
ReplyDeleteNow THAT would be an article worth 2500 words.
Best JA line of of one o fher articles describing JA:
ReplyDelete“When I came up to you, I thought this was a low-budget porn shoot, actually,” he confesses. “Your outfit, it’s very exaggerated—like Minnie Mouse.”
It best describes her approach to blogging and article writing..low budget porn shot-ish
I just posted a comment on the TONY site about JA's matchmaking article.
ReplyDeleteI've met Janis Spindel. Since we work in similar industries, I've been at some events with her. I've also run events at places where she's having her "screening sessions." One night, she was doing one of these cattle calls at the bar where we were doing a wine event. She had a young girl, her assistant I'm assuming, in the back with a tripod and cam corder. For the next hour, we had to field questions from statuesque blondes and brunettes clutching their modeling portfolios. Every woman looked exactly the same. Beautiful, thin and so so SO obviously struggling actresses and models. These are the women she sets these men up with. I also know 2 guys who paid Spindel good money to match them up with someone. One guy was a hateful, bitter lawyer. Spindel habitually set him up with women that didn't even come close to his specifications. Her qualifications for being "inventory" is that you be young and beautiful. Period. And I wouldn't be surprised at all if she sugars the deal with these women by telling them they'll go out with guys that will take them to expensive restaurants and bars. She, and Ronis and the other one, all sell their "matches" by how wealthy they are. Every matchmaker I know of is a matchmaker because she failed in her primary career and took up this hack gig for the easy money. Sorry, those ladies need to get over themselves. They are not gifted or playing Cupid. They go from event to event where they think there will be rich guys and then solicit. If you've been in business for 10 years and still have to go to other people's events and pass out your card, then that speaks volumes about the word of mouth about your business.
Anon 11:26--
ReplyDeleteYes, I would imagine those roots reach back to parents who gave her everything and were unable to provide any sort of constructive criticism, or instill any sort of morality, or a sense of decency and honesty.
Or we could also blame the fictional characters that Julia appears to employ as models. Back in college it was Elle Woods and the jackasses from Sex and the City:
http://www.thehoya.com/node/13730.
Julia appears to now be setting her sights even lower, what with the maniacal glee over Blair Whatever--I don't know because I'm an adult and don't watch Gossip Girl.
Our Julia. A Benjamin Button for the web 2.0 generation.
Jean Brodie
Probably insecurity (oooooh mean girls ep buzzword!) there. It's a simple as this: sexuality isn't WRONG at all, but when your merits aren't good enough without the flashing of some body parts in addition to whatever it is you (claim to) do, well that should say it all! I'd have a little bit more respect for her if she copped to the real reasons WHY she achieved what she has or the attention she kinda/sorta gets and if she were consciously playing that angle, even if I didn't personally agree with it. All the same, she's been flashing skin from the word JUMP, then plays innocent and old-fashioned, wanting to be taken seriously for her writing and not considered slutty. Stoooop honey. Don't worry, we KNOW you aren't slutty! You just play up to it while attempting to maintain a virginal image because you assume that's what guys will like AND the "suit-o" innocence keeps you in the clear for companies that might not be comfortable associated with a "slut". I mean, never mind that there are a myriad of OTHER things you should probably try to hide for that same reason, but whatever. We also KNOW it sure as shit (oops, profanity laced nonsociety site and vids are getting to me obvvv) isn't purely due to uh "writing" talent. I really don't even deny she has it in moderate amounts, but it isn't journalistic and it pains me to see her describe it as such. It's storytelling at best, it's "all about me". Every single piece. That's why it's even stranger that at DLD she couldn't really define what she did, nor its relevance when the topic of the panel was erm, digital. storytelling. That's exaaactly what she does, and isn't nearly as difficult as journalism, so what on earth?!
ReplyDeleteHmmph. Just to keep things fluffy and lighthearted, I must observe that in that German head-to-to "fashion" video (yes, I managed to watch it almost to the end), Julia Allison's red tights and short skirt manage to emphasize her bow-leggedness in a most unfortunate way. Where are Mary's fashion tips when we need them?
ReplyDeleteI tried counting all the little moues and facial tics in Julia's nonstop mugging for the camera, but found it as impossible as counting the grains of sand on the beach.
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Http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/nonsociety.com
ReplyDeleteThe traffic rank, reach and page views for yesterday are listed as "N/A," because "daily values are not available for sites ranked outside of the Top 100K."
Stunt time!
What offended me most about the Mean Girls TMI episode was how they kept justifying their catty behavior by saying that "they were human." Meanwhile, how many times did the drop the word "bitch?"
ReplyDeleteIt's not that women are naturally competitive, as JA asserts. It's that the female brain is hard wired to detect danger. Not competition, mind you. Danger. So our radar always goes up around other women because we are conditioned to be suspicious of other women. That has not so much to do with men. It has more to do with having been screwed over/hurt/disappointed by a female friend enough to be wary of them. Women will befriend other women way easier than men will befriend other men. That's why we get disappointed so easily. We don't vett our friends the way men do. Our friendships go deeper, so when we get disappointed or hurt, we feel it ten times more than men do. That's why we become suspicious of other women. And, sorry Mary, but if so many of Meg's friends immediately disliked you, that should tell you something. We spot trouble a lot easier than men do, and 9 times out of 10, our instincts are dead on. We've all been exposed to competitive, not so trustworthy women. We hone our instincts through all this experience.
To simplify it and make it all about men and mating shows exactly how she thinks, how deep her friendships have been and what she thinks of other women.
And spare me the excuse that Julia likes a-line skirts because they're feminine. She prefers them because they camouflage her lower body. She had a chance to be real and blew it by not wanting to admit to a flaw. Look at photos of Julia from 2 years ago. She LOVED the hip hugging cut of dresses and skirts. Her new found love of the a-line cut is due to her body, not because she likes to look like June Cleaver. This annoys me in the way it annoys me when Kevin Spacey feigns to be straight. By being so adamant and insisting, they're basically saying what they are is "bad" or "wrong."
ReplyDeletehttp://mary.nonsociety.com/post/75921565/check-out-my-cool-calf-strap-for-the-mic-sound
ReplyDeleteWow. Just wow that she doesn't think she looks scary unhealthy.
Loving the inside scoop on matchmakers, Christan. I thought it was telling that one of them claims to have set up 800 marriages, but hasn't been invited to a single wedding. That's not really something to brag about.
ReplyDeleteSomeone earlier mentioned South Park. This quote is spot on:
ReplyDelete"Parents, if you don't teach your children that people like Paris Hilton are to be despised, where are they gonna learn it? You have to be the ones to make sure your daughters aren't looking up to the wrong people."
Mr. Slave, South Park, Season 8, Stupid Spoiled Whore Video Playset
That bit of wisdom from Mr. Slave would have benefitted Julia's parents immensely.
ReplyDeleteAre those cocktails on the table next to where Mary's showing off her skeleton?
ReplyDeleteOMG, all this time, I was thinking Blair Waldorf was Blair from the Facts of Life. I'm so old.
ReplyDeleteJean, lmao at Julia Allison Button.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair to JA's parents, I do recall a blog post about how her mother caught her blithely skipping into school (high school, I think) late almost every morning. Apparently her mother warned JA she'd get suspended, to which JA replied, "They don't suspend kids like me." Mom marched her down to school and forced the principal (who, indeed, did not "suspend kids like her") to punish her for her chronic lateness. So there's reason to think she tried. Also, I remember back during the holidays, JA transcribed some convo with her dad where he seemed vaguely discouraging of the lifecasting thing. Frankly, my impression is that her family is mystified by her chosen "career," but supportive.
ReplyDeleteChecked the comments for QOTD-- 10--
ReplyDeletethey are getting exactly what they asked for--
I wonder just how long-- it will take Mary to realize that when you desire viewers/customers
it's not a good idea to tell your 'readers' to shut their trap--and stop visiting the site--she told me that many many times...she is thoughtful that way.
Even commenter Allison, very loyal to NS-is slowing down with endless positive comments.
So here is a QOTD:
If you had a lifecasting website, would you rather have 65 comments that contained criticism and snark or 10 comments that blew smoke up your colonicked ass?
Hey Mary, I know colonic does not have a K but it looks better when speaking past tense.
happy friday people!
Looks an awful lot like it Anon 12:51. Whatever happened to her "Style on the Rocks", btw? At least she owned it then.
ReplyDelete&& is it a cocktail or water in Julia's hand on the CollegeHumor (aka quasi-stalking Jakob to show him how great of a time she's having and how HAPPY SHE IS at the party for the venture he used to be part of, whilst pretending to be there in support of CH and Ricky Van Veen) premiere party post on Gawker? What do you think, bunniezzzzzzz?!?!?
P.S. Also got laughs out of "Julia Allison Button" - very apropos Jean, ty!
And Regina, I feel the same way. In fact I think in the context of many of her 'discussion with mom, dad and britt' posts they ALL appeared to be very mystified - by her and her choices. I mean, I think they're washing their hands of it because she's pushing 30 and they can't really parent her anymore, but it's always been very clear that they aren't exactly on-board with her path, even if they won't voice it outright. Sometimes I feel like they're trying to protect whatever vulnerability might be there by being the cheering squad where she wouldn't have one otherwise.
It just occured to me that it wouldn't be out of character for her to tell a bunch those old men she was seducing in Davos that she attended Harvard Business School (based on the one class she crashed). Similarly, I wouldn't be suprised if it's already in her infamous press kit.
ReplyDeleteI just tried posting a comment on the site, but now they "review" all of the comments before they are posted. Suprisingly, there are ZERO answers for the question of the day. Why have the section at all?
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine how much MORE traffic NS would have if they allowed anonymous comments on everything they post to their individual pages? Sure, there would be plenty of vitriol, but there would also be comedy, camaraderie (among commenters), and even some positive support, when warranted.
ReplyDeleteWell, that would take the ability to laugh about themselves. They are only willing to laugh at their own imaginary, manufactured, or cutesy faults, and not the ones pointed out by their community. (Sort of like when you're on a job interview and you say that your biggest fault is being a perfectionist, heh.)
Julia has always said any attention is good, so why not just go for it? Perez Hilton is number one on the Forbes Top 25 Web Celebs list (second year in a row), and nobody hates on him harder than his own readers.
Take note, bunnies.
I thought I liked Mary's cut. http://15.media.tumblr.com/qfdCLT0Y9jldyzs0y7z77a0Wo1_400.jpg
ReplyDelete:/ I wish she hadn't gone through with it now, it just looked better before.
2:18, Julia can't do that because deep down she doesn't really believe it. She wants to be an Oprah rather than an Ann Coulter, but she says what she does because she's at least a little aware of the kind of attention she is, can, and has been attracting. In that way she can't NOT present a supportive stand for it. If she were to focus on the fact that positive attention was what she truly desired, not only would she officially be perceived as a failure and essentially be openly admitting to acknowledging the fact, but she'd have to cut out all her attention-grabbing stunts. She would have to change who she is entirely and it's a sacrifice she either can't or isn't willing to make. She almost did when she was taking a break from blogging since it was "ruining her life", which she also claims that Gawker is now doing. Even then she was back within 2 days of that post, constantly frequents events that fall within the stratosphere of Gawker's reporting (where she knows her presence will be noted) and hasn't changed at all her pattern of oversharing. I smirk a bit when she complains about the ruination of her life because she's had a huge hand in it and appears to be unaware of the degree to which she has.
Meghan, Julia, and especially Mary and completely incapable of laughing at themselves. That would require the same shred of self esteem that would be OK with posting pictures of the other side of your face.
ReplyDeleteBut I have often thought of the comparison with Perez Hilton. He spun that hate into gold and now and a book, endorsements, paid appearances, TV appearances and a slew of other things that these girls only WISH they could have. It will never happen. They are way to insecure.
Anon 2:35, Julia looks 40 in the pic!! I've been avoiding looking at pictures of her for so long, I didn't realize how badly she was aging. Does she smoke?
ReplyDeleteOnly 10 responses up for yesterdays QOTD (one a duplicate and one a joke, so really 8) and NONE for today.
ReplyDeletePass me a roll of toilet paper, Dyspeptic, and I'll share this carton of eggs with you.
Re: Mary's Haircut. I liked the bob better but she pulls this off okay too, I think. But where have her eyebrows gone? That, combined with the cardigan thing she's wearing, and she looks practically geriatric here. Might want to balance the diet a bit and ease up on the tequila shots. She looks like someone's tipsy old aunty.
ReplyDeleteMary Rambin looks so old because she shoots her face full of chemicals, tans too much when she sponges off friends in St. Barths and has no body fat. Loss of body fat is what makes skin wrinkle and look old. Fat in your face fills in creases and gives it a youthful look. Mary thinks she's being "healthy" by starving herself but she is actually aging herself dramatically in the process.
ReplyDeleteJulia is slowly morphing from Snow White to the Wicked Queen, face-wise. She should just embrace it and use it as an excuse to get a whole new set of costumes.
ReplyDeleteHow does one justify being a health/fitness expert when they sunbathe whenever the can, drink rather copious amounts of alcohol and so often and who potentially has some kind of eating disorder. That picture of her someone posted from her blog today is DISTURBING. She looks emaciated.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was crazy that Mary had all those crow's feet and forehead wrinkles, especially since my mom is 47 and doesn't even have that stuff yet.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah Anon 2:57 - the binge drinking does not help much either. It has been discussed at length before, but Mary has MAJOR body issues and not the same ones Julia has. Her almost pathological fear of "toxins" leads her to engage in a dangerous cycle juicing, fasting and colonics and but she has not reconciled that with the fact that she loads her body up with toxins with the booze and Botox. She's attempted to explain the two opposing practices before on her blog but failed miserably because she's 1. horrible at forming coherent critical arguments and 2. she's so horribly insecure that she tries to brush it off as a practice of health or basic beauty maintenance, like buying a pair of jeans. UM.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many body image issues with her, I don't even know where to begin, but they've been discussed a bunch before. But whatever, she's free do to what she wants to her body. But so were people like Tara Reid and Lisa Rinna and look how that turned out.
Mary got such a great response for her previous haircut, which was loooooong overdue. Why did she go and sabotage herself? Paging Dr. Freud...
ReplyDeleteI'm loving the subtitle of Julia's article: "Can a dating specialist help me?"
ReplyDeleteIsn't that what SHE'S supposed to be?
Leave out the word "dating" and the answer...would still be NO.
I just want my J-Term form to be mailed back on time to my college. And I want it to reflect my work for the entire month, not what I wrote (which was all the truth) on my blog which pissed certain people off.
ReplyDeletehttp://charlsie.tumblr.com/post/75142544/j-term
was this discussed?
Seriously, I don't understand why Mary chopped off yet MORE of her hair after her cute little bob looked so amazing on her. Why would you even WANT to look like Katie Holmes anyway??!(seeing as though Katie's yet another gal pushing 30 who looks/dresses a good ten years older a'la Mary)
ReplyDeleteMary's mature looks always astounded me from the get-go...homegirl looks ROUGH and it's sad to see how a "healthy" 26-year-old has ruined her skin like that. She's the poster child for the dangers of sun-worshipping. Sorry, but I'd much rather be pasty white than have a face that already looks like a beat up leather handbag. Add that into the extreme dieting/malnourishment of her body, and we see the results.
The poor girl wouldn't even need botox treatments if she'd actually just put on a flattering extra 10 pounds and stayed out of the sun already.
Anon 3:13, yep, and we're waiting to see what happens and if we need to go to battle on Charlsie's behalf. So far, Charlsie hasn't tweeted or tumblred any updates that I'm aware of.
ReplyDeleteJA's mother has not spoken with her own mother-in-law in over 20 years. JA's father is an only child and his mother is not welcome at his home. The "offending" grandmother lives in the same neighborhood. This speaks volumes about the self-centerdness gene in JA. So much for compassion. I hope the paint job comes out fantastic. God knows that is more important than reaching out to a lonely widow.
ReplyDeleteTHIS old QotD entry cracked my ass up(it's still posted in one of the older questions):
ReplyDeleteMeghan Asha
Compooters iz hard.
I telz Jule-ah she must help me wit compooters problems.
I no kno how to work teh compooters. 2 buzey being anorexic and living in muh daddy's SoHo loft-house.
I wiz I had a brain.
Someone help uz wit compooters? I pay in sex.
Mary Rambin
Meghan! Go back in the cage! You know you aren't allowed to use the internet unless you have someone monitoring you!
Sorry, everyone. Meghan is our "special" blogger. Julia and I just use her for her money and apartment since we both got kicked out of ours :(
Remember: style is the key to individuality. Individuality is the key to fashion. Fashion is the key to lifestyle.
xo,
Mary
Margaret Loeb
Stay away from my husband!!!
Meghan Asha
Mary iz actchually a man.
Mary tawt me how 2 starhve muhself. She says I iz prhettier when I iz anorexic. She tells me dat mens dont liek hooman bodies.
Muh daddy has sad oveah me. Cuz he knos I iz dum dum wit eating prahblems. Whole family iz ashamed.
Julia fuck Loeb man in plane. It wuz gross. I had to listen. He called Julia fat afterwhurd. I no blame him.
Meghan Asha
Uh oh.
I think I broke site.
Julia will be mad.
I no good wit compooters.
ummmmmm she put her name in to be a bravo tastemaker?
ReplyDeletePoor Meghan. I always thought she might come out all right if she left NS, but after seeing (and cringing through) her godawful interview footage from CES, I realized just how very "special" she truly is. She certainly is geeky, although not in the obsessive computer user sense. (The other definition choices would be 1) awkward and 2) circus performer. Take your pick.)
ReplyDeletemeghan kind of looks/acts afflicted.
ReplyDeleteRegarding that picture someone posted above:
ReplyDeletehttp://15.media.tumblr.com/qfdCLT0Y9jldyzs0y7z77a0Wo1_400.jpg
FREAKY. Mary's face looks NOTHING like it used to. She looks at least 40. If I didn't think she wasn't such a condescending, trashy bitch I'd feel sorry or concerned for her. But meh. Call it a bit of schadenfreude that it amuses me that she's flushing what precious little money she has left down the toilet on cut rate cosmetic procedures that make her look ten times older when she wants to look younger. And she'll keep getting more and more procedures as she gets older and she'll keep looking worse and worse. Ha.
Anyone can be a Bravo taste maker. Julia - you are nothing special, no matter how much daddy told you you were.
ReplyDeletehttp://bravoalistawards.com/
BTW - Mary's haircut makes her look like Ellen, not Katie Holmes!
ReplyDeleteJulia Allison - the Confessions of a Shopaholic movie premiere was last night, too - so how did getting tickets to that work out for you? Oh, right. Well, I am sure the College Humor party (populated with exes snickering at your failure behind your back) was just as glamourous.
ReplyDeleteOh my God, she is so bereft of content -- and an Internet connection, remember? -- she's posted the most embarrassing LipDub ever of her singing "Build Me Up Buttercup" as she wanders down some hotel hallway somewhere. Truly one of the most embarrassing ones ever, and it's a year old now or something. Jesus, woman, get the fuck over yourself.
ReplyDeleteNice lip dub, Julia Allison. Keep posting old pictures and videos of yourself BBC: "Before Blueprint Cleanse." Before that sham crash diet permanently wrecked your metabolism and made you gain weight. Before you were puffy and bloated and sick looking. Before you stopped wearing jeans and started hiding your hips under A-line skirts because your lovely curves are so pronounced when you stand next to your skeletal "friend" Mary Rambin. Guess what? When Mary introduced you to Blueprint Cleanse, she basically gave you Calteen Bars.
ReplyDeleteMean Girl #1: You can't sit with us anymore.
ReplyDeleteMean Girl #2: Regina, you're wearing sweatpants.
Regina: Sweatpants are the only things that fit me right now.
http://julia.nonsociety.com/post/75960757
Julia is at Dr. Bobby (via twitter).
ReplyDeleteI just threw up in my mouth.
Oh no. Microderm abrasion and trout lips?
ReplyDeleteJulia is at Dr. Bobby because desperate times call for desperate measures.
ReplyDeleteHey Julia Allison - just shave your head for attention! It worked for Britney and it's FREE!
OMG TMI weekly posted my comment (spearminty)!
ReplyDeleteI am impressed that they are allowing so many dissenting voices on their site.
Probably Restylane &/or Botox.
ReplyDeleteFrankly, unless these 3 women have serious skin problems, what the hell is a medical doctor doing by encouraging women in their 20s to get these injections???
Mean Girl - not special indeed... that's the prompt you get when you enter your name to either vote for or nominate people. I should screenshot mine and pretend I'm a nominee too! ;) Also funny that "ooh, I'll announce my wish to attend this premiere, then direct the PR peeps to the site and this post in particular. Automatic IN!" Neeeeeewp. Here again, going to Dr. Bobby... and with photos! Well, that's nice. But WHY? What the hell am I saying, that would be transparency and we all know how that goes!
ReplyDeleteJacy, another blast from the past... happier times at last year's SXSW. :/
Lastly, laughs a minute at the call for suggestions for Fashion Week craziness to pull. Sigh. Even the publicity stunts are getting outsourced to the readers these days. FOR SHAME.
QOTD was dead today at 12:30-- not so much as one comment--now there are 9 comments--
ReplyDeleteVery little traffic?
Everybody is here?
Nice and servicey RBNS.
I went to Dr. Bobby a while back to get a wart removed--I live in the neighborhood. He's a cool guy. If I ever get another wart and go back there, I'll ask him if he cares that such a nut job is advertising for him.
ReplyDeleteDid I hear Julia correctly when she said that because she is a "media personality" she can't be seen in the same outfit more than 3 times?
ReplyDeleteThere are so many things wrong with that statement I don't know where to begin.
How sad is it that she's afraid to wear the same outfit to a convention where nobody has ever heard of her, but she wears the same ratty skirts and sweatpants multiple times a week? She spends more money on (rented) clothes she'd wear once than on clothes she'd wear every day in her real life. Pathetic. And so brilliant in this economy.
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ReplyDelete"what the hell is a medical doctor doing by encouraging women in their 20s to get these injections???"
uhm, advertising.
Frankly, I wouldn't trust Dr. Bobby to give me a pedicure, let alone inject or remove anything from my body.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, he lets these twits film him working, which is unprofessional, and apparently trades free services for advertising. If his judgment is so bad that he believes that they are good advertising, then he'll never get anywhere near my skin.
Secondly, I still remember watching the video in which he's goading Mary into Restylane injections, by preying on her fear of nasolabial folds. She's in her mid-20s, for chrissake! Even with her tanning and bad habits, that is just way too drastic for a woman her age.
Jane, that is possibly unnecessary medical treatment.
ReplyDeleteEven though many people act as if Restylane and Botox are just cosmetics, they are medical products and shouldn't be used capriciously.
Anon 6:51
ReplyDeleteYeah, this is the part of the trainwreck I am rather obssessed with as well. She also blogged about how it was time to have/go to a clothes swap.
Ironic, how well they cover where the dresses come from [they know if they don't link-- the freebies dry up] but tech conventions; DLD; and Davos just more pics of them with very little content.
One last one--anyone catch JAB's Tony Column? She mentioned one of the matchmakers set her up with someone 20 years her senior [later said he was nice though] but it sounded like the age thing turned her off.
Well, you know who is exactly 20 years her senior?
Planeman--Dan Loeb.
Just saying.
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ReplyDeleteYes, I agree. I am amazed that he would allow
his picture posted; the taping of procedures; it says
a great deal about him.
Never been a fan of Pharma's solutions for everything.
Having to pay to rent clothes through Ilus = not important enough for designers, showrooms, PR to lend them anything.
ReplyDeleteThe Shopaholic premiere was very wishful thinking; an excuse for them to walk the red carpet (wasn't happening even if access had been granted) and have a camera crew follow her - ostensibly for "coverage" and "content" but really to trick onlookers and industry notables in attendance into thinking they were celebrities. I think that's the story with everything they attend though, so it's not like this is new. For real, tooooo baaaaad.
Well planeman dan's a billi with a private jet and stuff so, you know, totally different!
ReplyDeleteThe obvious question that no one has asked: would you trust your sensitive, fragile, years-of-heavily-made-up skin to a physician calling himself "Dr. Bobby"? Maybe if you're a fictionl character in a show for teenagers, say Gossip Girl. Others might be looking for a licensed derm with a more professional name, not one that sounds like a muppet.
ReplyDeleteReader Email: "STEP AWAY FROM THE NEEDLE!!!"
ReplyDeleteFrom: [redacted]
Date: February 6, 2009 5:24:00 PM EST
To: Julia Allison julia@nonsociety.com
Subject: Re: OH GOD!
Oh god, Julia, PLEASE tell me you’re not getting more of that SHIT injected into your cheeks and forehead!
Those lines (if they even exist, they’re probably only in your head) are NATURAL and your face doesn’t look good without them!
STEP AWAY FROM THE NEEDLE!!! And Dr. Bobby. Please, for the love of god, you’re only 27! Give your face a break!
From: Julia Allison
Date: February 6, 2009 6:29:00 PM EST
To: [redacted]
Subject: Re: OH GOD!
I’ve never had anything injected into my forehead or cheeks. Why would you think that?? I have bad acne.
Sent from my iPhone
Let me add: My acne tends to really flare up when I’ve had lack of sleep, stress and lack of healthy food and exercise (like during Munich/Davos), so I feel as if my current regime - at least 7 hours each night, trying to calm down a bit, and eating healthy with exercise - should help out. Nonetheless, Dr. Bobby had some topical treatments, as I refuse to use any hormonal medicines, including antibiotics and birth control. I don’t take ANY medicine at all except Advil on occasion (oh, and Midol, on even rarer occasion).
Plus - if you must know - I was also getting some suspicious moles checked out, although he deemed them “normal.” Eh. I had a dream that one of them was cancerous the other night, so … I just thought, better safe than skin cancer.
THAT SAID, I have no problem with cosmetic procedures and fully intend to use botox when the time comes.
Julia saw that comment on TONY yesterday about a woman in her 30s, and FREAKED. Did you notice it was the only comment she replied to, in order to state her age!!! No wonder she high-tailed it over to Dr. Bobby.
ReplyDeleteIf you think about the lyrics to her dumbass lip dub (which I haven't and WON'T watch), maybe she's sending a message to some guy who just dumped her. "Why do you build me up, Buttercup baby, just to let me down..."
Julia...please consider microdermabrasion. I want to see you wearing a Michael Jackson face bandana for the next two weeks.
Clogging one's pores with pancake tranny makeup will tend to cause acne flare-ups, Julia, FYI.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe you're just so full of crap, it's starting to erupt from every opening on your body.
I think I'll sleep better tonight, knowing that Julia's face is covered in festering pimples.
ReplyDeleteMean Girl, I nearly choked when I saw your reference to Calteen bars!!! bwahahahahahaha
My acne tends to really flare up when I’ve had lack of sleep, stress and lack of healthy food and exercise
ReplyDeleteSo then, always? Kthanx
I'm calling bullshit on Julia's claim that she doesn't get fillers injected into her face. Her complexion has that waxy look that women who not only get injected but do so repeatedly and aggressively have.
ReplyDeleteIt's a weird ageless thing that actually makes one look older. See any photos of Dr. Brandt.
I'm Bravo Tastemaker now. Thanks for that link, Mean Girl.
ReplyDeleteJA lipdub showups when she breaks up with someone
ReplyDeleteJulia may have missed the premiere, but her pose was there:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.bastardly.com/2009-new-hottie-krysten-ritter-confessions-of-a-shopaholic-premiere-0206?page=0,1
Lack of healthy food and exercise at a mountain ski resort in Switzerland? Pull the other one.
ReplyDeleteJules, do you prefer laser or cryogenic removal of vaginal warts? Have you considered buttcrack lightening? The pros in the adult industry all do it. Maybe you could incorporate the procedures into a lipdub/commercial for Dr. Fun Bobby.
ReplyDeleteDr. Brandt looks sooooooo FREAKY!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.drbrandtskincare.com/about-drbrandt.php
The pic at this link is from 2007 at TONY. Is Julia wearing that same suit with pleated skirt she was wearing in Munich on that manic tic-filled video??
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/sex-dating/22098/closet-case
Also, she'd kill to be able to wear dress #6 again.
Found Julia with bangs! When she was dating Charles Forman!! It's candid!!!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nickmcglynn.com/randomnightout/photos/albums/igniiteatmi5/images/V0000044.jpg
Enjoy.
K. Ritter rocks the hell out of that pose, and is gorgeous to boot.
ReplyDeleteDid NOT know candid photos of that one existed. Amazing that there was not one, but TWO cameras around and she's actually looking *gasp* SHY instead of staring into it and posing?! Forman must have had some crazy effect on her. Actually, I guess we basically know for a fact he did.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, Drama King. I didn't understand when someone mentioned the bow-leggedness earlier but in that particular photo on the Time Out site... wawawiwa. That would be why the Tinsley M. pee-pee pose was adopted, presumably?
ReplyDeletePleated suit skirt strikes again. Time to donate this one, Miss Media Personality:
ReplyDeletehttp://nymag.com/fashion/fashionshows/2008/spring/main/newyork/backstage/lamb/slideshow.html?6
Why doesn't style maven Mary explain to Julia that ankle strap shoes visually break up the leg line, making legs look shorter (stumpier, in Julia's case).
Forman is a douche. The only reason why he tolerated her for 6+ months is because he thought it sounded cool to say he was dating her. The way he reamed her in Details, while entertaining, showed how pathetic and bitchy he is. Sure, make yourself out to be a big man while being profiled for some sissified rag, but when it came to needing some arm candy to prove your masculinity and coolness, she was fine to deal with. Shame on you for tolerating her shit in the first place. If she was such a terror he should have manned the fuck up and dumped her instead of feeling a sad little need to Twitter I love you's and other drivel to her so he could prove to the other tech geeks he finally had a girlfriend. Yeah, as long as she brought you a little cache she was fine. I'm sorry, but he knew he was being used and he let it happen because it made him cool. Pussy.
ReplyDeleteThis is a MUCH better photo of be-banged Julia, trust:
ReplyDeletehttp://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/valleywag/2008/07/julia_allison_charles_foreman_ignite.jpg
(We need a forum to post these kinds of treasures in.)
Here's another pic with Forman:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nickmcglynn.com/randomnightout/photos/albums/igniiteatmi5/images/V0000045.jpg
Agreed, Forman is a tool that even JAB didn't deserve. The bang candids are from the night he announced their public break-up.
ReplyDeleteI heard Jules played along and laughed at his assholish "founder fetish" lecture, but is that how he broke the news? Or did she know beforehand?
Jinx, BillyBob! Great minds and all...
ReplyDeleteuh, make that BillyBoy. mind...not so great.
ReplyDeleteI think a post on Gawker about it said she DID know about it, but that doesn't necessarily mean it was true. The laughing could just have easily been to save face.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nickmcglynn.com/randomnightout/photos/albums/igniiteatmi5
ReplyDeleteespecially this one:
http://www.nickmcglynn.com/randomnightout/photos/albums/igniiteatmi5/pages/V0000045.html
but where did the bangs go?
CONFESSIONS OF A CUPCAKE-AHOLIC:
ReplyDeleteStress is a large reason for my 5-10 pound weight gain since we started NonSociety in July - although I hardly ever weigh myself, I know I was somewhere around 125 last April, and I bumped that up to 130 through Thanksgiving, when it went up to 135. Now I’m back down to 130, but keeping the stress levels low, especially with the economic pressure, is going to be a top priority of mine in the coming months.
Keeping those stress levels low for vanity pounds rather than the many other health-related reasons to do so, thaaat's our Julia. Yet another response to comments posted her (and/or on her most recent TONY article). Although I happen to think it's mostly here, since what follows is the faux-gangster "who this person" and pseudo self-deprecation, which she's already been called out on for here quite recently. Kinda cool when theories pan out. ;)
ReplyDeleteJust a reminder that Meghan used to DATE Dr. Bobby. Carry on.
ReplyDeleteI was somewhere around 125 last April, and I bumped that up to 130 through Thanksgiving, when it went up to 135. Now I’m back down to 130,
ReplyDeleteHow does one manage to look heavier when she weighs less? I don't understand the constant turning back of time/denying obvious truths thing. She's much fuller looking now than she's ever been. I didn't start noticing the change in her shape until January. I also noticed a ruddiness in her skin. She doesn't take care of herself at all and it shows. Her nervous system must be on overload, but the damage from the cleanses counteracts shedding weight due to anxiety the way she did the year before.
I can't imagine what it must be like to spend so much time and effort in to fitting an image that you think everyone expects of you rather than simply being yourself. She lives to make people believe that she's more everything than she really is.
I give Mary credit for admitting that she's broke and works a part time job as spin instructor. It makes her a bit more relateable. Julia just seems obsessed with portraying this image to the public of having a closet full of designer clothes, endless invites to big parties, and friends in high places.
Here are a few Tweets you might enjoy. They happened over a week ago, so apologies if you've seen them. Loren Feldman is the one who posted a funny video rant about NS and later posted Rachel Osborne's video about Paul Carr. Michael Wilde is with IT company Splunk:
ReplyDeleteTWEET 1: http://twitter.com/michaelwilde/status/1154558172
"You must read this. http://tinyurl.com/bpj5uu"
[This link goes to Jezebel story about Mary Rambin's Roe v. Wade posting]
8:28 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck
1938media
Loren Feldman
TWEET 2: http://twitter.com/michaelwilde/status/1154558172
"@1938media those Non-Society chicks need to go down! Will someone please just cancel them from media altogether!"
10:18 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck in reply to 1938media
michaelwilde
Michael Wilde
TWEET 3: http://twitter.com/michaelwilde/status/1154558172
"@michaelwilde How awesome are they? I mean Mary Rambin has to be the stupidest fucking chick I have ever seen on the internet. I love it."
10:21 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck in reply to michaelwilde
1938media
Loren Feldman
So, I guess it's not just WOMEN who are jealous of NonSociety. Now the guys are jealous haters, too, right?
ReplyDeleteAnd Michael Wilde, you're a multi-millionaire, why should you be jealous of Mary??
LMAO
OOPS, left off the last one:
ReplyDeleteTWEET 4: http://twitter.com/michaelwilde/status/1154558172
"@1938media nuke those bitches... I cringe when i hear julia allison.. and i met her at a Techcrunch party a year or so ago"
10:38 PM Jan 27th from TweetDeck in reply to 1938media
michaelwilde
Michael Wilde
You heard the man. NUKE THOSE BITCHES!
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that when you lose weight through crash diets or, er, "cleanses", whatever you gain back when you resume normal eating (which for most people isn't healthy, balanced or eased into gradually to reacquaint the body) will be fat. So in theory, you can get back to the exact same weight or even a few pounds over, but will look heavier because there's been muscle loss and fat cells expand very easily when "fed". A muscular 120/30 can appear skinner than a thin 110/15 with excess body fat due to muscle being more compact in the body and therefore taking up less space. She also has to know that her metabolism is already slowing down the older she gets, and toying with that mechanism is MUCH harder to correct (maybe even impossible) at that point.
ReplyDeleteChristan, you're precisely right. It's interesting to me that she's quoted Eckhart Tolle before because it doesn't appear like she's ever actually READ any of his books. I understand her attraction probably has more to do with the Oprah book club endorsements, but his whole stance is about letting go of the ego, which is entirely what she is about. If she's read any of his books, it appears it's yet another one of those things she pondered for a quick second (or posted about to appear deep, sincere and/or introspective) and forgot about because pursuit of fame, money and status were just more important to her.
It HAS to be exhausting to never be able to relax because you're constantly trying to be something for others. You're correct in the "image" she tries to portray and the problem is that her constant focus on that is making her more and more shallow. She isn't taking the time to seriously reflect (out of the blogosphere entirely) and define *for herself* who she is, what she wants out of this life and what she can REALLY do to improve lives for others. I'm not saying we all do that (though I do feel a lot of people aspire to, are trying, or are thinking about it), but if she keeps bringing such things up as topics without appearing to take any of it seriously or try and DO something about it, how does she expect to be perceived any other way than she has at this point? I believe her friend/ex Dan has had conversations with her about this sort of thing multiple times and yet, still, more of the same.
Mary is definitely more relatable in admitting she's broke, but sometimes I don't know if that's real or due to pressure from people talking about their being privileged, getting things for free and benefitting from others. I don't fault her for being a spin instructor either. She has to make money somehow and despite my personal disinterest in her bags, she actually started and ran her own business that had a bit of a following too, so at least she tried. Someone noted that she will issue the "I'm broke" when people talk about freebies and the money they appear to spend as if it grows on trees, but when the mention of her having 'family money' comes up, nary a response or correction to be found. I'm not saying it is or isn't truth because I honestly don't know, but it's like that's an "acceptable" rumor to have floating around, so even if it weren't there would be no clarification issued.
Christian encapsulates the essence of JA's branding technique in one sentence:
ReplyDelete"She lives to make people believe that she's more everything than she really is."
This could be her mantra. She has this MO down and has really perfected it.