{"id":4457,"date":"2010-03-23T23:15:45","date_gmt":"2010-03-24T07:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=4457"},"modified":"2010-03-23T23:15:45","modified_gmt":"2010-03-24T07:15:45","slug":"when-androgyny-isnt-helpful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/when-androgyny-isnt-helpful\/","title":{"rendered":"When Androgyny Isn’t Helpful"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Today, I came upon this photo of Tragic Fashion Boy<\/strong> today on a fashion blog, with this caption:<\/p>\n “She has this androgynous petit gamin<\/em> look that\u2019s just fascinating. A good example of how the guests can really bring a designer\u2019s vision to life at a fashion show.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh dear! Is TFB pushing the petit gamin<\/em> thing too far? Or is it a heinous lapse of cultural literacy on the part of the blogger, who should be able to identify TFB as easily as Leigh Lezark and Daphne Guiness?<\/p>\n On the bright side, when I showed this picture to my son’s girlfriend, she exclaimed, “Tragic Fashion Boy!” So my work is done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, I came upon this photo of Tragic Fashion Boy today on a fashion blog, with this caption: “She has this androgynous petit gamin look that\u2019s just fascinating. A good example of how the guests can really bring a designer\u2019s … Continue reading