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Fascinating reading: the author of A Rose In The Desert, that unbelievably fawning article about the Assads published in March 2011 in Vogue, writes how she was duped and pushed into it and of the reality of her time in Syria.
Good, but not good enough. Certain things are completely unfair: Joan Juliet Buck lost her job at Vogue more or less because ( Read more... )
Good, but not good enough. Certain things are completely unfair: Joan Juliet Buck lost her job at Vogue more or less because ( Read more... )
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I would have thought it was the hanged men outside the Four Seasons that made you uneasy, but fine. This is Vogue, after all, middle eastern men in unfashionable clothes are so alien to you you actually perceive them as a threat.
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I thought that was an outstanding line. I actually thought she redeemed herself somewhat in the closing paragraphs. The rest of the article is crap, though. God, the writer just seems so stupid and pampered and brainless.
The quote from Vogue at the end is laughable
"Like many at the time, we were hopeful that the Assad regime would be open to a more progressive society. Subsequent to our interview, as the terrible events of the past year and a half unfolded in Syria, it became clear that its priorities and values were completely at odds with those of Vogue . The escalating atrocities in Syria are unconscionable and we deplore the actions of the Assad regime in the strongest possible terms."
Seriously, what the fuck are the priorities and values of Vogue and what the actual fuck do they have to do with what's happening in Syria? And LOL at the very idea that Vogue claim they thought they were influencing the regime.
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