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We are knee deep in 'holiday'. All that seems to play on the radio is holiday-inspired music, Christmas lights are everywhere, and Hanukkah officially started a few evenings ago. It has it's upsides though, everyone is in a little bit of a giving mood, we haven't entered the February slump that hits my home state of Iowa at the end of every winter. At this time we are all thinking of our family and friends, but also hopefully our favorite charities, as well as volunteering our time.

Unfortunately though, one person always gets left behind every holiday season... you. While it is fantastic that December is always dedicated to everyone else, winter is a hard season to get through for most people, especially in locations that really feel it in the weather. Depression looms around the corner, and when one person is depressed the feeling spreads like wildfire. Possibly the best thing you can do for everyone else this winter is to take care of yourself.

I don't think that everyone should become self-centered and conceited, but you have to admit that on the days you feel self-assured and beautiful, you are much more likely to give a dollar to the homeless man downtown, or leave an extra big tip when you are at a restaurant. That feeling in yourself is what helps make the world go round, and is what inspires those initial good deeds. Perhaps if everyone was nicer to themselves, we wouldn't even have to wait until token holidays to start giving to others.

So while you are giving gift cards and money and presents, as well as quality time, to everyone else, make sure to do a few things for yourself. Maybe make a note to tell yourself that you are truly beautiful, inside and out. Maybe while you are shopping for other people, buy something for yourself that you otherwise wouldn't have. Learn something to better yourself. Set aside time for a relaxing bubble bath with a good book, but every week instead of whenever you find the time.

You don't always have to have a concrete reason to treat yourself well. Sure, New Years is a great time to set a goal for treating your physical body right, but why wait until then? Better yet, why only focus on your physical body, as most everyone does. Don't do a fad diet, don't promise to work out 8 days a week. Instead, splurge on your favorite fruits and delight in how delicious every single one tastes, congratulate yourself that you managed to work out twice a week, on your first try!

Don't forget that you also exist during this holiday season, because pessimism spreads, as does that contagious happiness and confidence that only comes with knowing that you are worth while as a person.

Monday is the start of finals week here at the University of Iowa, marking the end of the fall semester and the official beginning of the winter holidays. But I, Jessica, have a small problem.

I've studied, I've gone to class, I've taken test after test and done homework assignment after assignment, and I've gained about 10 pounds over this semester. Now, I have quite a few theories as to why I gained this fairly significant amount of weight after maintaining 115 pounds for literally years. I worked out a lot at the beginning of the semester, built up a lot of muscle, and then stopped (mostly because of my schedule), which turned all that new muscle into fat. I also now live in the city after living my entire life in a rural community, so the influx of late night snacking and eating out (usually family members buy, not us, although my husband is the guilty party in pizza delivery) may also be a culprit.

I'm sure I'll get back to my normal, healthy weight, but the fact that the holidays are just starting and I'm already heavier than normal is stressful. Not to mention that if this were to become a trend, I foresee bad things happening when I get into middle age.

I have been pondering the idea of vegetarianism and vegan-ism for quite some time. I managed about a year or so ago to maintain a vegetarian diet for about 3 months, a record for me (since I had never tried it before). My reasons aren't just selfishly weight and health related. Being an Environmental Science major, I truly understand how bad raising meat is on the planet and want to minimize my impact. My mom is also a vegan and it has been a tremendously wonderful experience for her.

The thing is, I'm a young, married undergrad. That means that 75% of the time (excluding tax return time and student aid refund time) I am broke. Not just broke either, fucking broke. I've tried to go vegetarian again since the last time, but I just don't have the money to buy the organic food that I see as vital to a good vegetarian diet. (Why only go halfway?). I shop at Aldi and although their food choices are expanding, they are still quite limited in the organic and health food departments. Vegan diets include much more than vegetarian ones do, it seems to me and I just don't see how I can afford it. The sad truth of our society is that bad, unhealthy, processed food is inexpensive and available, while the healthy food is not. I understand that it is an investment in my health, which you can't put a price on, but you can put a price on gasoline, toothpaste, toilet paper, and snow boots (it's December in Iowa and I still don't have fucking snow boots). -_-

Give me some feedback!! I need your help!! Is there a way to maintain a healthy, preferably organic diet, with limited income and limited choices? Have any of you done it before? HOW?!

Comment and I will respond back!

Many models have wondered what is required of them to become a muse, there is really nothing to it actually.

In this article, you can expect to find advice on poses, hygiene and safety.

Let us start off by looking at poses first:

If you would like to become a muse it is imperative that you practice holding still for a few minutes at a time, this is not a must with photographic modeling, but for an artist that paints or draws it is a necessity.

Artists always enjoy seeing muses try different and interesting poses, for this purpose many muses start yoga. The more creative your poses are, the bigger your chances are of getting hired more often.

For those who are unsure, muse castings are normally found at your local art college or institute. When applying for a casting, remember that a good model spends a lot of time coming up with good, creative poses and always takes pride in their creativity, bring your personality to castings and sessions.

When struggling or in doubt about poses, I would suggest taking a look through previous artists poses and ideas.

Posing times can be from as short as two minutes and as long as thirty minutes. Most drawing or painting sessions will start with one minute warm up poses, these poses are also used for the more difficult poses such as contortion.

Do be aware that sessions typically last for two to three hours, but there is no need to worry, artists that request you for entire sessions will allow time for breaks. During these breaks most muses stretch stiffening muscles and have something to eat or drink. Do be sure to have a robe with you for breaks, although you enjoy being nude, this is a form of respect to the artist.

Word of advice for full session muses, when posing try find a focal point and keep it, this will help you stay in your pose aswel as get you back into the correct pose after your breaks.

NEVER look at an artist directly, unless told otherwise. This can be very distracting to him or her.

When attending a nude artists session it is highly recommended that you bring along a solid colour sheet to cover up props that have been used by previous nude muses. You never know if the props are washed as regularly as they should be.

With that said, I hope I have answered your questions about becoming a muse and I wish you the best of luck with your endeavor.

Warnings:

• Although private castings and sessions are more likely to pay you more, it runs the risk of possible sexual assault, take as much care as possible when applying for private castings.
• When responding to ANY advertisement, please do research before accepting ANY job.
• Although most institutes forbid camera phones during sessions, they sometimes end up in the studio/class. Muses are to be vigilant at all times during sessions.

I was thinking about my life the other day, as I tend to do, and those thoughts lead me into thoughts about school, as they usually do, since school is not only a huge part of my life right now, but it's also the most stressful. I love being in college though. The smell and mystery of new textbooks that I know I will understand after the semester, the win of getting good grades and how successful I feel after a particularly good study binge. I love learning, I always have and I always will.

What I don't like is waking up every morning knowing that although the government won't let me imbibe alcohol, they do let me grow farther, and farther, and farther in debt. I'm not old enough to drink, but dammit I'm plenty old enough to stall my future by taking out thousands of dollars in loans just to further my education.

My parents struggled with their own finances all throughout my childhood, so there was never any chance in them paying for my college education, and it's better that way. I'm glad that it was left up to me to pay for my future because I learned incredibly valuable lessons that I'm not sure would have stuck with me had I been given my education for free. I have failed several times, and I learned what I was doing wrong and how to fix it. I also believe that having to personally invest in my future makes it more tangible and worthwhile to me.

Don't get me wrong, this country has some serious issues with educating it's future, and make no mistake, we students, and all the students after us are it's future. We as a country lag behind the entire world in high school education standards, yet don't pay our teachers a decent living wage. Our nation's capital has the worst school district in the country.  I once had my 6th grade teacher tell me "if you don't know the answer, just guess 'C'". How about you tell me the answer, or better yet teach me how to discover it myself, instead of teaching me how to have a 1/4 chance at getting it right? Of course we also have some of the best colleges and universities in the world, so if you can manage to graduate the hellhole of high school with good enough grades (a C average..) you can try to get into college. Chances are that because of our culture you will go bat-shit crazy being so close to all the kegs, and you also won't have any study habits because American high schools don't teach you that. So once you sell your soul for thousands in student loans that you will have to pay back plus interest in a few years, you fail. You end up having to go to school an extra year or so because you weren't taught how to be a good student. That is, if you don't drop out.

That's a pretty fucked up system if you ask me.

Is there anything better out there? Sure, other countries have proven it with their consistently better-than-ours college graduation rate.

So here I am, thinking about how I won't even graduate with a bachelor's degree until 2014, (I graduated high school in 2009), and I will spend damn near the rest of my adult life paying money back to the government for making our country a better place. Because that's what educated people do. They do the research before they vote, they are doctors and lawyers, they are judges and presidents. They are scientists and authors and soldiers and reporters.

Now, whether or not I will be employed when I graduate.... that's another story.

I started modeling back in January 2009.  I still vividly remember my first photo shoot.  I saw an ad on Craigslist about an upcoming shoot with the local photography club.  They were still looking for models, so, I thought, "Why not?"  It never even occurred to me that I might be just a tad bit different from the other models who applied.  I had tattoos, piercings, and my hair was dyed unnaturally...  The dress I picked out was a black, vinyl ballgown and the shoes were Mary Jane platforms.  I looked around me and the difference was obvious.  One model had an actual black ball gown and looked very glamorous.  Two others had on short dresses and looked as if they were ready to go clubbing.  The other remarkable difference was the four or so photographers who were swarming all over me. That was totally unexpected!  After all, I didn't think of myself as conventionally pretty, but it dawned on me that maybe they have had enough of that.  They wanted something different to photograph.

After that day, I was dead set on modeling.  I had something these photographers wanted, obviously.  After all, I received offers to shoot again.  One photographer told me to join Model Mayhem and the rest is pretty much history!  Though those were amazing days for me, I still wanted something else in my life...  A family.  I had a husband already...  But what about children?  I knew I really wanted to be a mother, but I suppose I didn't fully think through all of the consequences of what that would bring.

I became pregnant for the third time (the first two were lost to miscarriages) in January 2011.  My husband and I were ecstatic!  Sure, it was unplanned, being only two weeks or so after our wedding, but we were on top of the world.  Unfortunately, I lost that baby, too, shortly after.  I fell into a deep depression and quit modeling for a while.

On Mother's Day of this year, I found out I was pregnant again.  There was no happiness, no excited calls back to family members, none of that.  We just stood there in the bathroom, gazing over the positive test.  Still groggy from sleep, we did share one hug, as if to prepare for the disappointment and pain ahead.

Weeks went by...  They turned into months...  There were a few ER visits along the way, but nothing catastrophic was happening.  I saw my baby's heart beating, I heard it soon after, too...  I made it into the second trimester...  I saw my baby many, many times bigger than before.  I could see a face, legs, arms, kicking motions (though, I couldn't feel them, yet.)  We had a 3D ultrasound, found out that we were going to have a little girl...  I felt her kick, then, soon after, my husband did.  More weeks went by and they were uneventful.  We were finally able to breathe a sigh of relief and, more importantly, we were able to become attached.

During this process, I wasn't able to shake my depression.  My depression took on a different form.  Instead of depression over losing a baby, it was depression over losing my body.  After all, my body had pretty much become my identity.  I had heard many mixed things about how people viewed a pregnant body.  Some thought it was sexy, some thought it to be beautiful, some thought it disgusting...

After many words of encouragement from friends and family, I decided it was time to get back into modeling.  I figured I would not be hurt too badly if I didn't get many offers.  I wasn't expecting much.  However, to my surprise, many photographers loved the idea of a maternity shoot where the rules were more flexible and the model was unconventional.  On the other hand, there were still the photographers who wanted to wrap me in a sheet and put me on the beach.  (No whale jokes, please!  Haha!)  I humored them, just to get back into the swing of things.

Though I may not be the same: my tummy is not flat, my chest not as perky (but it did grow 6")...  That doesn't mean I can't still be an alternative model.  I'll just take everyone's conventional views on pregnancy and bust them all.  With the help of a few willing photographers, of course.  After the baby is here, who knows where I will go.  I hear latex is slimming ;)

Photo from my first shoot.

Credits:
Jerald Seeley
MUA- Yuyi Ruiz

We all hear about teenagers in the city that get knocked up and go through hardships. Some succeed, they finish or attend college, graduate, and make a productive life for them and their offspring. Many of them do not go this route, but it doesn’t mean they fail. They may not ever make above minimum wage, but they try their hardest to make a good home for their family. Then there are the (hopefully) few that don’t try. They force their responsibilities on others or neglect them entirely.

We have heard the stories and the controversies over and over, from talk shows to news reports; debate in high school and college, and parents’ ever so present “do NOT get pregnant” lectures. Should we provide free birth control? Should we teach abstinence or sexual education? At what age do we begin teaching either of these things? If abstinence is taught, should it be in conjunction with religious education? Who should be targeted more, males or females? When a young girl is impregnated, should she get married to the father of her child in order to provide a ‘stable’ home life for their progeny?

These questions have been widely asked and debated as moral or immoral, right or wrong, for the past 20 years at least, probably much longer.

Mostly I see people speaking about urban areas being in need of assistance in this problem. On the news it’s about kids in low income neighborhoods with less after school activities to keep them from doing the nasty, which need the most help.

Why?

• Because they have more people?
• Because they have higher-profile stories?
• Because their parents love them less?

I graduated high school from a tiny Podunk school surrounded on all four sides by cornfield (literally). It’s in Iowa, where the nearest metropolitan area is 25 miles away, and that’s a small metropolitan area. My high school and my husband’s high school were about 8ish miles apart, so naturally we were rivals. When I graduated in January of 2009, I knew of way too many girls in my high school that were pregnant, had been pregnant and aborted, or had been pregnant and now had a child, (we are talking about 4 on average in every 80 person grade). One particular girl has even married, had a child, and been divorced. She is my age, 20 years old.

At my husband’s high school, things were just as bad. Many people were pregnant, and many other
people were getting married directly out of high school and getting divorced within a few years, in a specific case or two within 6 months to a year.

I’m not a hypocrite. I am married at 20 years old, and maybe some people disagree with that. But we dated from the time I was 17, lived together for almost 3 years, waited, and then chose to get married. Both of our families were fully supportive after we had lived together for so long. We also never broke up or did the ‘maybe, maybe not’ game that many young couples play. We have been together nonstop for the entire time.

I guess what I am trying to get at here is that maybe the urban areas aren’t the biggest problem. Out in the sticks, schools struggle to stay open because of lack of populace and lack of funding. If they piss off the more conservative parents by offering too much sex ed. or too liberal of a curriculum, they could easily get closed down completely. So how do you fix the problem? What is the central problem here anyway?

It’s not just about getting pregnant in high school. Having been divorced by the time you are legally of age to imbibe alcohol? That’s a bit extreme if you ask me. Maybe these young adults and teenagers don’t understand how their actions now will affect them later. In fact multiple studies have shown that as a teenager, the part of your brain that understands and processes consequences isn’t fully developed, so you CAN’T understand the effects of what you are doing.

But again, how do you fix it?

Perhaps the main problem behind this is that our country labels you an adult at 18 years old. You can die for your country, vote for your president, but you can’t even drink alcohol. What would happen if we raised the legal age of being an adult to 21 years old?

You would still graduate high school at 18. Go to college (if you so desire) and graduate college as an adult. But a few things would be barred from you at 18, 19, or 20 years of age that are available to you now. You would have more time to consider life changing decisions like marriage, voting for our nation’s leaders, or joining the military. At first this might actually increase the numbers of teen pregnancy, because you would be in that young adult/teenager role for 3 years longer. But I think ultimately it would be the best decision. Too many young girls believe that at 16 they are only 2 years away from being an adult and are mature enough to handle a child. Although physically ready, they lack the emotional and/or financial maturity to handle having a family. If the mentality of your country was not that you are fully capable of running your life at 18, perhaps we would have less adolescents thinking this way.

Also it has been well documented that countries with less conservative views on sex have less pregnancies. When you make it a big deal, it will (obviously) be a bigger deal! What I mean is that because we keep sex a secret and a naughty thing (in most cases, it’s taboo to talk about sex in an average setting which makes it harder to talk about it in any setting), instead of a natural and recreational activity, there is a lack of education everywhere, not just in urban areas.

Rural areas of the USA are in just as much need as urban areas in sex education and teen pregnancy prevention. Pregnancy also isn’t the only issue. Young adults and teenagers need to learn that everything they do as a young adult has massive consequences on their entire life. Even though I wouldn’t change being married at all, there are still consequences to my decision, some of them unpleasant. (For instance my university is not very understanding of a married life).

What do you guys think? What is the biggest problem here and how do we fix it?

_{Photo courtesy of http://www.darienps.org/neirad/images/0810/0810PregnancyShad}ow.jpg .

My name is Stellaluna Ravenwolf & I suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder. For two and a half years of my life,i suffered from major depression. Along with the depression came an eating disorder,a hideous lack of self esteem, self- mutilation(& a slight addiction to it), pill popping (anything i could get my hands on), later developing chronic nightmares, hallucinations, panic attacks,& i never ending desire for suicide. I had no one to help me. I have been recovered for a year,with absolutely no symptoms. I realize alot of my disorder had to do with abusive relationships (family,friends,etc) & that no one deserves to be treated in such a way that all of that has to happen to them. My amazing boyfriend has alot to do with my recovery & I know now that all i needed was for someone to care,& that everyone deserves for someone to care about them. Compassion is something lacking in alot of places & I have discovered that its needed,in abundance, everywhere.

I believe everyone is beautiful- thin, chubby, tall,short, curvey, boney, man, woman, gay, bi, straight, lesbian, pansexual, transvestite, christian, pagan, muslim, buddhist, preppy, goth - EVERYONE IS BEAUTIFUL & deserves equal love & respect &a right to express themselves as who they are as human beings. This is why I love AntiPretty & its models <3

blessed be <3
~SR

Not too long ago, I was talking to a fairly good friend of mine about women. Myself being interested in how a male friend saw me, I asked him if he thought I was pretty. This was a very platonic relationship as I was engaged at the time (now married), so I figured it was safe ground with no risk of getting hurt. This part of the conversation went as follows:

“So, would you say I’m attractive?
“Yeah… you are a unique pretty, a different kind of pretty.”

Being called ‘a different kind of pretty’ actually hurt my feelings. My looks are fairly typical of the ‘girl next door’, with a few exceptions. I have dark strawberry blonde hair (when it’s not dyed something else), very fair skin, and green/blue eyes. I’m thin and about 5’ 4” on a good day. My really fair skin works against me sometimes, I turn bright red when I work out and I am the only person I know that can get sunburnt in Fall or Winter. I have tattoos and piercings, and I’m a very wacky person.

Growing up my mom wanted me to be the cheerleader, my dad wanted me to be valedictorian. I wanted to survive high school and have my boyfriend NOT move to Louisiana (which he did – thank god, I met my now husband because of that).

Being ‘a different kind of pretty’ was unnerving to me. What was my male friend trying to say? That if he saw me on the street he wouldn’t think twice? That I had a weird body type that was disfigured in some way? Was it my personality that influenced his decision to think of me this way? Does ‘different’ still count as attractive and desired? I had a lot of questions about this characterization that I felt really couldn’t be answered.

I told my partner about what my friend had said.
“What does he mean by different? That’s stupid!”

I have to give him props, my husband knows me all too well. He knew that the comment had hit my self-esteem, which is about average (sometimes it’s really good, sometimes it’s really bad).

Ever since my friend made that comment, I have ruminated on what he could possibly have meant, and came to a conclusion that I think only I could have come to, in my own time. It was a learning process for me to be able to teach myself my own definition of ‘a different kind of pretty’.

I am a different kind of pretty, but I don’t aggressively go against the norms of beauty. I work out, but I have a nice round ass. I wear makeup occasionally, but not much and usually only mascara. I don’t tan, and my super-pale skin occasionally makes me uncomfortable, but not as much as it makes others uncomfortable, or as uncomfortable as skin cancer would be. I let people know when I am feeling vulnerable, because I am emotional and that’s just me. I am a different kind of pretty because one of my dreams is to have tattooed sleeves; I have always found them to be so beautiful.

Mostly, I am a different kind of pretty because I don’t fit into any one stereotype. I listen to metal and have tattoos, but my guilty pleasures are Ke$ha and Brittney Spears. I have (currently) natural blonde hair and tattoos and piercings. I am short and thin and uncomfortable with my body. I adore sports, football and basketball in particular, but wasn’t a jock in high school and hated dance class with a passion. I am very artistic, but in college to be a scientist. I can hang sheetrock and solder a pipe, I have 2 guns, and I can catch any chicken anywhere, barefoot. I wear cowboy boots occasionally, but I’m not a redneck. I am the most liberal, well rounded, (probably) nicest person you will ever meet. I give money to the hobo on my street corner for goodness sake.

Just accept that you are a different kind of pretty. Accept and love it, along with every single insecurity, strength, weakness, and ability that you have. You are the only you!

So i was shopping online at http://www.bluebanana.com when i came across a whole section for Iron Fist and I was super excited!!!!

So i was looking through the categories and i fell in love with a  pair of amazing heels. So i put together a casual day outfit with my Iron Fist favorite heels and some other awesome clothes and accessories for you:

So I based this outfit around the Iron Fist heels. The skinny jeans and heels will make your legs look like they last forever, whilst the bright top adds color to the outfit.  The Criminal Damage jacket is optional, but i felt the outfit was missing a girly touch but any jacket could go really.

All the clothes in this outfit can be found a www.bluebanana.com. Take a look its amazing! 

Danielle xoxo

Style Inspiration: Pink Nail Varnish

I recently got some uber cute pink nail varnish and it inspired me...

These are super cute glasses! you can check them out here: http://store.americanapparel.co.uk/beautysg.html?cid=1229

These will go perfect with this tribal pint skirt : http://store.americanapparel.co.uk/rsa8355p.html?cid=151

I personally would add these tights to add something extra, but everyone has their own personal style. 

Match with a plain tee and some pink accessories to compliment your glasses. 

Danielle xoxo

Okay, I'm really excited about Fall and heres why. There are 5 trends that you won't want to miss.

1) The classic Polka dots. I'm, a huge fan of polka dot print, I think they are just too cute! Every fall they make an appearance and yup it's that time again. I'll be digging out last years and editing them with various things to give them a personal touch, as well as shopping for some new polka dot patterned acscessories and clothes.

2) Jade and Dark yellow/browns - Each sesons fashion trends have therir hot colours and this season is no exception. This Fall its all about block colours. Especialy colours such as Jade's and Dark-yellow's/brown's. These are going to be across everything. From Handbags to shorts. I personally find the idea of a plain colour quite boring although I have fallen in love with a terquise coloured dress. So I'm considering trying it out but with a twist. A few flowers gathered at the side maybe just for something extra and different. 

3) Wearing the rainbow upon your legs - coloured jeans came up last year and this year they are back, and they are far bigger and better. i don't know about you but personally i can't stand plain old boring jeans, so i absolutely love these. They are a fantastic way to brighten up any outfit. Why not try some daring colours and stand out from the crowd? Be careful with your choice of top, go for something plain, so not to draw attention away from your coloured jeans. I already have mine in a dark red/ auburn colour and light blue and im definitely getting more!

4) Knitted jumpers - No i don't mean the type you get given for christmas, and then put in the back of your wardrobe to be long forgotten. Chunky cardigans and jumpers are going to be huge this Fall. why not try a chunky carigan with a plain top and coloured jeans?

5) Hourglass waists - Don't have a hourglass figure? dont worry. This season plump silhouettes are everywhere. A plump silhouette fans out at your waist giving the appearance of an hourglass figure. You can pick up plump silhouette styled skirts, cardigans and dresses. I'm going to be trying out a plump silhouette skirt with a pair of custom heals and flesh coloured tights. 

What's next? 

So if you've filled out a modeling form and you're waiting for a reply, we're backlogged, however your next step (if you're interested in being featured) is to email 15-25 of your favorite photos from your portfolio to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it along with a paragraph or two bio - if you do this, you may be selected for a monthly feature and be posted prominently on the site. Email / Bio / Attached photos. 

once you've filled out a modeling form (and made a profile) we have an idea of who you are, but your next step is to send us in photos and a bio, to apply to be featured on the site. The 15-25 photos can be all from one shoot or a mix of your favorites. If you don't have a gallery, do not pass go, and do not collect a feature on AntiPretty :) But seriously post on here, look for photographers, get a shoot done, THEN submit the photos. 

This will get you published, you will be a "Miss AntiPretty" of the month, and your photos may included in promotional materials including calendars, products, etc. 

So make sure they are high quality (if you can't fit them all in an email, send multiple or hit me up) and be sure to include credits for the photography and full permission to use the photos, which you should have arranged with your photographer. 

If you're interested in doing a shoot directly with AntiPretty - Find your way to the North Bay Area, California (Sonoma County / San Francisco Area) and we will be happy to line up a shoot with you. 

Hope this is all Helpful!!

- Adam / AntiPretty.com

AntiPretty is looking to step up their blogging and article features. So we're on the lookout for people to write for AntiPretty.

It's Easy - First write an article about counter-culture, antipretty, modeling, nudity, sex, violence, creativity, anything you think fits the bill. Then email it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

If we like it, we'll publish it and arrange a payment scale for you. It's not enough to live on, please keep that in mind. But if you're a budding writer, or want to try your hand at journalism, opinion, editorials and more - it's a great way to start as an "official AntiPretty writer/journalist" you'll be  published and the world will see your writing.

If you have additional questions or want to pitch ideas, also send them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it - Thanks :)

- Adam / AntiPretty.com

A lot of people ask what our policy is on nudity or what we think of it in modeling. Well first off we're totally fine with it. We love the human body and nudity and take no issue, but a lot of people ask "is it required? Should it be?" and other thought provoking questions of that nature. 

Here's a recent email exchange (with permission) that helps identify our take on nudity and modeling

"You seem like you know whats up and well I for a minute have been wanting to get into modeling,
Suicide Girls tried to get me to join them I'm just not comfortable showing everything,
I feel you can be sexy without showing anything, so I turned them down.
I've just found it almost impossible to find another modeling job because I have a few piercings and tattoos 
and I keep being told I have amazing potential but my appearance isn't professional.
Do you have any advice for me?"

--- Reply 

Hello ******,

Hello AntiPretty Fans, as a special treat we've got a weirdfun interview with the elusive Kyzmit. We pinned her down and got answers and now they're yours :) Please enjoy this rare insight into the mind of our Featured Model for Miss AntiPretty February.

Question 1: What is your name and Occupation?

Hi, I’m Kyzmit. When I’m not writing for music magazines and various projects, I’m working like a dog somewhere in Mannheim!

Question 2: Who would you say you’re biggest demographic is?

My biggest demographic is those who appreciate  more classic goth and old school deathrock tendencies. I think it comes through in my shoots.

Question 3: Who would win in a fight between an astronaut and a caveman? (no traditional weapons)

Caveman, duh! Just based on pure uncivilized fury.

Question 4: What are your physical measurements? (What are your spiritual measurements)

Physically, I am 5 feet 5 in so I am on the short, curvaceous side. Courtesy of my Jamaican heritage on my father’s side. Spiritually, I’m all over the place.

Question 5: Do you name your breasts? (If so provide names, If not provide names)

Um, no, that’s too much work. Besides, if you give one body part a name, you have to name them all. They get jealous you know!

Question 6: Ever play D&D? (Live action or Table Top ­ give detail)

Yes, table top when I was younger. Memories of times with good friends come to mind.

Question 7: What is your Favorite Video game and why?

You know what? I don’t really like video games too much, I rather read a book. But if I have to pick, it would be “Just Dance 2” at the moment. It’s physical and makes me sweat!

Question 8: Describe your ideal alien abduction.

If I am abducted, I hope they are more curious than violent.

Question 9: What is your Favorite Color/Number/Ice Cream/Food/Game/Actor?

Color, red, hue, black, number, three, ice cream, chocolate, food, sushi, and actor, Mr. John Cusack, without a doubt.

Question 10: In many movies a suitor will perform an amazing stunt to impress the girl and gain her hand in marriage, Like jumping a motorcycle through a ring of fire and into a dinosaur’s mouth who has halitosis. What stunt would someone have to pull off to win YOUR hand?

I like seeing a man fight off others for me. Fight many, fight to the death, or near death. That’s far more attractive than any circus stunt.

Question 11: Give me an example of a question you definitely wouldn’t answer here.

What do you wear under there? Just kidding, I don’t think I have one?

Question 12: Want to Fight?

Always, it’s just who I am. I can be pretty defensive.

Question 13: Cats like to eat fish right? So they make fish flavored cat food. Now dogs like to eat cats right? So why don’t they make Cat flavored dog-food?

Wow, you’re making my head spin!

Question 14: What is your ultimate goal Career/Personal?

My ultimate goal is to be able to look back on a life full of funny and adventurous stories.  I  also want to continue contributing to the underground community in some way until the day I die.

Question 15: Write a Haiku about yourself.

Blood under my nails

Cobwebs under my tongue and skin

I am a dark flame

Question 16: Biggest Accomplishment thus far?

My biggest accomplishment so far is making it through the tests in life that should have broken my spirit.

Question 17: What would YOU do for a Klondike bar?

Nothing, what else do you have?

Question 18: Some People only know you as the goddess-shaped-woman-of-their-dreams, so whats something embarrassing about yourself to knock you off your high and mighty throne?

I have very big feet, between sizes 41 and 42 (which would be around 9 ½  or 10 in the U.S.)!

Question 19: Your Favorite Expletive?

Fuck. I fucking love it.

Question 20: If you could line up your dream shoot, what would it be ? (money is no object)

My dream shoot would be downtown New York after the apocalypse. Weeds in the sidewalk cracks, buildings crumbling and abandoned, complete silence and eeriness. Maybe on the set of “I Am Legend”.

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Thank you for visiting Antipretty - We will list all news, updates, casting, planned shoots and anything else of note or interest. Most things are time and date specific so please note the dates listed before you respond to a casting etc.

Among the features currently planned are:

• Wet Series

• Looking for Women dressed in Formal Outfits
• This does involve getting wet and cold!
• Can take a group or solo (1-3) people
• Let us know if you have a unique "Water" based location
• Nudity is not required but is "Okay" for this shoot
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• Clone Photos

• Posing people (male/female) in a variety of Clone Poses
• Cloning means you appear more than once in the same picture
• Ideas for interaction welcome (fighting yourself, etc)
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• Pinup's Variety

• Trying a variety of Unique "Pin-Up" Styles
• Examples are "Surreal" "Dolly" "Zombie" More
• Let's do a strange and unusual Pin Up style shoot!
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• Future features:

• Zombie "Girls" Group Shoot
• Zombie "Guys" Group Shoot
• Gothic Angel Shoot
• New Underwater Shoot (theme TBA)
• and more...!

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