[ SECRET POST #2729 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2729 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[killer is dead]


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03.
[Lackadaisy]


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04.
[Joe Trohman, Fall Out Boy]


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05.
[Yowamushi Pedal]


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06.
[How To Train Your Dragon 2]


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07.
[A Game of Thrones]


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08.
[Fruit's Basket]


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09.
[Community]


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10.
[Rythian, a.k.a Joakim Hellstrand]


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11.
[The Devil Wears Prada]


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12.
[Night Court]










Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 03 pages, 057 secrets from Secret Submission Post #390.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

The book and the movie both annoy the shit out of me, for pretty much the reasons you mention. And I liked them both but the whole heavy-handed moral, especially as delivered by the self-absorbed BF, fell very flat. I guarantee you I am not the only NYC person who read that book and thought "damn Andi, step aside, I would put up with that and more for both the opportunities you came away with and all that amazing fashion." And sorry, I felt bad for Lily but Andi should not have been expected to drop EVERYTHING to rush to her side. That is simply not how NYC works. Not at all. People work VERY hard here, your career is very important, and her friends and family all should've realized that. PS: I did a couple of temp gigs at Vogue for ALT and the swag--for just a TEMP--was AMAZING.

[toku_mei]

I haven't even read the book. As far as I remember in the movie, Miranda decides that Andi should accompany her to Paris instead of the other woman (Lily?). I mean, Miranda is the boss and made a business decision - Andi was simply better at her job than Lily. Why the heck should Andi have said no? This is supposed to be the "turning point" when Andi is becoming like Miranda, because she threw a friend under the bus to get ahead, but it seriously didn't seem like that to me. She had every right to do her job to the best of her ability, and take opportunities her boss gives her, without being labeled a heartless bitch for it.

I think most ambitious, competitive "career" jobs are like that. I think the sacrifice for a successful career is a very interesting topic, but I just felt the movie didn't really show us what kind of sacrifice Andi was actually making, except her "friends" who didn't really support her at all.

I want swag. D: Did you get fancy shoes and dresses at Vogue?

[(Anonymous)]

Shit, it's been awhile, like over 10 years. No fancy dresses/shoes that I recall but I was shown this closet full of hair swag (major conditioner--the GOOD stuff, that really, really helped my hair, this shit lasted for at least five years), plus other mostly hair/cosmetic stuff. Honestly, it's been a long time, I just remember thinking ALT was super nice and I caught a few glimpses of AW. Basically everyone in the office was kind of tense but really nice and I walked away with major hair and cosmetics swag. And I got to eat the the famous Conde Nast cafeteria, which was gorgeous :)

Andi had a great opportunity! To this day I don't think that novel had the impact Lauren What'sHerName wanted--she saw it as a cautionary tale, a lot of us saw it as "hey, I could do that..." What I saw of the Conde Nast office wasn't that bad at ALL. Andre for one is a sweetheart.