#Ashley Mears

[6ebe]

female f1 fans objectify the drivers gfs so badly like every week compulsory “omg she’s so pretty” tweet like do you have nothing else to contribute

#like YES elite men use beautiful young women as symbols of elite reproduction within their circles . #and we’re giving them it !! #like these girls are being dragged around as status symbols in intricate rituals of power and wealth and desirability #and fans just uncritically witness this and promote the very same misogynistic underpinnings that created this ritual in the first place #female fans !! #like if you’re doing to be obsessed with wags at least have smth to say abt like. anything more than just how they look omg #we get it !! they all date beautiful (young) girls bc that’s what they see their status as warranting them #oh also source for these words is Very Important People: Beauty and Status in the Global Party Circuit’ by Ashley Mears (2020). just for fun

[leftistfeminista]

We know the rich are getting richer, but what exactly are they doing with all those riches? Sociologist Ashley Mears examined one site of elite consumption: the world of VIP clubs and its rituals of garish waste and exploitation of women.

#jacobin #marxism-feminism #sociology

[girlmostlikely]

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[iirulancorrino]

We tend to think a relationship is either exploitative or authentic and pure. But exploitation works best when it is enjoyable and when it feels like a relation of authentic friendship.

Ashley Mears, Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit

#what I'm reading #very important people

[wildishmazz]

What is going on in this picture? Are we looking at Dawn Buckland understudying Electra, or are we looking at her dressing up in someone else’s costume for a laugh? The wiki says performance, but it's almost impossibleto cite(fair enough - I know I saw Sam Lane play Princey, but I can’t prove it), so let's do some forensic analysis.

From top to bottom:

The wig is clearly old, and looks too big for her.

No microphone is visible on her forehead, but there is a white blob hovering near her mouth on the left of the picture that could be a mic head. It would be consistent with other Electras; not everyone had their mic glued to their face.

She isn’t wearing elbow pads, despite having gauntlets and gloves on which would have to go on last. The gauntlets do however reach almost all the way down her forearms, so it’s possible that she couldn’t fit elbow pads as well and the decision was made to prioritise the gloves.

The light up chest box is indistinguishable from Richard Mylan’s. Its fabric jacket is hanging loose on her.

That’s a Joule belt, not an Electra belt - fair enough, the men’s belts were in two parts that buckled at the sides, and were only adjustable by a couple of inches. It’s plausible that none of the existing Electra belts would buckle small enough to fit her.

The kneepads, unlike the rest of the hard accessories, are not too big for her.

The unitard fits her perfectly. It would be possible for the legs to be far too long for her without it showing, she could have feet of fabric bunched up around her calves and ankles without it showing, but the full length of the sleeve and torso are visible and there is no excess material to be seen. Additionally, the pattern of the lightning strikes does not match any picture of comparable Electras, where enough detail is visible for a comparison to be made. It is odd that she has a codpiece, though.

Her skates are silver, so she wasn’t about to go on as Ashley, Volta, or Joule. That particular light up chest box didn’t come into the show until 1995, when Dawn Buckland was first cast Ashley - if this picture was taken that year, she must have been covering a silver-skated character higher ranking than Ashley(so Pearl, Dinah, or - perhaps - Electra) to not have bronze skates. If it dates from any later, though, she would have been a swing and much likelier to have silver skates already, to cover Pearl, Dinah, Buffy, or Wrench.

It’s the unitard and the belt that persuade me the most that this was for performance, rather than for fun. If the context was that she was putting on someone else’s costume just to take pictures, there would be no need for the belt to fit properly - she could pose in a belt that was too big with no negative consequences. There would be no need to compromise and substitute in an accessory from a different character’s costume. She would not, however, be able to perform the show with the handles on the back shifting around all over the place - it wouldn’t be safe for other performers who need to trust that they are where they’re supposed to be when skating in a train.

Unitards are cheaper to make than the plastic, leather, and metal accessories. It isn’t far-fetched to believe that an understudy would have their own lycra costume pieces but share accessories. In fact, correspondence from Parsons-Meares in 1987 confirms this to be the case for other productions.

There is a fine old tradition of Starlight Express actors dressing up in each other’s costumes for fun or for muckup matinées, so there’s no absolute guarantee that a backstage picture of a particular actor in a particular costume means that they went on stage wearing it, especially if they are not visibly wired for sound; but there are enough details here that deviate from what one would expect to see if someone was just messing around to persuade me that it’s more likely than not a backstage snap from an actual performance.

#Starlight Express #electra the electric engine #Dawn Buckland #female Electra #costume analysis #of a kind

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Have you seen this Variety article? So happy to see that the modeling industry has also been inspired by the strikes to fight for their own rights.

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/models-fight-workplace-protection-racism-sexual-misconduct-1235902445/

Thanks so much for sharing that - it's really interesting. I hope that the legislation passes and that models are also able to build their collective strength.

The talk of modelling reminds me of a podcast episode I listened to with Ashley Mears, who wrote her first book on the modeling industry. She had modelled while doing her PhD and conducted ethnographic research while modelling. She only mentioned it in passing, but it was really interesting.

But the subject of the podcast was her second book - which is bottle service and club promoters. Something I knew literally nothing about - except from Louis and this fandom. It's worth listening for those who are interested.

#What was the name of the club promoter who worked with Louis? #I can remember he was a Tory #but not his name #which is how my brain processes information

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🎶✨️when you get this, put 5 songs you actually listen to, then publish. Send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers/mutuals (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)🎶✨️

So I've been on kind of a Medieval Fantasy Writing kick as of late, so my Recent Listening definitely reflects that lol 😆

1.) "Dernière Danse" by Indila

2.) "Greensleeves" by Peter Hollens feat. Tim Foust

3.) "My Jolly Sailor Bold" by Ashley Serena

4.) "A Whistling Lad" by The Hound + Fox feat. Adam Chance

5.) "Mo Ghile Mear" by the Choral Scholars of the University of Dublin

Thank you so much for the Ask, lovely!! 💖

#AlyAnswers #moots #TumblrBesties #audio #pretty playlists

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Price: [price_with_discount] (as of [price_update_date] - Details) [ad_1] A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of "models and bottles" to reveal how beautiful young women are used to boost the status of men Million-dollar birthday parties, megayachts on the French Riviera, and $40,000 bottles of champagne. In today's New Gilded Age, the world's moneyed classes have taken conspicuous consumption to new extremes. In Very Important People, sociologist, author, and former fashion model Ashley Mears takes readers inside the exclusive global nightclub and party circuit—from New York City and the Hamptons to Miami and Saint-Tropez—to reveal the intricate economy of beauty, status, and money that lies behind these spectacular displays of wealth and leisure. Mears spent eighteen months in this world of "models and bottles" to write this captivating, sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking narrative. She describes how clubs and restaurants pay promoters to recruit beautiful young women to their venues in order to attract men and get them to spend huge sums in the ritual of bottle service. These "girls" enhance the status of the men and enrich club owners, exchanging their bodily capital for as little as free drinks and a chance to party with men who are rich or aspire to be. Though they are priceless assets in the party circuit, these women are regarded as worthless as long-term relationship prospects, and their bodies are constantly assessed against men's money. A story of extreme gender inequality in a seductive world, Very Important People unveils troubling realities behind moneyed leisure in an age of record economic disparity. ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0824B49LS Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton University Press (26 May 2020) Language ‏ : ‎ English File size ‏ : ‎ 4941 KB Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled Print length ‏ : ‎ 323 pages [ad_2]

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"Do Better" by Ab-Soul from Omar Jones on Vimeo.

The video for Ab-Soul’s “Do Better” is an artistic visual reinterpretation of real-life events that have occurred in Soul’s life. It explores the trials and tribulations of a man who has reached his breaking point. Soul faces loss, regret, depression but emerges stronger on the other side.

ARTIST - Ab-Soul DIRECTOR - Omar Jones EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Anthony "Moosa" Tiffith Jr. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/ PRODUCER - David Wept EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Austin Barbera PRODUCTION COMPANY - SixTwentySix Productions CREATIVE PRODUCTION - Mecca Studios HEAD OF PRODUCTION - Kai Yuricich PRODUCTION COORDINATOR - Amber Bolden POST PRODUCER- Dan Gillette RECORD LABEL - Top Dawg Entertainment PRODUCER - Farah Idress PRODUCTION MANAGER - Dain August 1ST AD - George Solomon 2ND AD - Arielle Zollezi DP - Kristian Zuniga 1ST AC - Spencer Wood 2ND AC / DIT - Emilio Fermin GAFFER - Vatche Giragossian BBE - Dimitry Kharmov ELECTRIC - Serge Svetnoy KEY GRIP (DAY 1) - Stu Brumbaugh KEY GRIP (DAY 2) - Nick Lundstrom BB GRIP - Corrie Anderson GRIP - Coda Abatti GRIP - Cody Ingham LOCATION MANAGER - Ron Dabach PRODUCTION DESIGNER - Lucca Liberal SET DRESSER - Nandalal "Mike" Ranglall TRUCK PA - Wontel Washington SET PA - Jibriel Rabinowitz SET PA - Garo Kahwajian SET PA - Peace Kumeh OFFICE PA - Trent Mear CASTING - Mills Ticket Casting SET MEDIC - Tori Parello STYLIST (DAY 2) - Cynthia Irene EDITHOUSE - Barbershop Post EDITOR - Omar Jones FINISHING EDITOR - Miles Trahan TITLE/CREDIT DESIGN - Onda SOUND DESIGN - Thomas Nielsen COLOR PRODUCER - Nat Tereshchenko COLORIST - Dante Pasquinelli VFX - Digital Axis VFX SUPERVISOR - Sherif Higazy VFX ARTIST - Justin Johnson AI VFX - Lyell Hintz SPFX MU SUPERVISOR - Alan Gonzales LAPD - David Ham LAPD - George Aguilar SITE REP - Mito

2ND UNIT CREW 1ST AD - Khyber Law PRODUCER - Henry "Hendo" Anguiano TRUCK PA - Jordan Espinoza AD PA - Emonie Hubbart SET PA - Isaiah Jamel SET PA - Tim Harris SET PA - Carlos Acosta CAMERA PA - Matt Motyl DP - Cory Burmester 1ST AC - Duy Nguyen 2ND AC - Tanner Charnstrom STEADICAM - Zachary Stankey BTS - Daniel Maldonado BTS - Elle Jones GAFFER - Tristan moffat BB ELECTRIC - Connor Soules KEY GRIP - Luke Poole BB GRIP - Myles Evenson GROOMING - Ashley Sarmiento WARDROBE - Cyn

3RD UNIT CREW 1ST AD - Julien Baner DP - Grant Duncan 1ST AC - Sai Aung-Tun STEADICAM OPERATOR - Chris Pinto GAFFER - Tom Peake KEY GRIP - Kevin Woodruff SWING - Josh Anderson AUDIO RECORDIST - Jason Allen DRONE - Josh Ewalt CRANE - Bryan JIB Sprow HAIR - Antonique SET PA - Miles Quigless SET PA - MyTia Elliott

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COVID-19: Individual Symptoms and Severity Found to Be Be Not Useful For Self-Isolation Guidance in the Absence of Testing

MedicalResearch.com Interview with:

Dr. Wall Dr Emma Wall Senior Clinical Research Fellow, UCLH-Crick Legacy study Consultant Infectious Diseases UCLH MedicalResearch.com:  What is the background for this study?  Response: Since April 2022, both the UK and US have changed their COVID-19 isolation and testing policies. The impact these changes in the guidance and vaccination on community-acquired COVID-19 caused by recent SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VOC) has not been fully tested, including infections with BA.2. We aimed to characterise both symptoms and viral loads over the course of COVID-19 infection in otherwise-healthy, vaccinated, non-hospitalised adults, to assess whether current guidance remains justified. All participants were included in the UCLH-Crick Legacy study, a prospective, observational cohort study of otherwise healthy adults who have been taking part in regular workplace testing for SARS-CoV-2 in London We sent swabs by same-day courier every other day to all adults who reported a positive PCR or lateral flow test to the study team up to day 10 after the start of each infection. We confirmed which variant caused the infection by PCR and sequencing. All participants completed linked symptom diaries. We compared symptoms and changes in the amount of virus detected in the nose and throat during infection between study participants reporting COVID-19 caused by VOCs Delta and Omicron BA.1 and BA.2. We then analysed how many of our participants would meet current UK/US isolation guidelines. MedicalResearch.com:  What are the main findings? Response: We found non-hospitalised, vaccinated adults infected with Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 most frequently reported symptoms of coryza (stuffy nose/cold-like symptoms), cough and fatigue. Compared to Delta infections, the earlier ‘classical triad’ of COVID-19 symptoms: fever, anosmia and shortness of breath were rare with Omicron, despite similar levels of virus in the nose and throat, self-reported infection severity and symptom duration across all infections. We found the highest levels of virus were found 3-5 days following symptom onset.  MedicalResearch.com: What should readers take away from your report? Response: Our study suggests that less than 50% of adults with COVID-19 caused by Omicron BA. and BA.2 would current meet NHS/CDC isolation advice. Individual symptoms and their severity are not useful guidance for self-isolation in the absence of testing. Healthcare policy makers need to keep vaccination strategies, national and workplace testing and isolation guidelines under review for each new variant that emerges.  No relevant COI/Disclosures  Citation: Non-hospitalised, vaccinated adults with COVID-19 caused by Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 present with changing symptom profiles compared to those with Delta despite similar viral kinetics Hermaleigh Townsley, Edward J Carr, Timothy W Russell, Lorin Adams, Harriet V Mears, Chris Bailey, James RM Black, Ashley S Fowler, Katalin Wilkinson, Matthew Hutchinson, Ruth Harvey, Bobbi Clayton, Gavin Kelly, Rupert Beale, Padmasayee Papineni, Tumena Corrah, Simon Caidan, Jerome Nicod, Steve Gamblin, George Kassiotis, Vincenzo Libri, Bryan Williams, Sonia Gandhi, Adam J Kucharski, Charles Swanton, Emma C Wall, David LV Bauer medRxiv 2022.07.07.22277367; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.07.22277367 This article is a preprint and has not been peer-reviewed . It reports new medical research that has yet to be evaluated and so should not be used to guide clinical practice.   The information on MedicalResearch.com is provided for educational purposes only, and is in no way intended to diagnose, cure, or treat any medical or other condition. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health and ask your doctor any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Some links may be sponsored and no links are warranted or endorsed by MedicalResearch.com or its parent company, Eminent Domains Inc. In addition to all other limitations and disclaimers in this agreement, service provider and its third party providers disclaim any liability or loss in connection with the content provided on this website.   Read the full article

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Mack And Mabel @ Chichester Festival Theatre 2015 (#97)

Title: Mack And Mabel

Venue: Chichester Festival Theatre

Year: 2015

Condition: Wear to edges

Author: Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman Book by Michael Stewart Revised by Francine Pascal

Director: Jonathan Church

Choreographer: Stephen Mear

Cast: Joseph Prouse, Michael Ball, Anna-Jane Casey, Rebecca Louis, Andrew Waldron, Jack Edwards, Gunnar Cauthery, Rebecca LaChance, Ashley Andrews, Alex Giannini, Timothy Quinlan, Michelle Francis, Mark Inscoe, Emily Shaw, Adam Denman, Sam Stones, Nicole Deon, Emily Langham, Jenny Legg, Joshua Lovell, Grace McKee, Rohan Richards, Zara Warren, Libby Watts

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#Mack And Mabel #Chichester Festival Theatre #Musical #theatre #theatre programme #stageyshelf #michael ball

[j-august]

"Girls" play a central role in elite men's pursuit of status and wealth. Sometimes, the girls at promoters' tables dance excitedly on top of the sofas and tables, or they mingle about the room in search of flirtatious encounters, or they just sit there, forming a visual backdrop fo the club's high-status decor. Simply by being there and looking beautiful, they generate enormous value for the club industry, the individual men operating within it, and the larger urban economy of New York City. Their value emerges from the very specific conditions in which they are seen. Most importantly, these "girls" exist in an altogether different social category from women. And because I want readers to experience this difference, I strategically use the term "girl" from here on without quotation marks to refer to this category of women in the VIP arena. Because in this rarefied world there is an unspoken but widely understood logic: girls are valuable, women are not.

Ashley Mears, Very Important People

#quote #quotation #Ashley Mears #girls #women #status #wealth #value #promoters #dance #clubbing #club #social category #logic

[jaynedolluk]

BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020 PART 1

There were so many excellent books released this year - I still have a huge pile of books I’m waiting to read. (These are all books that came out this year or in the last few years).

Read a couple of good oral histories on Johnny Thunders (Looking For Johnny) + Lydia Lunch (LL The War is Never Over). Finally got to read The Beautiful Ones by Prince + it’s bittersweet to see what could have been. Also read Stranger Than Kindness by Nick Cave which is more a collection of memories/memorabilia than a straightforward memoir. John Waters released another great book, Mr. Know-It-All and Viv Albertine released To Throw Away Unopened (which was more about her family life than her music career but is definitely still worth a read).  Read Just Ignore Him by Alan Davies which was a hearbreaking but well-written account of how his father’s emotional/sexual abuse of him after his mum died affected him + how he sought justice later in life. 

Dave Haslam did a short book on Courtney Love’s time in Liverpool called Searching for Love. Got Metamorphosis the Marilyn Monroe book that has tons of photos that show the progression of her look/style throughout her career.

Phill Savidge did a very entertaining memoir on his time as a music publicist in the Britpop era. Read Bombshells by Shar Davis which examines the lives of Jean Harlow, Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors, Jayne Mansfield + Ruth Ellis. Waltpaper did this really great book called New York Club Kids which was part memoir + part exploration of the inspirations behind the whole club kid movement. Ashley Mears also did a surprisingly engaging book called Very Important People which looks at the world of club promoters + the models they get to come to the clubs. 

Also got the new books by Claudia Winkelman + Caitlin Moran 

Amphetamine Sulphate Press released a couple of new Simon Morris titles - Desire for a Holy War and The Nurses of Eris Hospital (a collaboration w/artist Gea* Philes) plus a reissue of his 1st book, Consumer Guide. 

I discovered Sady Doyle’s work + fell in love with it - both Trainwreck (which looks at archetypes of ‘trainwreck’ women in popular culture) and Dead Blondes + Bad Mothers (an interesting discussion of tropes in horror films). I also recommend Darkly by Leila Taylor which looks at black history and America’s gothic soul (looking at gothic in its widest sense it takes in everything from horror films like Candyman to Strange Fruit by Billie Holliday). 

#end of year #book reviews #my reviews #sady doyle #leila taylor #simon morris #claudia winkleman #caitlin moran #ashley mears #waltpaper #shar davis #ruth ellis #jayne mansfield #diana dors #marilyn monroe #jean harlow #dave haslam #courtney love #johnny thunders #lydia lunch #nick cave #john waters #prince #viv albertine #alan davies

[iirulancorrino]

from Very Important People: Status and Beauty in the Global Party Circuit by Ashley Mears

#what I'm reading #very important people

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The ugly secret behind the “Model Search.”

By Lisa Wade, PhD

Sociologists are lucky to have amongst them a colleague who is doing excellent work on the modeling industry and, in doing so, offering us all a rare sophisticated glimpse into its economic and cultural logics. We’ve featured Ashley Mears‘ work twice in posts discussing the commodification of models’ bodies and the different logics of high end and commercial fashion.

In a post at Jezebel, Mears exposes the Model Search. Purportedly an opportunity for model hopefuls to be discovered, Mears argues that it functions primarily as a networking opportunity for agents, who booze and schmooze it up with each other, while being alternatively bored and disgusted by the girls and women who pay to be there.

“Over a few days,” Mears explains:

…thousands arrived to impress representatives from over 100 international modeling and talent agencies. In the modeling showcase alone, over 500 people ages 13-25 strutted down an elevated runway constructed in the hotel’s ballroom, alongside which rows of agents sat and watched.

But the agents are not particularly interested in scouting.  In shadowing them during the event, Mears finds that they “actually find it all rather boring and tasteless.”  Pathetic, too.

Mears explains:

The saddest thing at a model search contest is not the sight of girls performing womanhood defined as display object. Nor is it their exceedingly slim chances to ever be the real deal. What’s really sad is the state of the agents: they sit with arms folded, yawning regularly, checking their BlackBerrys. After a solid two hours, Allie has seen over 300 contestants. She’s recorded just eight numbers for callbacks.

…

Meanwhile, agents ridicule the wannabe runway, from the “hooker heels” to the outfit choices. About their physiques, [one agent recounts,] “I’ve never seen so many out of shape bodies.”

While model hopefuls are trading sometimes thousands of dollars for a 30-second walk down the runway, the agents are biding their time until they can head to the hotel bar to “…gossip, network, and commence the delicate work of negotiating the global trade in models…” One agent explains:

To be honest it’s just a networking event. The girls, most of them don’t even have the right measurements. For most of them, today is going to be a wake-up call.

Indeed, networking is the real point of the event.  The girls and women who come with dreams of being a model are largely, and unwittingly, emptying their pockets to subsidize the schmooze.

To add insult to injury, what many of the aspiring models don’t know is that, for “…$5,000 cheaper, any hopeful can walk into an agency’s ‘Open Call’ for an evaluation.”

I encourage you to read Mears’ much longer exposé at Jezebel.

Originally posted in 2010;  photo by AJ Batac.

Lisa Wade, PhD is a professor at Occidental College. She is the author of American Hookup, a book about college sexual culture, and a textbook about gender. You can follow her on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

#model search #international model and talent search #modeling careers #ashley mears #sociology of modeling

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Daphne and Velma coming to Live-Action!

Jennifer and Ashley Tisdale’s “Blondie Girl Productions” are teaming up with  Warner Home Entertainment and Blue Ribbon Content to breathe a breath of fresh air into the lives of Scooby-Doo fans.

Sarah Jeffery (Descendants) and Sarah Gilman (Last Man Standing) will be playing the titular characters. Jeffery as Daphne and Gilman as Velma. The movie will be directed by  Suzi Yoonessi (Relationship Status, Dear Lemon Lima) and scripted by Kyle Mack & Caitlin Meares.

Synopsis: Before their eventual team-up with Scooby and the gang, bright & optimistic Daphne and whip-smart & analytical Velma are both mystery-solving teens who are best friends but have only met online — until now. Daphne has just transferred to Velma’s school, Ridge Valley High, an incredible tech-savvy institute with all the latest gadgets provided by the school’s benefactor, tech billionaire Tobias Bloom. And while competition is fierce among the students for a coveted internship at Bloom Innovative, Daphne and Velma dig beyond all the gadgets and tech to investigate what is causing some of the brightest students in school to disappear — only to emerge again in a zombie-fied state.

#Scooby-Doo #Movie #Live Action #Live-Action #Daphne #Velma #News #Announcement #Cast #Sarah Jeffery #Sarah Gilman #Jennifer Tisdale #Ashley Tisdale #Blondie Girl Productions #Warner Home Entertainment #Blue Ribbon Content #Suzi Yoonessi #Kyle Mack #Caitlin Meares #Mystery