There’s an interesting interplay there between beauty standards and ‘professionalism’ standards — if you look at the Gawker coverage of Pessl linked to by Jezebel, they’re mocking the way she’s consented to pose for articles, especially, as well as making dumb jokes about whether or not she’s pretty. She’s posing like ‘a pretty girl’ (model or actress): throwing her long hair around, posing for outdoor shoots with whimsical camera perspectives and high heels. It makes you consider how an author (would that be ‘a smart girl’) is supposed to present herself — sweaters not dresses? Sitting, not traipsing? Definitely not jumping up and down. It also makes me wonder which side other sorts of artists — musicians, visual artists — are expected to fall on, and how they negotiate those expectations.