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The New York Times wrote a really well done profile about Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen on their website. You have to register to read it, but it only takes a minute and it’s free to do!
The profile covers America’s fascination with the Olsens and celebrities like them–wafer-thin, glamorous fashion icons. But the Olsens are unique in that, in the respect they don’t run in the same circles as young Hollywood, they don’t go to the same events and they don’t seek out publicity in th same frequency or manner.
“Symbolically, they are harder to define because they defy the standard categories of American celebrity,” The NY Times writes. “They have acted, but acting is now just a peripheral part of their identity. They appear regularly in tabloids, yet they cannot fairly be included among the Parises and Nicoles, the Laurens and Heidis — the sisterhood of young women famous only for their professional apathy.”
The article covers MK and Ashley’s current work at DualStar and their hopes for building and growing their brand. It’s a really good article, I enjoyed reading it a lot.
It totally rebukes all MK/Ash haters and it’s almost like a slap in the face, “Listen, you don’t know the girls. Get your facts straight before you start judging them.”