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Miranda Frum

Miranda Frum is a writer and model living in Tel Aviv. Her written work has appeared in The Tower, Maclean’s, the Huffington Post and the National Post. Follow her on Twitter @mirandafrum.

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INSULTING

Kendall Jenner Doesn’t Know How Hard a Model’s Life Can Be

Poor pay, long hours, and exhaustion: The life of a working model is very different from Kendall Jenner’s lucrative fame—which made her apparent diss of models so offensive.

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MADE ME DO IT

Hollywood’s Hypnotist to the Stars

All those who I have met who had gone to Kerry swore by his hypnosis. They claimed their lives had changed. Could it be for real?

Miranda Frum

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TWO WORLDS

Here, Fashion Shows. In Iran, 40 Lashes

Tala Raassi grew up in suburban Washington, D.C. and then in Iran. She knows both cultures—but wasn’t ready for what happened to her one night in 1998.

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Unfair

The Dirty Truth About Being a Model

As a group of models prepares to sue their former agencies, one model reveals her own experience of being bullied and patrolled by her former handlers.

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Going Cheap

Modeling Is a Job, So Pay Me, Dammit

In professions like modeling it’s not uncommon for models to be expected to work for no money—and this shadowy economy is anything but fair.

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LOOKING GOOD

I’m a Model. The Law Needs to Protect Me

A new California bill creating health standards for models is welcome. But what is urgent is proper regulation of modeling agencies themselves.

Miranda Frum

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BAD RAP

An ISIS Killer in His Own Awful Words

Let’s take a closer look at what a suspect in the Foley and Sotloff murders in Syria had to say when he was rapping in London.

Miranda Frum

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Fireworks

How I Got Used to Gaza Rockets

In Israel, life goes on under Iron Dome. The Hamas missiles blow up in the air, sometimes. And even if they don’t, the fear becomes banal.

Miranda Frum

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Death Spiral

Israel and the Aftershock of Murder

Violence continues as the fault lines of hatred deepen not only between Arab and Jew, but within different communities.

Miranda Frum

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Anger Management

The Israeli Way of Death

Israelis have been hardened by years of threats and terror. The three murdered teenagers are the latest example. But a young Arab-Israeli may have pointed the way to a better future.

Miranda Frum

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