"I like to go to the movies or read"
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A supermodel admitting she likes movies or reading is almost aggressively unglamorous, and that’s the point. Adriana Lima’s line lands like a shrug aimed at the machinery that turns women in fashion into symbols rather than people. The sentence is plain, even timidly so: no genre preferences, no named directors, no performative bookshelf. It refuses the curated “cool” of celebrity taste-making and opts for the safest possible interior life. That smallness is strategic.
In a culture that treats models as living spectacle, “I like to go to the movies or read” works as a bid for ordinariness, a claim to downtime and private attention. Movies are communal escapism; reading is solitary depth. Paired together, they sketch a balanced self without risking the scrutiny that comes with specificity. If she said she loved Tarkovsky or Proust, the conversation would pivot to credibility tests and sneers about branding. If she said she only loved shopping or parties, the stereotype would harden. So she chooses two activities that can’t easily be weaponized.
The subtext is a soft pushback against the interview economy that demands disclosure as proof of authenticity. Lima gives just enough to sound human, not enough to be pinned down. It’s a minimalist identity statement: I have an inner life, but you don’t get to own it.
In a culture that treats models as living spectacle, “I like to go to the movies or read” works as a bid for ordinariness, a claim to downtime and private attention. Movies are communal escapism; reading is solitary depth. Paired together, they sketch a balanced self without risking the scrutiny that comes with specificity. If she said she loved Tarkovsky or Proust, the conversation would pivot to credibility tests and sneers about branding. If she said she only loved shopping or parties, the stereotype would harden. So she chooses two activities that can’t easily be weaponized.
The subtext is a soft pushback against the interview economy that demands disclosure as proof of authenticity. Lima gives just enough to sound human, not enough to be pinned down. It’s a minimalist identity statement: I have an inner life, but you don’t get to own it.
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