Resting on Pretty

Hey, how’s your year going? Pretty great? Great? We’re coming to you, our dear listeners, to let you know that we’re going to be taking a brief pause on the show while Cassie recovers from a medical procedure. We love you and hope you’ll listen on with us when we return!Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show:restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Hey, how's your year going? Pretty great? Great? We're coming to you, our dear listeners, to let you know that we're going to be taking a brief pause on the show while Cassie recovers from a medical procedure. We love you and hope you'll listen on with us when we return!Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show:restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

We’re back! Happy new year! We missed you and hope you’re ready to immediately sully the blank slate with a truly absurd episode of America’s Next Top Model. This week, we watched “The Girl Who Wants To Step On The Pretty Flower” and “The Girl Whose Boyfriend Is Cheating On Her” and watch the girls visit a previous Top Model champ, assemble their own posses, and meet a couple of real Jackasses. Then, we all recoil in horror as Lisa ventures into exciting new diaper-related territory in a bid for attention. Cassie talks about putting things in her nose, Erin says “Steve-O” really weird, and Producer Spouse is no longer allowed to sing Objects In The Rear View Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are by Meat Loaf. Listen on!S05E08: The Girl Who Wants To Step On The Pretty FlowerS05E09: The Girl Whose Boyfriend Is Cheating On HerShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Friends, family, elves and reindeer, it’s time for a holiday treat! This year, we decided to take a break from talking about ghastly people wearing great clothes on America’s Next Top Model, and instead decided to talk about ghastly people wearing great clothes on Gossip Girl! We discuss the season one holiday episode “Roman Holiday,” in which Blair’s father brings his boyfriend to town, and hijinks ensue. Serena searches for the perfect present, Erin and Cassie pick their favourite outfits from the show, and then Erin, Cassie, and Spouse all discover they murdered angels in their youth. Pour yourself a nog, throw on an expensive scarf, and join us for a laugh or three!Folks, that’s gonna do it for us for 2020! Thank you for joining us this year. We’ll see you first week of January 2021 to continue our watch of Cycle 5 of America’s Next Top Model, but until then, stay safe, and have a wonderful and warm holiday season. We love you!Gossip Girl S01E11: Roman HolidayShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Legend tells of an incredible discovery to be made within the notes for the seventh episode of season 5 of Resting On Pretty. Nobody has succeeded in cracking the code thus far, but perhaps you, dear listener, will prevail. Best of luck.tHis week, we watched “the gIrls who are 1940s pinups” and wiTnessed tHe models run An obstacle course and get covered iN manure, cassie plays a bunch of pranKS, and there’s a very stinky go-see. FavOuRite photos are taken, there’s muLtIple Slyly writTEN tyra mails, and one model handles a panel challenge wIth some true iNGenuiTy. spOuse gets extremely Owned, erin starts a clUb for watching hoRror movies, and Cassie helps yOu dO your hoLiday SHOpping. listen on, Won’t you?S05E07: The Girls Who Are 1940s PinupsShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Writing to you on the eve of the second Toronto lockdown, enjoying the snow outside, and listening to these two goofballs talk about America’s Next Top Model. Hard to be in too bad of a mood. Try to ruin my evening, I dare you! Double dog dare! You can’t! You’ll be reading this at LEAST two days too late! Anyway, what have we got here - okay, so this week, we watched “The Girl Who Loves Bubbles And Talks To Plants”and saw the models put on food based masks, relax in a hot tub, record a secret-heavy commercial and lightly plagiarize each other. Erin reveals she liked the television program Charmed, and Cassie reveals some equally interesting personal news.S05E06: The Girl Who Loves Bubbles And Talks To PlantsShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Howdy stranger. You’re not from 'round these parts, are ya? Yeah, this town ain’t been the same since them Resting On Pretty gals came through. Wouldn’t stop talkin’ ‘bout some reality tellervision show they’d watched recently. Somethin’ ‘bout “The Girl Who Gets A Boob Job” - don’t sound like sorta thing you’d bring up in polite company, now do it? Anyway, apparently in this here episode, the models learn ‘bout their flaws, someone by the name a Janice comes through - now they seemed REAL excited about that one - and some other feller named Spouse eats an ice cream sandwich. Ain’t none of my business. Anyhoo, what’cha drinkin’?S05E05: The Girls Who Gets A Boob JobShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Dear Mister “I’m Too Good To Call Or Write My Fans,” this will be the last podcast I ever send your ass! Today we watched “The Girl Who Makes A Disclaimer” and watch as a hard moral line in the sand is drawn about cutting your hair too short, witness some mildly sapphic longing, and think about the Work Bitch music video. There’s multiple runway challenges, a green screen, and both Erin and Cassie are feeling crabbier than usual for reasons outside of the podcast! All the best, your loving friend, Stanley. S05E04: The Girls Makes A DisclaimerShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Folks, we’ve given it some thought and have decided that we are no longer going to cover America’s Next Top Model. Instead, we are going to drive ourselves considerably less mad watching the 1984 procedural situation comedy Night Court! Isn’t that better? Aren’t you in a better mood already? Anyways, this week we watched a really weird episode from the show’s fifth season, “The Girl Who Needs A Miracle,” in which a bunch of models get makeovers. Will Judge Stone like the Mia Farrow haircut one of the models is given? Will Rufus the cat successfully distract all three people involved in the creation of this podcast? Will Spouse get robbed by another Tyra Mail? Listen on, dear listener!S05E03: The Girl Who Needs A MiracleShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

[Transcribed audio from the last dispatch of the SS Resting On Pretty]: Something happened to my crew, it’s… it’s just me left. We… we watched “The Girls Become Superheroes” this week and… god. There was a tour of Beverly Hills… a party and runway show… Cassie made a quiche. We thought everything was going well… we though [inaudible] we were wrong, we were so WRONG. We… who’s there? Oh g[static, audio cuts off]S05E02: The Girls Become SuperheroesShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

When I was a little girl, my grandmother used to tell me stories of a reality television program where models would compete under the watchful eye of an elder (relative to models) guide giving bizarre advice couched in riddles, for the entertainment of millions of young millennials trying not to think about the Iraq war. Stories turned to legend, legend turned to myths, and myths turned to… forgotten… myths. But it’s true. The stories were all true. This week, we kick off Cycle 5 of America’s Next Top Model with a bang and watch “The Girl With A Twisted Catchphrase,” and are shocked to discover that it’s not a Joker quote. We meet a veritable swarm of new models, Tyra gives some extremely helpful advice to lesbians everywhere, poses are posed, and one model gets the chance to ask Tyra Banks any question she likes. She uses the opportunity wisely. Meanwhile, we all struggle to remember what town Twilight takes place in. Listen on!S05E01: “The Girl With A Twisted Catchphrase"Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Look, we know you lil Sisyphuses are as excited as we are to start the next season of ANTM. But! Before we get to pushing that boulder a fifth time, we have a little treat for you. This week, in a very special bonus episode of Resting On Pretty, we are joined by former contestant Jenascia Chakos Carter, a proud loser of Cycle 2 of the show, and one of our favourite models we’ve met in the podcast’s lifetime. Jenascia took some time (out of having recently had her second baby!!!) to talk to us about her time on the show, what exactly, if anything, she was expected to do about her height, her thoughts about the show’s reevaluation by viewers in the current political moment, and her reformation from plant killer to plant rescuer. You can bother Jenascia with your plant questions on Instagram at @dirty.planties, and we’ll see you here next week for Season 5, baby!Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

We’re here, we’re clean and clear, get used to it! Folks, we’ve made it to the end of another season and witnessed another contestant become America’s Next Top Model, so it’s time to see how they, and their peers, did! We get some drinks going to celebrate not only this momentous occasion, but also, the one year anniversary of this very podcast, AND the end of Janice Dickinson’s tenure on the panel of judges. We’re going to, for lack of a better word, “miss” her.Thank you for sticking with us through Resting On Pretty Year One! What a treat it is to make this show for your ears. See you soon for Season 5!Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, and wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, tell that this podcast has made it to the end of another season! This week, we watched as America’s Next Top Model is crowned in “The Girl Who Walks On Water” and are joined by publicist, pole dancer, and immediate best friend Fabiana to talk all about it. We admittedly had too much fun talking with her, and think you will have at least as much listening as we discuss bad looks from our youth, bizarre Texas football customs, the weird moving goalposts of weight in modelling, and of course, nü-metal. Hope you have somewhere else you were planning on sleeping tonight, because this one was a barnburner!Fabiana’s Instagram: @fffabianitaFabiana’s Twitter: @ThePRBishPRODUCER SPOUSE’S NOTE: Erin’s audio is a bit distant for the back half of the show, as the software we used quietly and without alerting us switched microphones to the one in my laptop. It’s still relatively listenable, and the episode is so good that we hope it makes up it for this. Sorry and we love you.S04E13: “The Girl Who Walks On Water"Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

We’re on the precipice of another exciting season finale of America’s Next Top Model, as well as our own podcast, so you know what that means - it’s time to bring everything to a screeching halt so we can answer some questions from you, dear listener! After a quick season recap, we discuss trips we’d take with the show’s judges, our favourite fall fashion trends, and a particularly model-ready dog. Plus, a previous guest of the show comes to us for shopping advice! Listen, coward. You will only be hearing a podcast.S04E12: “What The Girls Did That You’ve Never Seen Before"Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Legend tells of two cranky ghosts who died in a podcast studio hundreds of years ago in the throes of rage over something inexplicable Tyra Banks once said. On nights just like this, when the rss feeds are just right, you can hear them shouting at each other about how absurd the television show they are cursed to watch forever in perdition is. This week, they’re talking about “The Girl Who Is Special,” and between the ostriches, three nearly nude men, and discussions about the appropriate emotional response to the legacy of Nelson Mandela, many are saying it has “it all” - listen on, dear listener, if you’re brave enough! OoOooOooooOOOooOoooOoS04E11: “The Girl Who Is Special"Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

At the start of every episode of America’s Next Top Model is the question “Do you want to be on top?” A fun little game you can play is see how foreboding the question sounds depending on which word you emphasize. DO you want to be on top? Do you WANT to be on top? And so on. You make joy where you can. Ugh. Let’s see - this week, in “The Girl Who Flops In The Mud” the show goes mask off and literally pits the girls against each other to see who judges the others the most effectively. It’s fun to do, it’s fun to watch, we loved it and felt great about it. On the other hand, our pets brought the podcast to a screeching halt on multiple occasions in a really endearing way, so we’re not packing it in just yet! Ad astra per podcast! DON’T FORGET: Did you get your questions in for our upcoming mailbag? You should, we’re recording it pretty soon! You can DM them to us on Instagram or send us an email. S04E10: The Girl Who Flops In The Mud Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcast Email the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

We just wanted to enjoy an episode of America’s Next Top Model with cool animals in it, man. Instead, “The Girl Who The Lionesses Are Hunting,” (a title that definitely wasn’t reused, don’t go through the back catalogue to fact-check that) mostly spends its time body shaming Keenyah, which one might argue is the exact opposite of looking at cool animals! Damn. Also, they go to Africa, and Cassie tells us all about the time her dad got up to some mischief at Herman Melville’s house. What a king.S04E09: The Girl Who The Lionesses Are HuntingShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

There’s a certain clarity of purpose one implies when they describe something as evil that should prevent the term from being thrown about lightly, but I don’t think anyone here would disagree with us saying that America’s Next Top Model is… mildly evil. That being said, this week, we watched “The Girl Who Gets Bad News” and arrive at the conclusion that it maybe didn’t get a fair shake. The models do a sinful photoshoot, there’s some bad news and no bears, Cassie can’t stop saying “absolutely," and Erin will probably never live down a truly adorable malaprop.DON’T FORGET: Our mailbag episode approaches! Send us a question, won’t you? Better yet, ask it!S04E08: The Girl Who Gets Bad NewsShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

The following message is intended for former America’s Next Top Model contestant Tiffany Richardson only: If you would like to come on our show, eat french fries in the afternoon and talk about literally anything other than the events of “The Girl Who Sends Tyra Over The Edge,” consider this episode description a standing invitation. We’re so sorry. This sucked. Anyway, this week Erin makes everyone do British accents, Cassie has to be talked off the edge of posting feet, and Producer Spouse has an epiphany about Tyra’s decision making process.S04E07: The Girl Who Sends Tyra Over The EdgeShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Folks, we’re feeling great. We’re feeling fine. We’re feeling like talking Top Model, against the recommendation of our medical practitioners and pleas and wishes of our loved ones! This week, we watched “The Girl With The Deliciously Tacky Dance” in which the girls have to fight for their right to party responsibly. Then, suddenly and without much warning, TRUCKS. Meanwhile, Cassie goes to a store, Erin talks about the one absurd and embarrassing job she actually DIDN’T get in her youth, and Producer Spouse hopes there’s funny music cues.S04E06: The Girl With The Deliciously Tacky DanceShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

The true core of what made the writing of HP Lovecraft (when it wasn’t being astonishingly racist) so memorable and frightening was the idea that god exists, and doesn’t care about you. To be known, and for that to not matter. Speaking of racism and the things a higher power allows to happen under its baleful eye, this week, we watched “The Girl Who Is Contagious,” which, true to form, is just barely about an outbreak and is largely about maybe the most horrifying photoshoot in America’s Next Top Model history. Or maybe the most horrifying photoshoot in America’s Next Top Model history so far. Look at me - look at me! We’re gonna get through this together. Meanwhile, Cassie has Erin and Producer Spouse play a pretty fun game, so it’s not all bod, folks!S04E05: The Girl Who Is ContagiousShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Hey, how are ya? Have a seat. Can I get you something? Beer? Wine? Podcast? Oh I have just the one for you. This week, we watched “The Girl With The Worst Photo In History” and take umbrage with that particular use of hyperbole. There’s a photoshoot with a big jerk, a visit from Serena Williams (and some intrepid reporting from friend of the show and terrific sports writer Melissa Couto Zuber) and some astrology. Erin is mad about masks, Cassie goes on an adventure with a spooky app and Producer Spouse makes an assertion about the canonical dietary preferences of bears. Give this one a try, see what you think!Melissa Couto Zuber on Twitter: @ThrowinSmokeS04E04: The Girl With The Worst Photo In HistoryShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Folks, we just finished recording a podcast, and boy are our arms tired! From flapping them while we recorded the podcast! This week, we watched “The Girl Who Suddenly Collapsed” and witness a walk-off, a prank that gets scary and a photoshoot with some very, very good guests. Yes they are! Yes they are. Meanwhile, Cassie is well rested, Erin has a favourite shelf, and Spouse might just guess a Tyra mail correctly this time around. Listen and all will be revealed!juliaplaysgroove’s “Don’t Start Now” cover:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdBR-SrP6uUS04E03: The Girl Who Suddenly CollapsedShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

[CONTENT WARNING: Brief discussion of sexual violence regarding I’ll Be Gone In The Dark during Quarantine Quorner]Folks, this week on Resting On Pretty, okxdces and the cat runs across my laptop while I’m writing the episode description. It’s makeover week! This week, as we cover "The Girls Who Hate Their Makeovers” the models do a weird photoshoot that allegedly involves aliens, and Janice may no longer be in the PTA. After a van ride to a Second Location that everyone probably feels comfortable about, it’s time to do some makeovers that everyone probably feels satisfied with! Cassie announces a newfound love for country music, Erin is overheating in a muggy apartment with an AC on the fritz, and Spouse deciphers a Tyra mail at the same moment as the models. Let’s get weird!S04E02: The Girls Who Hake Their MakeoversShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Boy, you really think this show has plumbed the true depths of awful episode titles and then the Cycle 4 premiere comes along, crests a new breach in the ocean floor, and here we are with “The Girl Who Is A Lady Kat. Reow!” Oof! Oof McGoof!Folks, we made it! Let’s meet some models! Let’s celebrate Two Birthdays! Let’s defend Tiffany Richardson! Let’s listen to a truly tragic tale from Cassie’s origin story! Let’s do it all, this week on Resting On Pretty!Bryn And Friends:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI8ozE6g1m7Cb0_5JeLZ2SgS04E01: The Girl Who Is A Lady Kat. Reow!Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Look at us now, dad! We made it to the end of the season, which means we’re going to do a little look back at the models we’ve met - but first, of course, an Erin-designed cocktail inspired by this cycle’s winner! We’re joined by returning guest and ostensible fan favourite Julia Haist and first time champion Calum Marsh, both of the extremely charming cocktail podcast Everyday Drinking to talk about the cocktails that inspired it, and to generally get goofy. Get busy goofing or get busy dying, that’s what we’ve always said. Then, we discuss the Cycle 3 retrospective episode "What The Divas Are Doing Now” where we learn the apparently limited and quantifiable types of beauty there are. Erin laments not being able to print the internet, Cassie issues a correction on the fate of an inflatable llama and Producer Spouse shares some funny names from a video game he’s been playing. Are you in desperate need of it all? Because that’s what this episode has got!If you’re reading this the day it appeared in your feed, (June 30th), TODAY is the last day to purchase an ROP x Maggie’s TO “Model Citizen” shirt! All proceeds go to supporting local sex workers impacted by COVID-19.https://bit.ly/ropxmaggiesEveryday Drinking:https://open.spotify.com/show/3MTtdPpQ2eQ4grofbjJL4YS03E13: What The Divas Are Doing NowShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Look, whether you’re liberal or conservative, Catholic or Protestant, Edward or Jacob, we can all agree that this is a podcast about America’s Next Top Model. And it’s time to find out who that is! This week, we watched “The Girl Who Wins It All” with our good friend and famous Instagram dog-haver Heather Gray! We witness a high stakes runway, another go-see, and a winner crowned! Cassie teaches us all about taiko drums, Erin reaches for an odd euphemism for sex, and Heather and Producer Spouse interrogate a truly incomprehensible statement from an earlier episode in the season. Come on in, the water’s fine! Community Bail Funds: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd Justice for Breanna Taylor: https://justiceforbreonna.org/ George Floyd Memorial Fund: https://ca.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd Regis Korchinski-Paquet Memorial Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-regis ROP x MAGGIE’S TO SHIRTS: https://bit.ly/ropxmaggies 100% of all proceeds go to Maggie’s TO to support local sex workers impacted by COVID-19S03E12: The Girl Who Wins It All Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcast Email the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

As our ROP x Maggie’s TO Model Citizen shirt fundraiser winds down, we took some time to chat with Ellie Ade Kur of Maggie’s Toronto Sex Worker Action Project to discuss the work they do with local sex workers to empower them and enable them to work safely and with dignity. We discuss Maggie’s current and broader aims, the impact of COVID-19 on their work, Black Lives Matter and the push to defund the police, the effects of anti sex work legislation like SESTA/FOSTA, and what you can do to support causes like this. It’s not out of your hands!Maggie’s TO: https://www.maggiesto.org/Butterfly Asian And Migrant Sex Workers Network: https://www.butterflysw.org/ROP x MAGGIE’S TO SHIRTS:https://bit.ly/ropxmaggies100% of all proceeds go to Maggie’s TO to support local sex workers impacted by COVID-19

Folks, it’s been a wild season of recording this podcast, and not just because the television program we cover on it is a danger to itself and others! Remember the start of the season, and how we recorded it in person? Remember how that was a thing you used to be able to do? Speaking of questions, after a brief recap of the season so far, we asked YOU, our dear listeners, to ask US, your dear podcast, some questions, and you delivered! We talk about defunding the police (it’s good and should happen), our favourite historical fashions (they’re good and did happen), cheese, funerals (again) and more! Cassie is spooky, Producer Spouse says “havarti” weird, and Erin explores the liberation found in admitting you kind of suck. Enjoy!Community Bail Funds:https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floydJustice for Breanna Taylor:https://justiceforbreonna.org/George Floyd Memorial Fund:https://ca.gofundme.com/f/georgefloydRegis Korchinski-Paquet Memorial Fund:https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-regisROP x MAGGIE’S TO SHIRTS:https://bit.ly/ropxmaggies100% of all proceeds go to Maggie’s TO to support local sex workers impacted by COVID-19Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Finally, history has given us exactly one human who can ask “where’s my hug” and not be totally insufferable! This week, we watched “The Girl Who Didn’t Hug Goodbye” and learn all about Japanese street style! Producer Spouse almost successfully guesses a Tyra Mail about the shoot, Ann struggles, one of the models misses a challenge and Erin and Cassie get yelled at. Also, an update on the pigeons on our balcony.Community Bail Funds:https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floydJustice for Breanna Taylor:https://justiceforbreonna.org/George Floyd Memorial Fund:https://ca.gofundme.com/f/georgefloydRegis Korchinski-Paquet Memorial Fund:https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-regisROP x MAGGIE’S TO SHIRTS:https://bit.ly/ropxmaggies100% of all proceeds go to Maggie’s TO to support local sex workers impacted by COVID-19S03E11: The Girl Who Didn’t Hug GoodbyeShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

[extremely Anton Chigurh voice] The tea has been spilled.This week, we watched “The Girl The Lionesses Are Hunting” and witness the collapse of Pink Positive after a rooftop party gone pear-shaped. The models learn how to participate in a tea ceremony, we learn how to say “I’m hungry” in Japanese, Tyra participates in a shoot, and Erin writes “fuck this show” in her notes! Join us, won’t you?Community Bail Funds:https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floydJustice for Breanna Taylor:https://justiceforbreonna.org/George Floyd Memorial Fund:https://ca.gofundme.com/f/georgefloydRegis Korchinski-Paquet Memorial Fund:https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-regisROP x MAGGIE’S TO SHIRTS:https://bit.ly/ropxmaggies100% of all proceeds go to Maggie’s TO to support local sex workers impacted by COVID-19S03E10: The Girl The Lionesses Are HuntingShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: restingonprettypodcast@gmail.com

Let me ask you something - you see an episode of a reality show titled “The Girls Meet Taye Diggs,” you’d assume them meeting the star of ABC’s Day Break (2006) would be the most interesting thing that happens in the show, right? Did you know you’re wrong? This week, the models travel to Tokyo for a soup commercial, Tyra keeps forgetting about the same contestant, and we kind of think it’d be great if Mae Whitman came on the show.GET YOUR ROP x MAGGIE’S TO SHIRTS:https://bit.ly/ropxmaggies100% of all proceeds go to Maggie’s TO to support local sex workers impacted by COVID-19And don’t forget to send in your questions for our upcoming mailbag episode!S03E09: The Girls Meet Taye DiggsShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

'Rancho Relaxo (S03E08)What tangled webs we tooch! This week, we watched “The Girl Who Is Panic Stricken” and join the contestants for Sexy Fear Factor as they prepare to do battle with Rom The Vacuous Model and then I get yelled at after sending this episode in for a dumb Bloodborne reference. The show continues to be just utterly reprehensible to Toccara, a talent less irresponsible shows still wouldn’t deserve, Jay Manuel has a frightening, albeit brief moment of clarity about how they’re treating the girls, and an apology is given to a hat. Also, Erin, Cassie and Producer Spouse all argue about whether or not the Justified theme song is good. It isn’t. [HOST’S NOTE: It is] GET YOUR ROP x MAGGIE’S TO SHIRTS: https://bit.ly/ropxmaggies 100% of all proceeds go to Maggie’s TO to support local sex workers impacted by COVID-19 And don’t forget to send in your questions for our upcoming mailbag episode! S03E08: The Girl Who Is Panic Stricken Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcast Email the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

Howdy, stranger. What brings you to these parts? This week, we watched “The Girl Who Forgot Her Shoes” which, understandably, led us to assume that most of the drama this episode had to do with a girl who forgot her shoes. That was really, extremely stupid of us apparently? Anyway, this week, the models go on go-sees, there’s a doubled-up photo shoot, and, this is exciting, the show is just astonishingly awful to Toccara! Boy oh boy! We’re all really mad about it! Later, Erin and Cassie try to see if Producer Spouse is able to guess one of Tyra’s insane riddles. He gets owned.GET YOUR ROP x MAGGIE’S TO SHIRTS:https://bit.ly/ropxmaggies100% of all proceeds go to Maggie’s TO to support local sex workers impacted by COVID-19And don’t forget to send in your questions for our upcoming mailbag episode!S03E07: The Girl Who Forgot Her ShoesShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

CONTENT WARNING: Eating disordersI considered just telling you that the episode of America’s Next Top Model we watched this week is literally just called “The Girl Who Mutilated The Precious Brownies” and leave it at that, but I suppose if for some reason you need any more to go on in order to feel like pushing play, I can tell you a little bit more about what you’ll find here. This week, a fiery dispute over baked goods, a ropes course, and the models run up multiple flights of stairs and are then immediately tasked with a photoshoot - and then ANOTHER photoshoot on a trampoline! This show is a danger to itself and other people. Later, Cassie and Producer Spouse bring the podcast to a screeching halt to go sell their turnips in Animal Crossing.GET YOUR ROP x MAGGIE’S TO SHIRTS:https://bit.ly/ropxmaggies100% of all proceeds go to Maggie’s TO to support local sex workers impacted by COVID-19S03E06: The Girl Who Mutilated The Precious BrowniesShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

Folks are we acclaimed mid-90s alternative rock group Semisonic? Because it’s Posing Time! This week, we watched “The Girl Who Cries When She Looks In A Mirror” and accompany the girls to a posing seminar held by Janice, who reminds us that beyond her truly reprehensible persona is one of the greatest models to ever do the damn thing. Some difficult talks about body image, a living mannequin challenge, a wonderful new euphemism for breasts - this episode’s got it all! Also, Erin tells a story about a thoroughly dreadful piece of guerrilla theatre she participated in as a youth, and Producer Spouse is Booboo the Fool. Remember to get your ROP x Maggie’s TO “Model Citizen” shirt - 100% of proceeds go to local sex workers affected by COVID-19https://bit.ly/ropxmaggiesS03E05: The Girl Who Cries When She Looks In A MirrorShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

Scratch another tally into the wall of your social-distancing cave, you made it to another episode of your favourite (I assume) podcast! This week we watch “The Girl Who Sets A Trap” and see the models work on their runway walks, take a totally innocent trip to a hot night club with absolutely no ulterior motive, and get into some real Wile E. Coyote shit when Amanda asks the timeless question, “what’s a ten dollar bill to catch a bitch?” Also, Producer Spouse tries and, depending on your outlook, fails to prank Cassie, we all complain about too many eggs in Animal Crossing, and a Quarantine Quorner finds us discussing smashy music, smoochy music and even a little exercise.GET YOUR ROP x MAGGIE’S TO SHIRTS:https://bit.ly/ropxmaggies100% of all proceeds go to Maggie’s TO to support local sex workers impacted by COVID-19S03E04: The Girl Who Sets A TrapShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

This week, we’re allowing a brief break from paying off our loans to Tom Nook to discuss “The Girl Who Everyone Thinks Is A Backstabber” and watch as the models all get makeovers! One of the models has an… odd connection to the tragic events of September 11, 2001, there’s an industry event with most of the models working as caterers, and maybe some backs will get figuratively stabbed. Later, we debut a new and temporary segment, Quarantine Quorner, while we’re unable to spot nice outfits out in the wild. We recommend music, books and shows to help keep you sane while the world does decidedly otherwise.S03E03: The Girl Who Everyone Thinks Is A BackstabberShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

Y’all already know who it is! This week, we watched “The Girl Who Is Codependent” and see the models go on a quick little jaunt to Jamaica, as a bit. Producer Spouse accidentally gives himself a truly humiliating nickname, Cassie can’t stop referencing the 2002 thriller Swimfan (15% on Rotten Tomatoes, folks) and Erin might kill Jake if and when this quarantine ends. We find out what prizes are at stake this cycle, Kelly is extremely rich at everyone, Anne and Eva become literal fast friends and Cassie says the thing that’s the title of the podcast! Later, Erin and Cassie solve racism again.S03E02: The Girl Who is CodependentShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

Greetings from the Resting On Pretty Podbunker! We hope you’re staying healthy, staying safe, and are excited to start Cycle 3 of America’s Next Top Model! We watched “The Girl With A Secret” and wow, this is a barnburner of a premiere. 34 models! A girl who has an aforementioned secret! A bar fight before the act break! And the first appearance of an ANTM legend. Meanwhile, Erin and Cassie have the required-by-law Toronto based podcaster discussion about the Canadian debut of White Claw. Join us for a lark or two.S03E01: The Girl With A SecretShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

Hi folks! Writing to you on February 29th, 2020, the day we recorded this! Leap years are so exciting. So much to look forward to, aside from, of course, something actively reshaping the global order, the wheels of history finally unstuck from the rut of technocracy by something like, dunno, just spitballing here, a massive worldwide pandemic. (EDIT: doing a final revision of these notes the week this episode is about to go up. Might just check the news and see that I’m right. But first, a big sip of my coffee...)Anyway, this week, we had the help of the episode “The Runway Ahead” to see what all the models we met this cycle are up to. Over cocktails inspired by the cycle’s winner, we’ll get to see show favourite Jenascia work a shift at Hooter’s, Cassie teaches us all about Tik Tok, and later, Erin and Cassie make a firm pledge to draw a horse and a bicycle. Join us won’t you? Do you happen to have any extra spare time these days?NOTE: Due to the pandemic, the Sportsfeld Live Show were were intending to appear on this week has been cancelled. We’re looking forward to rescheduling it as soon as possible. Stay healthy and stay home!S02E012: The Runway AheadShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

It’s been a heck of a season, and we’re hard pressed to find a better way of capping it off than with the help of the extremely funny comedian and host of Cavern Of Secrets, Lauren Mitchell! Lauren joins us to watch “The Girl Who Is America’s Next Top Model” and wax quasi-philosophical on being sexy and also sad, body image, bad self-administered haircuts and asserting the inalienable right to determine one’s own underpants. We find out who wins Cycle 2 and also settle once and for all if men deserve flowers. I can’t remember where we landed on the issue but I will say that flowers would be a terrific way to thank a beleaguered producer after a day of editing and writing episode descriptions. Food for thought!S02E011: The Girl Who Is America’s Next Top ModelShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

You asked, we’ll try to answer, it’s a dang mailbag episode! After a quick recap of Cycle 2 of America’s Next Top Model, we offer our expert opinions on a range of topics including funeral fashion, shopping sprees with awful reality show judges, what faces to make in photos, and debate who the most fashionable robot is.Show Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

Folks, show of hands, who’s ready for this show to get real messy? This week, we watched “The Girl Who Cheated” and let me tell you, it sure wasn’t at Settlers Of Catan! We do have a good friend who would literally just steal resources while we were haggling over sheep, so it’s very much possible to do so. I digress. The models stay in a fancy villa, kiss some boys and do a nude shoot with each other that almost definitely awakened our latent bisexuality when this episode originally aired. Then, we pour a belated one out for fallen Canadian retail giant, Zellers. You had a good run. It’s time to rest.S02E10: The Girl Who CheatedShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com

CONTENT WARNING: Brief discussion of eating disorders from 55:35 - 1:03:59Mamma mia, that’s a spicy podcast! Today, the models are hopping over to Milan for “The Girl With The Signature Walk," where there’ll be go-sees on vespas, truly exciting high fashion, and Camille attempting to be friends with Yoanna. Are her efforts duplicitous? Or does she actually just have a really cool cask of Amontillado to show her down in the cellars? Listen to find out! Also, Producer Spouse starts to lose his mind trying to figure out whether or not the contestants on this show are fairly compensated for their labour.S02E08: The Girl With a Signature WalkShow Instagram: @restingonprettypodcastEmail the show: podcast@restingonpretty.com