Congrats to SAG-AFTRA (good luck media artists that are Models, though)

I wasn't planning on writing anything tonight. Change of plans. I just heard Morgan Freeman earlier talking about the "union" of SAG-AFTRA and how all kinds of media artists standing in front of a camera (or microphone) are included...We know that they don't mean the "profession of modeling".

Again, another exclusion of guidance, protection, etc... In an ideal industry, no model would even need anyone looking out for them because everyone would use ethical professionalism. There is really a lack of documentation OR even anyone holding people accountable that misuse their power over many vulnerable models.

For example, one huge issue I see in contrast: Child Actors are protected under Labor Laws, but Child Models do not share the same consistant rights in the US...they are not guaranteed their breaks, education, appropriate hours worked in a day, nor adults that are speaking up for them in any Union.

The Model Alliance is the closest collaboration that is working hard to bring awareness LEGALLY (in NY, for now) Children are in an industry where they are following the lead of adults that they are "supposed to listen to". What if those adults abuse their power and are not caring about the best interest of the child?

Officially, models are not an adult until age 18, so that teenage "stage" before adulthood when many fashion models are sought after...that's a child model.

There are so many shades of grey in the modeling industry that people are not aware of, so if you ever hear that models have it so easy...it's the perspective of what people see in the media that is not placing value on the truth.