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Caroline Calloway: Legend, Scammer — Both?

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WHO IS SHE AND WHERE IS SHE FROM

  • Virginia
  • NYU?
  • Private School
  • Applications!

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Cambridge: an essential part of the brand

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Chaucer

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Caroline wants to become an author

Instagram is integral to this goal. She garners instagram fame from caption-writing

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Caroline wants to become an author

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She gets kind of famous after that, For the scope

(This is how I found her)

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THE ~*SCAM*~

  • Her book deal
  • Creativity workshop
  • According to her, she was overwhelmed
  • No one really complained, idt
  • Vice et al becomes obsessed with her basically

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So people are like, is it a scam?

  • January 2019 = scammer accusations
  • Floats in probably infamy for a while
  • September 2019; an essay in ‘the cut’ turns everything on its head

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Meet natalie

  • Captions
  • Adderall
  • Bad friend
  • Book deal

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Caroline is now obsessed with natalie, writing essay/book

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Aesthetic key points

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Aesthetic key points

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Aesthetic key points

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conundrums

  • She does make art, but it’s not unique?
  • She is very smart, but acts oblivious
  • She is an okay writer, does it matter?
  • She’s obsessed w/herself but that’s the brand

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THE END