Don't Waste Your Pretty

This week we’re talking about soft power and a few of the women who wield it- from this week's college admissions scandal to media powerbroker/matchmaker-to-the stars (and rumored Putin girlfriend) Wendi Deng Murdoch, to the mysterious past of Melania Trump. What’s the difference between sleeping your way to the top as a high-level escort, and parleying your business relationship into the billionaire’s second wives club? What about building Yale a library so your C-student can join Skull and Bones versus paying someone to photoshop your instagram influencer club kid’s face onto an elite water polo player’s body to get a recruitment spot at Stanford? We have theories.   Wanna read all the gossip on Wendi? https://splinternews.com/meet-wendi-deng-the-evil-genius-who-hangs-with-ivanka-1793861207   https://gawker.com/5926705/it-was-like-a-war-zone-a-former-nanny-for-rupert-murdoch-and-wendi-deng-speaks-out   https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2014/03/wendi-deng-note-tony-blair