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In Today’s Village Voice

I am on the same list as Elizabeth Berkley…and Right Said Fred. Dying.

Read the article HERE.

Update: It seems like there’s been a bit of a misunderstanding about my reasons for posting this article.  I mentioned this Village Voice piece because it’s sort of silly and fun to see your name in connection with people/things like the I’m Too Sexy dude, a Lady of the Night, and the cast of Showgirls (actually one of my favorite movies of all time).  I thought you might think this was funny, too, and I apologize if it came off as anything but light-hearted and sort of ludicrous. I don’t think that I was fired for being anything even close to “too sexy” – I mean, obviously – but neither does the author of this piece, I suspect. I wasn’t trying to be catty, or to take potshots, or to make any grand, sweeping statements on my ideas about patriarchy/femininity/etc; I would have posted the article with equal enthusiasm had it been titled “10 Dipsy-Doodles Who Have Made Guacamole And Written About It.”



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June 4th, 2010 | Posted by Jordan | Press | 28 Comments »

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  • Felicity

    Were you too sexy for your shirt?

  • Oh, It's Alex.

    I snorted!

    Congrats, Jordan. I think. Right?

  • jordanreid

    …Not quite sure, but any time I can reference Showgirls, that's a win :)

  • http://jans30before30.wordpress.com/ Jan Marie

    Holy Moly! That list is hilarious! I love the one about Elliot Spitzer's escort. But on yours, you *are* a lot “sexier” than “the one that came after”. Just sayin.

  • somewomen

    Do women have to treat other women like this?

  • http://seagull.tumblr.com Heather

    Exactly. Why on earth would Jordan be more qualified merely because of appearance? Screw the patriarchy.

  • FG

    The whole thing screams of “ick”. The article itself, the comments in support of it, and the implied “tee hee Foster Kamer thinks I'm hotter than Kaitlin” that comes along with posting it in the first place.

  • Kim

    I missed that implication. I think you guys really reach at times to find bad where there is none.

  • jordanreid

    speaking of overreaching…someone in the comments over on the VV website called me a “demonic presence.” i think i might be…flattered?

  • http://jans30before30.wordpress.com/ Jan Marie

    Maybe because she was there in the beginning and seemingly worked her butt off but was kicked to the side for personal reasons? Jordan's hot and if someone else thinks she's hotter than another woman who might've inadvertently replaced her, it's okay. We all have a right to an opinion.

  • Bla

    I think it's disgusting that you are proud of this. What is the point of that blurb? That you are prettier than the other actress and they made some sort of mistake? Well seems like the show is doing just fine without you. Burns doesn't it.

  • Bla

    And you are obviously flattered that they mentioned you. Which is really all sorts of pathetic.

  • Leah

    I read in the comments to that article that you were sleeping around with married men during that time. That is just so not cool and makes me see you in a COMPLETELY different light.

  • un

    Maybe Kaitlin's a better actress than Jordan, not everything is based on appearance you idiot.

  • http://jans30before30.wordpress.com/ Jan Marie

    Name calling. Now *that* is classy. According to them, she was “too hot” or too pretty or whatever to “play a bartender”. So obviously, on the record, it was based on looks. :-)

  • un

    Nobody gets fired for being too pretty for godsake, it's something people use as an excuse to cover their asses or because they don't way to say the truth. Call me when you've learnt anything about life.

  • un

    You know what Jordan failing at things sometimes sucks; it happens to everything. You lost the part, which is not surprising at all – what do you expect if you break up with the person you're in it with?????!!!!!

    You really need to stop mentionning it because this kind of article just makes you look so bad, which I'm starting to believe you are.

  • new to this

    It seems to me that Jordan put up a pretty tongue-in-cheek article about being mentioned alongside goofballs like Elizabeth Berkley and Right Said Fred in a ridiculous article about being fired for being hot. I'm a little miffed – did the negative commenters here miss the joke? Mud-slinging doesn't exactly feel appropriate when Jordan didn't invent patriarchy, didn't write this sort of ridiculous article, and is generally such a positive person. All she did was mention – with a sense of humor – that she appeared in the Village Voice, which I think is more honest than pretending she wasn't aware. I'm sort of new to these things, but why does it seem that people are so very humorless? And I don't mean they should lighten up, I mean they should realize they're missing levels of meaning – and consequently, the point. Do people routinely work out their unresolved issues about themselves on the internet? It seems very strange to me, especially when I find this blog so refreshing and beautiful. I wish you wouldn't do it, I suppose.

  • http://jans30before30.wordpress.com/ Jan Marie

    People get fired for looking too good for many reasons. Either they're jealous and intimidated (like many women tend to be) or if it's a guy, he is bitter that he cannot have such a beautiful woman or has recently lost her. But no matter what, the point is, she was let go on the record for being too pretty. This is all I will say about this matter and I'm not going to look back on this post (And i don't get e-mail notifications so if you write back to insult me, I won't get it). Onto the next! :-) And next time, be brave to identify yourself and not speak from under the table. Bloggers are brave enough to post all this information and insight into their lives and people that are angry and sit alone in the dark because they aren't doing anything with their own lives are just cowards. Focus on your own life before you focus on someone else's. Be positive. Peace!

  • jordanreid

    That “mystery commenter” also called me a demon. I'd hope you don't think that's true, either.

  • Jenn

    Agreed x1000 with “somewomen” above. I've contributed to Jordan's blog before, but I'm not going to be reading after this post.

  • Anna B.

    Haha. My friend Foster wrote this post, too funny. You should meet him, he'd love you!

  • Kim

    I totally agree with this comment. What am I not understanding? How can anyone see this post as being something odious?

    I don't like Julia Allison as much as the next person, and really thought RBNS had a point … but with the irrational Jordan hate, it really seems like the community there ARE just a bunch of angry haters. Glad to see the mods don't post about her, but some of the commenters come off as borderline insane and reaching like mad to find something negative on Ramshackle Glam that doesn't exist.

  • Wookie

    Here you are again, not having a life at all. How unfun.

  • generation gone wrong

    Without having to perform a deep textual analysis that post very clearly suggests that the reason Jordan was fired was because she was too good-looking. This is demonstrated by linking to a photo of Kaitlin in which looks “not at her best”.

    Seriously, you people need to go back to school and stop reading blogs.

  • Oh, It's Alex

    I too saw it as tongue-in-cheek. It's a silly (intentionally so, I'd bet, because Foster isn't a moron) article and Jordan took it in stride.

    I'm going to go out on a limb and add that the people who took issue with this post had some sort of beef with Jordan to begin with and were looking for an excuse to attack. So, eh. Grain of salt.

  • Oh, It's Alex

    Far be it from me to dictate what you post, but I think you're way too nice and accommodating to people who are essentially trolls who won't be pleased / swayed. I didn't feel you needed to have apologized for posting this or anything on your blog, really. If people get upset over things like canned sauce or silly lists the problem is really theirs, not yours.

  • Daria

    Actually the mystery commenter provided his name. And he didn't call you a demon in the spiritual sense, he called you a demonic presence, which you would be if you were really banging all sorts of dudes while with Rob.