While legal in Germany, the column's use of underage models in the past was internationally controversial. To comply with laws, models often used a remote shutter to show they were in control of the photos. 📚 Where to Find Archives
So yes – bravo, Dr. Sommer. Thank you for telling me at 11 that my body was not a mistake. That my questions were not dirty. And that growing up, no matter how awkward, is a perfectly normal thing to survive. That’s me. That was always me.
For some, it was a source of pure awkwardness; for others, it was the first time we realized that nobody actually looks like a photoshopped movie star.