Dear Media: L'Wren Scott Was Not Just 'Mick Jagger's Girlfriend'

Dear Media: L'Wren Scott Was Not Just 'Mick Jagger's Girlfriend'

When the awful news broke on Monday that fashion designer and model L'Wren Scott had been found dead in an apparent suicide, media-watchers began noticing a trend in the way that news outlets referred to Scott:

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The fact that Scott was Jagger's partner is certainly a relevant part of the story of her death, but many on Twitter expressed their consternation that a successful and accomplished woman was being defined, in part, by the man

This story is about her. And she was a person who had accomplished much in life. In this case, Mick Jagger is "L'Wren Scott's boyfriend."

— ☹ Alex Alvarez ☹ (@soalexgoes) March 17, 2014

hi, please stop referring to L'Wren Scott as Mick Jagger's girlfriend on first reference, ty

— jessica testa (@jtes) March 17, 2014

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