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In April 2020, Calloway announced that she would publish a response to Beach.<ref>{{Cite magazine |first=Günseli |last=Yalcinkaya |date=2020-04-01|title=Caroline Calloway's response essay to Natalie is finally here|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/48603/1/caroline-calloways-natalie-response-is-finally-here-scammer|access-date=2020-07-08|magazine=[[Dazed]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=I Am Caroline Calloway |url=https://www.iamcarolinecalloway.com/ |access-date=2020-07-08 }}</ref>
In April 2020, Calloway announced that she would publish a response to Beach.<ref>{{Cite magazine |first=Günseli |last=Yalcinkaya |date=2020-04-01|title=Caroline Calloway's response essay to Natalie is finally here|url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/48603/1/caroline-calloways-natalie-response-is-finally-here-scammer|access-date=2020-07-08|magazine=[[Dazed]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=I Am Caroline Calloway |url=https://www.iamcarolinecalloway.com/ |access-date=2020-07-08 }}</ref>


Calloway announced in December 2019 that she would publish a memoir, ''Scammer'', to be printed on demand and shipped in spring 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Caroline Calloway Says She Is Releasing A Book Called 'Scammer'|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/caroline-calloway-books-scammer|access-date=2020-07-08|website=BuzzFeed News}}</ref> She subsequently stated on her website that because of delays in production, she would instead be combining her blog, "I Am Caroline Calloway", with her manuscript for ''Scammer'', allowing her to expand the essay into three parts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Caroline Calloway|url=https://carolinecalloway.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615083917/https://carolinecalloway.com/|archive-date=15 June 2020|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Caroline Calloway}}</ref>
Calloway announced in December 2019 that she would publish a memoir, ''Scammer'', to be printed on demand and shipped in spring 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Caroline Calloway Says She Is Releasing A Book Called 'Scammer'|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/caroline-calloway-books-scammer|access-date=2020-07-08|website=BuzzFeed News}}</ref> She subsequently stated on her website that because of delays in production, she would instead be combining her blog, "I Am Caroline Calloway", with her manuscript for ''Scammer'', allowing her to expand the essay into three parts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Caroline Calloway|url=https://carolinecalloway.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615083917/https://carolinecalloway.com/|archive-date=15 June 2020|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Caroline Calloway}}</ref> In July 2020, Calloway announced that the book was estimated to ship by 31 August 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|title=SCAMMER Pre-Order!|url=https://carolinecalloway.com/products/scammer-pre-order|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723041354/https://carolinecalloway.com/products/scammer-pre-order|archive-date=23 July 2020|access-date=2020-07-23|website=Caroline Calloway}}</ref> which did not occur.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Caroline Calloway sold a book about her own scams. So far, no one has received their copy |url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/caroline-calloway-book/|access-date=2020-09-04|website=MamaMia}}</ref> In June 2023, the book was expected to be published mid-month.<ref name=Tel/>


=== Sex work ===
=== Sex work ===

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Caroline Calloway
Calloway in 2016
Born
Caroline Calloway Gotschall[1]

(1991-12-05) December 5, 1991 (age 32)[2]
Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.
EducationNew York University
St Edmund's College, Cambridge (BA)
Relatives
Websitecarolinecalloway.com

Caroline Gotschall Calloway (born December 5, 1991) is an American internet celebrity. She gained popularity while a student at the University of Cambridge.

Early life and education

Caroline Calloway Gotschall was born in Falls Church, Virginia, and was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy.[2] Her maternal great-grandfather is Owen Burns, an entrepreneur and real estate mogul who developed many of the historic structures in Sarasota, Florida.[3][4] At the age of 17, she changed her last name to Gotschall Calloway because she considered it would "look better on books".[1]

Calloway began undergraduate studies in art history at New York University.[5] In 2013, after succeeding on her third application, she restarted at St Edmund's College, Cambridge. She graduated in 2016.[2][6]

Career

Influencer

Calloway joined Instagram in 2012 with the help of her NYU classmate Natalie Beach.[1] Calloway's Instagram account documented her life at Cambridge University and contained long captions.[7] Calloway bought followers and purchased ads to grow her account.[8] She became known as the "Gatsby of Cambridge" for the lavish parties that she documented online, which she hosted in rented rooms at other Cambridge colleges that she considered more Instagram-worthy than St. Edmund's.[6] She later admitted to having forged her academic credentials to secure admission to Cambridge.[9]

In September 2019, Beach wrote an essay for The Cut, "I Was Caroline Calloway", chronicling her friendship with Calloway and disclosing that she had ghostwritten a number of the Instagram captions credited to Calloway and collaborated with her to produce a subsequent book proposal.[2][8][10]

In July 2021, Calloway began selling a homemade blend of grapeseed oil and essential oils branded as Snake Oil through her website.[11][12][13]

Writing

And We Were Like

In 2016 it was announced that Calloway would publish a memoir titled And We Were Like about her time at Cambridge with Flatiron Books, an imprint of Macmillan Publishers, with the help of literary agent Byrd Leavell.[14][1] During her final year at Cambridge, Calloway had hired Beach to co-write the book and proposal.[15] She then set up an initial meeting with Leavell by pretending to his secretary that she was already his client.[1] Leavell has since said of his experience working with Calloway that she was "deeply unwell, deeply dishonest" and that "It was more important to her to be seen as an author than it was to be an author. She didn’t know how to be an author."[16]

Calloway publicly announced that Flatiron Books had offered her a book deal to write a memoir for $500,000 in 2015, of which she had received 30% as an advance.[17] She announced via her Instagram stories in 2017 that she was withdrawing from her book deal after failing to fulfill her contract.[18] Beach reported the deal was for $375,000, and the advance she received was actually for $100,000, which she owed back to the publisher after she canceled the deal.[1][10] After that, Calloway offered the book proposal with personal annotations for sale on Etsy.[18]

Writing workshops

In December 2018, Calloway launched an international "Creativity Workshop Tour". Her original announcement indicated that the workshop would offer tutorials on building an Instagram brand, developing ideas, and addressing "the emotional and spiritual dimensions of making art."[19] Participation in the tour was priced at $165 per person, and tickets were sold for events in Boston, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Austin, Charlotte and Washington, DC.[18] This tour was subsequently canceled due to Calloway failing to book venues for these events, with Calloway announcing that she would refund those who had already bought tickets.[8][18] Eventually, Calloway held two workshops in New York.[20] The cancellation of the workshops gained public attention when reporter Kayleigh Donaldson created a Twitter thread that gained news coverage comparing Calloway's tour to Fyre Festival, later publishing this as an article for the online publication Pajiba.[19][18][21] After the publication of Donaldson's article, Calloway briefly offered t-shirts for sale on Threadless that bore the caption "Stop hate-following me, Kayleigh".[22] Threadless suspended sale of these shirts for violating its targeted harassment policy.[22]

In August 2019, Calloway held a second creativity workshop, "The Scam", in New York.[23] Although press was not invited to the event, a Vice reporter bought a ticket, attended the event under a false name, and published an article about her experience.[23]

Forthcoming publications

In April 2020, Calloway announced that she would publish a response to Beach.[24][25]

Calloway announced in December 2019 that she would publish a memoir, Scammer, to be printed on demand and shipped in spring 2020.[26] She subsequently stated on her website that because of delays in production, she would instead be combining her blog, "I Am Caroline Calloway", with her manuscript for Scammer, allowing her to expand the essay into three parts.[27] In July 2020, Calloway announced that the book was estimated to ship by 31 August 2020,[28] which did not occur.[29] In June 2023, the book was expected to be published mid-month.[9]

Sex work

In 2020, Calloway created an OnlyFans account, promising videographic and photographic content containing nudity.[30] She alleged in interviews that her intention to enter the adult entertainment industry had been planned by Playboy, and that the magazine had commissioned a photo shoot of her dressed as a student in a library.[31] When asked, the magazine stated, "Playboy does not have and did not have any photo shoot planned with Caroline Calloway."[31] Calloway has described her sex work as "emotionally poignant, softcore cerebral porn."[32] Her content includes cosplay of characters from children's movies such as Harry Potter, Matilda and Beauty and the Beast,[33] and partially undressed photographs of herself captioned with details of her father's autopsy.[34][31]

She posted her projected income from sex work on her Twitter account in May 2020, leading to criticism about her failure to recognize difficulties faced by sex workers, as well as her attempts to distance herself from sex work.[35][33]

Instagram incidents

In April 2020, Calloway was criticized for posting a tweet with an antisemitic cartoon, with a caption mocking Beach, her former ghostwriter.[36] Calloway later deleted and apologized for the tweet.[37] She attracted further criticism after she liked and shared a suggestion on social media that she should dress up as Anne Frank for her OnlyFans account.[38]

Calloway also attracted criticism for posting an image of Japanese shunga (erotic art) on her Instagram, which depicted a woman copulating with a bat. Calloway captioned the image, "the first human case of the corona outbreak, but make it porn", attracting criticism for engaging in the promotion of stereotypes about Asian cultures, particularly in the context of heightened racism and xenophobia during the COVID-19 pandemic.[39]

Personal life

Calloway has general anxiety disorder and depression.[1] She has been open about her Adderall abuse and addiction while at Cambridge.[8][1]

Until March 2022, Calloway lived in the West Village in Manhattan, New York;[40] she announced then that she was moving to Florida.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Hunt, Elle (April 28, 2020). "'I love fame': how Caroline Calloway survived being cancelled". The Guardian. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d Barr, Sabrina (September 12, 2019). "Who is Caroline Calloway, why is the Internet talking about her and how is she connected to Natalie Beach?". The Independent.
  3. ^ "Instagram influencer Caroline Calloway finds solace in Sarasota". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. June 20, 2020.
  4. ^ "Caroline Calloway on Instagram: "My grandma's father's name was Owen Burns..."". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021.
  5. ^ Flanagan, Caitlin (September 27, 2019). "Caroline Calloway Isn't A Scammer". The Atlantic. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  6. ^ a b Steafel, Eleanor (June 6, 2023). "How easy is it cheat your way to university? American social-media star Caroline Calloway, 31, seems to take great delight in having successfully 'gamed' Cambridge". Daily Telegraph.
  7. ^ La Ferla, Ruth (March 27, 2019). "The Captionfluencers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d McNeal, Stephanie (September 25, 2019). "Caroline Calloway Wants To Talk About Why You Love To Hate Her". BuzzFeed. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  9. ^ a b Clarence-Smith, Louisa (June 4, 2023). "'Gatsby of Cambridge' Caroline Calloway lied on university application". Sunday Telegraph.
  10. ^ a b Beach, Natalie (September 10, 2019). "The Story of Caroline Calloway & Her Ghostwriter Natalie". The Cut. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  11. ^ Song, Sandra (July 8, 2021). "Caroline Calloway Has a Homemade 'Snake Oil'Skincare Product'". Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  12. ^ Michelson, Andrea; Haasch, Palmer (July 10, 2021). "Caroline Calloway released a 'snake oil' skincare product, but a dermatologist says the concoction is probably not the 'elixir of youth' it's billed as". Insider.com. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  13. ^ a b Merlan, Anna (March 9, 2022). "The Short, Strange, Very Predictable Story of Caroline Calloway's Snake Oil". Motherboard. Vice News.
  14. ^ Palmer, Alex (February 5, 2016). "Follow the Influencers: Social Media Stars 2016". Publishers Weekly.
  15. ^ Scott, Daniella (September 11, 2019). "Caroline Calloway's ex-best friend Natalie Beach has published a story about all her scams". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  16. ^ Mauzy, Alexa. "Donald Trump's Book Agent Comes Clean". Public Seminar. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  17. ^ "Caroline Calloway Talks Social Media, Book Deals and Fans". Man Repeller. June 20, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  18. ^ a b c d e Donaldson, Kayleigh (January 18, 2019). "The Empty Mason Jar of the Influencer Economy: The Case of Caroline Calloway and her Creativity Workshop Tour". Pajiba. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  19. ^ a b Kircher, Madison (January 14, 2019). "This Instagram Influencer's Failed Tour Will Satisfy Your Fyre Fest Nostalgia". Thecut.com.
  20. ^ McNeal, Stephanie (September 11, 2019). "Who Is Caroline And Why Is Everyone Talking About Her? Let Us Explain". BuzzFeed.
  21. ^ Sicha, Choire; Jonah Engel Bromwich (September 11, 2019). "Who Is Caroline Calloway? An Explainer". The New York Times. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  22. ^ a b Grady, Constance (September 11, 2019). "Caroline Calloway, her 'one-woman Fyre Fest,' and her ex-best friend Natalie, explained". Vox. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  23. ^ a b Iovine, Anna (August 6, 2019). "I Scammed Influencer Caroline Calloway at Her Event, The Scam". Vice. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
  24. ^ Yalcinkaya, Günseli (April 1, 2020). "Caroline Calloway's response essay to Natalie is finally here". Dazed. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  25. ^ "I Am Caroline Calloway". Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  26. ^ "Caroline Calloway Says She Is Releasing A Book Called 'Scammer'". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  27. ^ "Caroline Calloway". Caroline Calloway. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  28. ^ "SCAMMER Pre-Order!". Caroline Calloway. Archived from the original on July 23, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  29. ^ "Caroline Calloway sold a book about her own scams. So far, no one has received their copy". MamaMia. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  30. ^ Downs, Claire (May 14, 2020). "Why Is Everybody Suddenly Selling Their Nudes?". Elle. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  31. ^ a b c "Who's Actually Horny on Main When Everyone's Horny on Main?". MEL Magazine. April 16, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  32. ^ Sung, Morgan (August 19, 2020). "Influencers are flocking to OnlyFans but not everyone is happy about it". Mashable. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  33. ^ a b Downs, Claire (May 14, 2020). "Why Is Everybody Suddenly Selling Their Nudes?". Elle. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  34. ^ Sweeney, Tanya. "Caroline Calloway: From self-styled 'scammer' to queen of quarantine horniness". The Irish Times. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  35. ^ Grant, Melissa Gira (May 13, 2020). "The Coronavirus Is Making Us All Camgirls". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  36. ^ "Caroline Calloway and Antisemitic Caricature | Jewish Women's Archive". jwa.org. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  37. ^ Calloway, Caroline (April 28, 2020). "@carolinecaloway". Twitter. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
  38. ^ "Controversial influencer accused of antisemitism for posting bizarre Anne Frank comment". indy100. April 29, 2020. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  39. ^ Connelly, Irene (June 19, 2020). "Caroline Calloway says Harry Potter taught her anti-Semitic stereotypes". The Forward. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
  40. ^ Colyar, Brock (March 7, 2022). "Caroline Calloway's Final Days in Her West Village Studio". Curbed. Retrieved March 13, 2022.
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