There's no messaging here. It would be very easy to read way too much into this. I think it's refreshing, regardless of however many reasons people might come u

There's no messaging here. It would be very easy to read way too much into this. I think it's refreshing, regardless of however many reasons people might come up with to be upset by it. Some commenters are saying that it denigrates women with PhDs by objectifying their appearance, and others are saying that it fails because these are conventionally attractive women. Of course, if they had a broader mix of people then everyone would be up in arms about that too ("how dare they suggest that women with PhDs aren't just as beautiful as other women?!?"). All of these things are at least somewhat true, but I don't think it really matters. This is a big lose/lose for whoever put the catalog together, because no matter what they do it will outrage somebody. I'll settle for not thinking too deeply about it and appreciating what they're doing, even if it's not the most revolutionary act in the history of gender relations, and even if it might seem hypocritical or cynical if you squint hard enough and look at it from just the right perspective.