Over the 19 cycles of “America’s Next Top Model,” the reality modeling competition show has been subject to much-deserved critiques for its depiction of race, gender, and dominant standards of beauty. The best of these critiques have come from Jennifer L. Pozner in her book Reality Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About About Guilty Pleasure TV.  I’m not disputing that “ANTM” is not guilty as charged for reality TV staples of catfights and mixed messages about body image. But it occurred to me while watching episode two of cycle 19 (in which the women pose as taxidermied animals with their heads mounted on walls — never accuse Banks of not knowing how to be provocative!) that for all its faults, “ANTM” would pass the Bechdel test with flying colors. Read more