Vanity Fair Cover Causing a Stir

karmacoma. said:
As for this VF cover, sure it's plenty of BW they could have put on it. Actual pretty ones like Zoe Saldana or Taraji P. Henson as opposed to Gabby Sidibe, but they chose not to. But is this a real controversy? All I see are a few blog comments. Get a life, people.
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Let's start with these four and see where we go from here.

Zoe Saldana
Lauren London
Nicole Ari Parker
Rosario Dawson
 
Isn't the cover about young hot Hollywood?

Those women are all older ^.

If I'm not mistaken, all of these cover girls are under 25.
 
Los Angeles said:
Isn't the cover about young hot Hollywood?

Those women are all older ^.

If I'm not mistaken, all of these cover girls are under 25.
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smart young guy that you are for pointing that out and can we just all agree that the cover photo was shot months ago...selected for cover and the magazine is already on the newstand...for the love of god people it's a done deal!!!
 
JordanC said:
She is one who I think is glaringly absent. So even if they excluded Precious because she doesn't fit their idea of beauty/thiness there are others who seem to be missing. I don't think they chose on talent alone this year.

Some previous years "New Hollywood" pics from their mag:

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From my understanding it's not age, it's just that the cover is supposed to reflect what direction Hollywood is taking...the "new" hollywood meaning more of "these are the people who are hot right now".

...cause if these are the prior ones...uhm...Harrison Ford is fucking old. So unless age is a new requirement it's not based on how young the people are.

But I don't read the shitty magazine (yes, that's my opinion. Most popular magazines aren't worth money because it's a bunch of typed vomit I don't feel like wasting my time on...unless there are articles about things more important than the trivial lives of celebrities and "what's hot". I much prefer to decide what I think is hot by myself) and I don't plan on reading it.

I'll just stick to Game Informer and 3D World. Much more important and interesting. :D
 
karmacoma. said:
It's a damn magazine not the March on Washington. Does Essence or Sista2Sista have white women on the cover? You and Inner Beauty need to choose your battles.
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Pick my battles, this isn't my battle, you seem to be reading way too much into this. Last I checked this is a message board a place where folks disscuss different topics, is it not? Those magazines you named don't have white women because black & other non white women were never included in mainstream mags, so they had to create their own, not because of some black pride. You might as well agree to dissagree, because we're never going to agree on this topic.
 
Inner Beauty said:
It's not about BW, it's about Whites being the majority and everything being White. I think things should be more diverse.

I choose my battles very wisely, but I'm also about fairness, equality and diversity. I partake in discussions I believe in.
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Exactly, who said anything about battles, this is just another interesting topic on a messageboard were folks are expressing their opinions.8)
 
Patterson said:
Pick my battles, this isn't my battle, you seem to be reading way too much into this. Last I checked this is a message board a place where folks disscuss different topics, is it not? Those magazines you named don't have white women because black & other non white women were never included in mainstream mags, so they had to create their own, not because of some black pride. You might as well agree to dissagree, because we're never going to agree on this topic.
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I defended BW in another thread, so in turn, it seems as if that's what I'm doing here, when my point isn't about them, it's about diversity. I'd say the same thing if it were all about WM.
 
Anyone getting upset by this is in turn giving way too much power to mags like Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair shouldn't determine who is hot. I remember when they had Gretchen Mol's erect nipples on the cover, I really thought she would go places...This controversy, whether they created it or not, just further establishes the credibility of these Hollywood spreads. Vanity Fair is a high-end/gossip/lifestyle magazine that is really vapid, but they apparently still have a lot of power in this weakening publishing business.
 
I subscribe to Vanity Fair. I aspire to be in the magazine's socio-economic bracket :D But they are trying desperate cover ploys now to keep people interested, like the shirtless/thugged out Tiger Woods last issue. Tasteless.

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karmacoma. said:
I subscribe to Vanity Fair. I aspire to be in the magazine's socio-economic bracket :D But they are trying desperate cover ploys now to keep people interested, like the shirtless/thugged out Tiger Woods last issue. Tasteless.

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He needs to go gangsta'. Chang his name to "Tigga" That way, he can re-create his image and gain creditability with the neglected sistas.

:p
 
karmacoma. said:
I subscribe to Vanity Fair. I aspire to be in the magazine's socio-economic bracket :D But they are trying desperate cover ploys now to keep people interested, like the shirtless/thugged out Tiger Woods last issue. Tasteless.

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Seriously. That looks like it was shot in a prison yard. SMH
 
SmoothDaddy101 said:
He needs to go gangsta'. Chang his name to "Tigga" That way, he can re-create his image and gain creditability with the neglected sistas.

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Tigga??
Im sorry that just makes me think about Tiggr.. that is just not very gangsta to me
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