UK Vogue February 2025 : Renée Zellweger by Nikolai von Bismarck
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There's a profile of Seán McGirr inside this issue, which describes his "gentle Irish lilt" and his "classic Irish colouring" and his "elfin features" - next you'll be telling me he greets his team of leprechauns with a hearty "top o' the morning to you!"
Is it only the Irish that we can talk about in that way? These days, we wouldn't even say "classic British colouring" because we realise it's not a monoculture.
UK Vogue spends every issue trying to communicate that point about Britain and how important it is to recognise and respect these delicate issues - apart from the pages where there's someone from The Emerald Isle, and then it's time to indulge in stereotype.
Imagine reading a magazine profile where they talk about someone with their "classic Chinese colouring" or someone else who has "classic Nigerian colouring".
You can talk about someone's appearance, manner and influences without resorting to phrases that reduce them to a stereotype, and this magazine should know that better than most.
Is it only the Irish that we can talk about in that way? These days, we wouldn't even say "classic British colouring" because we realise it's not a monoculture.
UK Vogue spends every issue trying to communicate that point about Britain and how important it is to recognise and respect these delicate issues - apart from the pages where there's someone from The Emerald Isle, and then it's time to indulge in stereotype.
Imagine reading a magazine profile where they talk about someone with their "classic Chinese colouring" or someone else who has "classic Nigerian colouring".
You can talk about someone's appearance, manner and influences without resorting to phrases that reduce them to a stereotype, and this magazine should know that better than most.
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