US Vogue April 2008 Controversy

[SHSH]

I wonder if conde nasty are reading this ..... or tfs in general and if they listen to the other comments on US Vogue im so curious!...

 

[writergal28]

Honestly, the first thing I thuoght when I saw the cover was that is was horrible. It is ugly, period.
I did think that it was an odd cover to have, especially considering the race issue. What I want to know is-how did thsi get past all the editors? Did no one, not anyone, question the cover at all? No one thought of the possible backlash that would come of the cover? Is everyone that scared of Anna?
It raises a lot of questions.
And to the person who said that negative black sterotypes are perpetuated by black people themselves-I'd love to hear you elaborate on that.
The cover is hideous and I'm way to tired to even begin to get all my thoughts out.
Has anyone at Vogue made an official statement yet?

If people weren't scared of Anna, then designers and casting people wouldn't all use models that look pretty much alike. You really need to be very brave to demand to use say, 5'6 to 5'8 models who are size 8 opposed to almost 6' girls who are a size 2. Because if you don't do as Anna says, you'll never be in Vogue (unless every single designer says that he/she wants to use 5'6-5'8 size 8s...then Anna would have no choice. She won't have a magazine!)

 

[wasabecandy]

people have far too much time on their hands...it's purely coincidental...

 

[Uchina]

The monkey imagery just jumped at me when I saw the cover. Perhaps this is because my five year old son was told by someone (a white child) at his nursery school that he's a monkey. My son seemed to have no problem with this, I guess he had no clue about its implications. But boy, did I feel like strangling the child who made this reference, or his parents. Instead, I sat my son down and preached to him about 'Black pride'!

Good for you!

It's not just "monkey" imagery, but dehumanization in general. The Chinese and Irish have been called simian in the past as well. A friend told me a story from her work; a little girl who was mixed half white and half native Canadian told her:
"I'm half native and half person."
Children are honest. They can indicate how healthy our society is.

 

[sassyposh]

i quite agree to that...

 

[brokenenglish]

Any word on how well or badly this issue sold.
I would imagine that many didn't buy it.

 

[Harumi]

^Broken, here's for you:

Apparently, this issue was a flop (picture me shocked. Not

The issue sold 350,000 copies on the newsstand, according to ABC Rapid Report, well below last year's first-half average of 452,207. It's Vogue's worst-selling April issue since 2001; the month is usually an above-average one for sales thanks to the annual "Shape Issue."

 

[aquarian5]

I dont know. Seems a little fishy if you ask me. I dont think it happend by chance. Im sure they knew darn well what they were doing. looks too similar to not be the "kingkong" shot. If they werent' going for that look then what were they going for? whats the theme?

 

[LetThemEatCake]

Is there video of The View women complaining about this? Love to see them b*tch and moan and see if any of them think it's being blown out of proportion...

 

[ad032915]

The only thing I was offended by was the way Gisele looked, gosh!