I am so sick of Anna Wintour I can't even put it into words. As many on here have already said, she could have had many different women on this cover, but instead she goes with Lupita for her annual Vogue Cover. Unbelievable. I wish she'd retire. She lacks zero creativity and vision as this point in her career.
Because Black Panther opens in February. I guess that month is reserved for someone bigger because of awards?
What a dull way to start the year, give Tracee or Janet a cover
To me, US Vogue is one of the most diverse magazines out there today. That to me is an undeniable fact. They don’t seem to do it for the quota nor do they do it for the sake of not being judged as an ignorant magazine. That’s what I like about Anna’s Vogue.
However, my issue is the fact that they seem to have a very limited selection of women of color to put for the cover. That in itself is rather problematic, no? Make no mistake, Rihanna, Beyoncé and Lupita deserve their covers, but are they the only ones? WOC are changing the game everywhere! You have Viola, Taraji, Kerry, Zoe +++ and yet, they seem to be ignored just because they’re not “movie stars” (with the exception of Zoe) and yet the likes of Blake Lively, and Lena Dunham got their cover on the basis of their television shows.
But didn’t Zendaya, Ruth, and Serena all get their first covers just recently? Anna has always had her favorites but let’s not try to rewrite history.
2010: Halle
2011: Rihanna, Penelope
2012: Serena, Rihanna
2013: Beyonce, Michelle Obama
2014: Kim & Kanye, Lupita, Rihanna, Joan Smalls
2015: Beyonce, Lupita, Serena
2016: Rihanna, Lupita, Michelle Obama
2017: Ruth, Selena, Zendaya
2018: Lupita
Let's not allow ourselves to be fooled by 2017 either. With that list alone, the limited selection is very, very telling. With Lupita kicking off 2018, and rumors of a Rihanna cover, it seems like they're back on track.