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THE RAG TIMES: Halle on Vogue, Montana on As Is, Kim on Allure & Nicki on Black Woman!!!

Halle Berry: First Black Women On Vogue Since 1989
The September issue of Vogue, aka the most important issue of the most important magazine ever is featuring it's first black woman in 21 years. Halle Berry is only the second black woman to grace the cover of the September issue (Naomi Campbell was the first in 1989.)
Montana Fishburne on As Is Cover
May I draw your attention to the headline, which reads, "Montana Fishburne: Star of Porn Tape & Lawrence Fishburne's Daughter Says: "I'm Not Doing Shit To Him, But Fucking and Having My Career." Kla$$y!
Kim Kardashian On Being Skinny/Fat In Allure
Okay, I think I'm starting to get it. Kim wants to be an icon for curvy women but she back then she was just too damn fat. That totally makes sense.
Nicki Minaj Covers Black Woman Talks Gaga
Nicki Minaj is a hot new artist on the hip-hop/rap scene and is turning some heads with her wild style. In the most recent issue of Black Woman, which Miss Minaj covers, she talks about the comparison made between she and Lady Gaga.

Hollywood In Black & White

When the March issue of Vanity Fair came out featuring only white actresses for their New Hollywood issue, there was a storm of controversy demanding more diversity representation. Now, in it's first issue, Fearless Magazine is featuring all black women on their cover. Fearless Cover: (From the left) Tia Mowry, Lauren London, Naturi Naughton, Monique Coleman, Jennifer Freeman, Kyla Pratt, Tiffany Hines, and Chyna Layne. Vanity Fair Cover: (From the left) Abbie Cornish, Kristen Stewart, Carey Mulligan, Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Hall, Mia Wasikowska, Emma Stone, Evan Rachel Wood, and Anna Kendrick. Now while I do think it's kind of ridiculous for a publication like Vanity Fair to completely ignore "diversity" in Hollywood, and I do think it's great for black women to have a voice and representation in the media, I don't know if this is necessarily the answer. What the covers illustrate is an overall lack on diversity represented in Hollywood. Obviously black women are minimized, but by segmenting Hollywood into black and white, it represents more of a two party system than diversity, which by definition means many. Neither magazine features women of an "other" race; we see no Asian, Latin, Middle Eastern or any other "type" of women. Where's the gay representation? Where is the full-figured representation? Where's the over 40 representation? It's obvious from these covers, that a more diverse Hollywood is needed to better represent the face of the modern American women. As far as what's needed to represent "us" in more realistic way, Hollywood is going to have to stop seeing in just black and white. *Shooting Star* The more you know! (That was a corny closer, yeah?) Here's a video of the behind the scenes footage from the Fearless photo shoot! Via ONTD