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
Miley Cyrus has done it again. First with her controversial Vanity Fair photo shoot and now with the cover art for her latest album titled, Can't Be Tamed. Can't be tamed is right, she's 17! And while the cover might be a little risque, she's fast embarking on adulthood, only paced faster because of her publicized life. She's wearing leather and showing her midriff, could be worse. Considering all the things she could be doing, a la Lindsay Lohan, Miley is as tame as a baby kitten. She's certainly not the lioness her record company wants to make her out to be. Now I'm sure that much like the Vanity Fair cover, this cover art will probably be scrutinized and analyzed but I'd just like you all to remember this. She's 17!
"But MissBleecker, she's just 17, how could she?" Um... I don't know, think back to when you were 17 and everything you did. Think about everything you did that wasn't on the cover of an album? We all know teenagers are wild and rebellious and a bit dramatic. I AM NOT DRAMATIC!!! Sure you're not. But in all seriousness, she's a young woman, if the argument is that she's going to be a role model for young women and she's representing a sexualized version of teenaged girls then I say to you, she's 17 and last time I checked most people become sexually active at the age of 16. Sorry parents if you're worried about your kids having sex because of Miley they probably already are. Also, as I seem to recall the Virgin Crew from the late 90s/early 00s didn't do much saving room for Jesus either, if you know what I mean. And look at how they turned out!
Not a great example, but you get the picture.
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 
