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I remember when they had their first Black woman on the cover, and then 4 years ago when they had their first plus-sized model.
People do get upset at their choices - funny. While Miss America has faded into complete obscurity, Sports Illustrated choosing what defines feminine beauty makes headlines often. And controversially.
I think this is the first one that's making men mad. In the past, it seems men were always, "yeah, that's fine she's hot", where women were upset with the plus sized model. Because that lessened their "brand" claim that only thin women were beautiful.
Times they are a'changin.
But I do think this will end up being a marketing error in judgement. All the models in the past have been "types" of traditional female beauty, that appeal to some grouping of heterosexual men, in a soft-porn way. This is a different message altogether, that won't be taken well by the man who views himself a "Sports Illustrated" customer.
It’s not what it used to be. The swimsuit issue used to be a huge deal.
A lot of what the Swimsuit edition was about was awaiting the next issue or two to come out when all the moron readers would do their "Cancel My Subscripiton" letters to the editer. These people didn't realize that SI had been doing swimsuit issues every year since forever.
The swimsuit girls were hot and all but reading all those letters to the editor in subsequent issues was a just hilarious fun.
I guess maybe the shock effect with regular girls has worn off so they are going with transsexuals now. I'll have to re subscribe so I can read this bunch of letters to the editor. They ought to be great.
The best thing to do with the left is to laugh at them and fight back.
Personally, I'm ok with trannies (I realize they're dealing with a chemical imbalance) and if SI chooses to put one on the cover, people can choose not to buy it or cancel their subscription.
BUT, it does look like shameless pandering.
I try to keep away from judgements....i really do but when I heard this there was a definite blip on the radar.
Yeh.. agreed. Didn't cause problems with Victoria Secret either. Not my thing but I see no problem with it either. I would certainly understand if it triggers insecurities in certain people.. though. I think the wider public (outside of CD) really don't care.
Victoria's secret caters mostly to female shoppers. SI is geared mostly to male sports fans. I have no issue with transgendered people they have a right to live their life as they want. However part of the whole swimsuit issue is to feature beautiful woman that guys long after. Putting a dude on there is not ok. Anymore than putting a gay dude on the cover would be. Some guys are into this sort of thing but they have mags and websites for that.
The homosexuals claim they were born that way and the transgenders claim they weren't born that way.
I figure that is an argument that they can have amongst themselves.
That's not even the tip of the iceberg buddy.
There are female transgenders who keep their male genitalia and seek men and there are other female transgenders who remove their genitals and still seek men. Then you have male transgenders who seek men or women.
Leave if up to humans to make 2 genders so complicated.
Victoria's secret caters mostly to female shoppers. SI is geared mostly to male sports fans. I have no issue with transgendered people they have a right to live their life as they want. However part of the whole swimsuit issue is to feature beautiful woman that guys long after. Putting a dude on there is not ok. Anymore than putting a gay dude on the cover would be. Some guys are into this sort of thing but they have mags and websites for that.
Valentina Sampaio is a trans woman. These types of magazines have an incredible platform to steer cultural conversations. They made the decision to support inclusion and love. Don’t buy the magazine if you dislike their editorial decisions. Grow up.
There are female transgenders who keep their male genitalia and seek men and there are other female transgenders who remove their genitals and still seek men. Then you have male transgenders who seek men or women.
Leave if up to humans to make 2 genders so complicated.
I'm confused.
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