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In reply to the discussion: How is the current cover of Vanity Fair any different than the swimsuit edition of SI? [View all]Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)53. When Sports Illustrated does a cover of a 65 year old actual athlete in a one piece, call me.
That's as deep as I'm going with this bullshit.
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How is the current cover of Vanity Fair any different than the swimsuit edition of SI? [View all]
TerrapinFlyer
Jun 2015
OP
I don't think there's anything wrong with anyone choosing to display their body on a magazine cover
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#1
so you're not sure what the difference is between Caitlyn Jenner's magazine cover
geek tragedy
Jun 2015
#37
Referring SI as a T&A magazine shows your ignorance in advertising and marketing
TerrapinFlyer
Jun 2015
#116
Some people got really mad about Laverne Cox posing nearly nude for Allure, too.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#10
My point is, if Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox, or anyone else chooses to take some or all of their
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#85
what is difficult is that we are talking about both aesthetic issues and political issues.
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#90
I would also like to ask you again about the context of the ancient Indian art you posted.
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#92
A lot of ancient cultures didn't have the distinction between sexuality and the sacred, that we do.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#95
I think one of the biggest objections to the definition of "art" as it stands today
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#100
and it is ever thus. Look at the history of art and you see how this is played out.
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#103
I am fascinated by the implications of Pollack's "Full Fathom Five" and Johns "Flag".
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#107
Sure, and Magritte is getting at something pretty fundamental with that "pipe" that is not a pipe.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#108
"How is the current cover of Vanity Fair any different than the swimsuit edition of SI?"
Snobblevitch
Jun 2015
#11
Didn't the SI swimsuit model look as if she was about to rub one out?
WorseBeforeBetter
Jun 2015
#16
The big DU battle over the SI cover took place with the '14 issue IIRC
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#18
Then why did the same anti-nudity, pro-censorship people bodyshame Laverne Cox?
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#101
"I think being proud of ones' sex, sexuality, and sexiness is an unqualified good ...."
prayin4rain
Jun 2015
#105
I think as far as the '14 SI issue went, the 3 women on the beach looked pretty happy to be there.
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#106
I remember this song from the kids' CDs I used to have playing constantly
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#111
I'm reluctant to re-hash the various SI threads, but a different interpretation is possible.
Orrex
Jun 2015
#51
I can't know that is there without looking. Also, my child isn't a grown up. n/t
prayin4rain
Jun 2015
#94
One major difference between these two trios and the one on the SI issue in 2014
KitSileya
Jun 2015
#46
I know little about ancient Indian art, but is this the sacred art of the temple?
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#62
What Bernini did in sculpture with the "Rape of Persephone" is another example of what art
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#86
Duchamp's Fountain differed from Warhol's Brillo boxes and soup cans in one important way.
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#61
It is quite an interesting photo. I think Liebovitz did a fine job of displaying
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#39
I was also put in mind of old swimsuit pinup graphics. The sort that would be called "erotic"
KittyWampus
Jun 2015
#43
Do you remember the photo she did of a naked John Lennon curling up with Yoko,
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#83
It's just bait. If the OP actually wants to LEARN there are certainly enough non-dense people in
seaglass
Jun 2015
#50
people can get all deeply wrought out about a magazine cover showing 3 women smiling on a beach
Warren DeMontague
Jun 2015
#54
My comments have been limited to the question of whether the SI cover was just as much
CTyankee
Jun 2015
#65
People also seem to milk that scenario for all it's worth in order to continue validating their bias
LanternWaste
Jun 2015
#72
When Sports Illustrated does a cover of a 65 year old actual athlete in a one piece, call me.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2015
#53
Larry Wilmore pointed out that Caitlin Jenner was the oldest woman to ever appear on the cover of VF
applegrove
Jun 2015
#130