Glamour I don’t get it. Help me out here.

We see seven females, posed “au naturel” celebrating the concept, that women come in all shapes, sizes, colors and ages.

Really?

Look pretty much alike to me. Like in shape, size and age alike, with a nod toward ethnicity.

You see, in this economic climate, with the magazine industry in a slippery slope, ala farewell, gourmet, it takes some heavy duty promotional cha cha cha to get your readership to stay with you.

Glamour, going forward, is promising to show “a wide range of body types and racial diversity; To get plus size models “work with top photographers, make up artists and stylists” ; And, furthermore, “gap toothed smiles and nose bumps, won’t be excluded, as they make us unique.”  How creative is that thinking!! How avante-garde! How open-minded!!

Okay. Okay.

We know the concept was well intentioned. Not believable, but well intentioned.

So, if you see a size 16, gap toothed, nose askew, older woman in future issues of Glamour, and you are pretty certain it isn’t an article about the Muppets and the featured model isn’t Miss Piggy, shoot me an email and let me know.

I’ll apologize.

 

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