The new Allure issue is touting a spread where they got "5 Celebrities to Bare it All" for a photo shoot in the magazine. They briefly interview the women regarding how they feel being naked, what their insecurities are, etc.
My problem is: these women are celebrities; their bodies are PERFECT. Or if not perfect, then airbrushed to perfection. Why do women's magazines do these kinds of nudity spreads so frequently?
The magazine tries to play it like it's some kind of female empowerment, but do any of us real people even know anyone that looks that good?!
I was only happy with this kind of "love your body by looking at naked women" thing once, when (the now sadly defunct) Jane Magazine did a spread on nudity, but used non-celebrities to pose naked; they just asked readers to volunteer. Cool, huh?
2 comments:
I agree--it's unimpressive when exceptionally fit (or exceptionally airbrushed) women are "brave" enough to bare it all, especially when their livelihood already involves so much exposure (physically, emotionally, etc.)... and further, posing naked is super attention grabbing and makes for big publicity for these women. It's really less of a hardship than it is just a money generator.
I can't remember if it was Vogue or not who did a similar issue to Jane's where normal women posed naked (some of them were overweight, some had scars, some were older). THAT was impressive.
Hear, hear! Glad you agree. ;)
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