One for chocolate love.
I need to vent.
Saturday night, after having dinner on Lygon Street, I ventured down to Readings to see the latest. There, sitting in a pile below the magazine stand, was the new issue of Vanity Fair. I was in shock. Gracing the latest edition of Vanity Fair was Beyonce Knowles, arguably the greatest female performer of my generation. You need to understand the rapture I feel when I see one of my top five favourite artists on the cover of an elite American magazine. Vanity Fair in particular, is instrumental in the documentation of modern culture.
It was then interesting to find out over brunch at Arcadia on Sunday, that in fact, Beyonce Knowles is the first African-American to grace the cover solo, of the elite publication since 1993 when Tina Turner appeared. *ding**ding*ding* *alarm for chocolate love is set off*
How is it that Jennifer Aniston, a woman with no real merit or accomplishment (relatively) other than marrying the arguably hottest man on earth and earning an outrageous amount of money for 30 minutes work per week, can be given the honor of appearing on the cover of Vanity Fair? When someone like Halle Berry, the first woman of colour to win an Academy Award is yet to be allowed the same pleasure?
It seems to be that the bar is risen for people of colour, that they must achieve more to receive the same recognition. Beyonce Knowles has lead the most popular female music group in history, won countless Grammy's, has performed with the best and for the most elite, holds a modeling contract, has appeared in movies, sold millions of records as well as had #1 records all over the world.
Where is the Vanity Fair issue with Angela Bassett on the cover? Whoopi Goldberg? Vivica Fox? Regina King? Janet Jackson? Diana Ross?
Don't get me wrong, I love Vanity Fair. But when I realise that there have only been two black women on the cover of one of the world's most culturally respected publications in well-over a decade, I have to ask myself, how fair is Vanity Fair?
Click here for another interesting article in regards to Beyonce Knowles appearing on Vanity Fair.
OnAir with BlackPunk : Brandy - I Tried
Saturday night, after having dinner on Lygon Street, I ventured down to Readings to see the latest. There, sitting in a pile below the magazine stand, was the new issue of Vanity Fair. I was in shock. Gracing the latest edition of Vanity Fair was Beyonce Knowles, arguably the greatest female performer of my generation. You need to understand the rapture I feel when I see one of my top five favourite artists on the cover of an elite American magazine. Vanity Fair in particular, is instrumental in the documentation of modern culture.
It was then interesting to find out over brunch at Arcadia on Sunday, that in fact, Beyonce Knowles is the first African-American to grace the cover solo, of the elite publication since 1993 when Tina Turner appeared. *ding**ding*ding* *alarm for chocolate love is set off*
How is it that Jennifer Aniston, a woman with no real merit or accomplishment (relatively) other than marrying the arguably hottest man on earth and earning an outrageous amount of money for 30 minutes work per week, can be given the honor of appearing on the cover of Vanity Fair? When someone like Halle Berry, the first woman of colour to win an Academy Award is yet to be allowed the same pleasure?
It seems to be that the bar is risen for people of colour, that they must achieve more to receive the same recognition. Beyonce Knowles has lead the most popular female music group in history, won countless Grammy's, has performed with the best and for the most elite, holds a modeling contract, has appeared in movies, sold millions of records as well as had #1 records all over the world.
Where is the Vanity Fair issue with Angela Bassett on the cover? Whoopi Goldberg? Vivica Fox? Regina King? Janet Jackson? Diana Ross?
Don't get me wrong, I love Vanity Fair. But when I realise that there have only been two black women on the cover of one of the world's most culturally respected publications in well-over a decade, I have to ask myself, how fair is Vanity Fair?
Click here for another interesting article in regards to Beyonce Knowles appearing on Vanity Fair.
OnAir with BlackPunk : Brandy - I Tried
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