Vanity Fair has unveiled its new Hollywood issue for March, and according to The Huffington Post, it’s very reminiscent of last year’s issue. The cover features, from left to right: Abbie Cornish, Kristen Stewart, Carey Mulligan, Amanda Seyfried, Rebecca Hall, Mia Wasikowska, Anna Kendrick, Emma Stone, and Evan Rachel Wood.
Only Abbie, Kristen and Carey fit on the cover; the other six are on the fold out.
The stars are all wearing preppy neutrals, perched on a grassy knoll that could be straight out of a Yale admissions brochure (or J. Crew catalog). The nine women are unmistakably white, even pale (thanks, Kristen Stewart, for making that endlessly cool).
Last year’s cover featured two of the same actresses — Kristen Stewart and Amanda Seyfried — along with Gossip Girl‘s Blake Lively and Emma Roberts of Nancy Drew. All looking similarly preppy, and similarly white. What do you think? Is Vanity Fair lazily copying last year’s cover? More importantly, are they resistant to diversity? I’m reminded of Heidi Klum’s Project Runway buzz-word, “snoozefest.” I’m feeling a whole lot of ZZZs coming on.
God forbid they would have featured Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe from Precious, right? Maybe next year they’ll change it up…
American was built on racism (non-whites), slavery (black), and genocide (american indians). what did you expect?
from the time i saw that cover isaid no blacks? i said since.maybe was beauty what happen to ZOE,VANITY FAIR HA!but race is not only there problem AMERICA is only about,they give themselves everything THE GRAMMYS,THE OSCARS and for the first time maybe in history,there is someone from another country[ENGLISH AND MALE] know around they trying to take him down,but it will never work,VANITY FAIR ZOE WAS IN THE BIGGEST BOX OFFICE HITS IN HISTORY AND PRECIOUS PRECIOUS,THEY WOULD OF FIT IN QUITE NICELY IT’S A SHAME
I am so not surprised at Vanity Fair for displaying nine, Caucasian up and coming actresses on their cover. Even after nominating a black president, in 2010 – we still have so far to go! Why doesn’t Gabby Sidibe represent young hollywood? Oh, I will tell you because she is overweight and black and doesn’t fit into Hollywood anorexic mold. Which is extremely sad! Wake up people …when are we going to start accepting women of all sizes, shapes and COLORS? Beauty isn’t always pale white and 95 pounds!