Why Vanity Fair DOESN'T Need To Diversify It's Hollywood Cover

I've been reading a few articles from different blogs about why Vanity Fair should have included  black women on their cover.  An to be honest they don't have too.  I personally have bought a few issues of Vanity Fair but I am not a regular reader nor am I a subscriber to the magazine.  

1. The main reason why they don't is simple black women are not Vanity Fair's target audience, I'm very sure that the majority of black women who are complaining about this don't even "own" an issue of VF or have never purchased and issue of VF.  If you have purchased past issues of Vanity Fair why would you suddenly be mad about who is on the cover when the previous issues had white women on the cover.?  I thought so. !

Monique, Lee Daniel, Gabourey Sidibe photogaphed by Anne Leibovitz for Vanity Fair

2.  "But what about Zoe Saldana and Gabourey Sidibe" ahh hello Zoe and Gabourey Sidibe have been covering countless magazine covers for the past few months.  If anyone actually went to the Vanity Fair website (which im sure most haven't because the same people complaining don't visit their site either) They would have seen that Monique and Gabourey along with director Lee Daniels are "inside" the issue.

Essence doesn't include non black actresses in their Hollywood issues .

3.  Black magazines who's target audience are black women, or black people usually DON'T put non blacks on the cover.  Essence Magazine puts the same people on their covers over and over and over again, Essence hasn't even put  any of the current top black models and I don't recall ever seeing Zoe Saldana on the cover of Essence magazine, prior to her rise in Hollywood (Now isn't that interesting).


At the end of the day black women need to stop looking to others to validate who they are and stop getting mad anytime you don't see someone who looks like you on a magazine cover that isn't geared towards you.  Also keep in mind that every magazine, every business, has a target audience even blogs have a target audience.  


There are lots of blogs and magazines that do cater to black women I've showcased many of them at this blog and as most of you know I have a 2nd blog called Beauty Is Diverse with daily updates of fashion images of various ethnicities.


Please note: This is my personal opinion.

Essence Magazine: Black Hollywood Double Exposure

My fav magazine Essence has created a double issue dedicated to Black hollywood movers and shakers.
"Honoring women, one magazine cover features recent Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson along with this year's nominee Ruby Dee. Actresses Paula Patton and Kerry Washington are also joined by film producer Tracey Edmonds, film director Kasi Lemmons, talent agent Andrea Nelson Meigs, former Motown Records exec turned television veteran Suzanne de Passe and superpublicist Marvet Britto."

"For the homage to the men, Academy Award nominated thespian and producer Don Cheadle graces the cover, along with a gate-fold featuring power brokers such as film producer and talent manager James Lassiter, TV One chief Johnathan Rodgers, movie agent Charles King and entertainment legend Quincy Jones." more info http://www.essence.com/essence/