All around the world we hear people complaining about how celebrities on the cover of magazines are extremely airbrushed and fake. People are outraged that the companies could lie to a nation like that and create a false sense of what beauty really is. Well guess what people, it's time to get your priorities straight. Stop worrying about who is on the cover of People magazine and start reading the headlines of real issues. The cover is there to catch your eye, and as much as the image may be fake, your biggest concern should be that the unrealistic image you're looking at is causing such a commotion in your mind. Honestly, who cares if Charlie Sheen is going through a divorce or Beyonce had ugly pictures taken at the Super Bowl half time show. Read a real magazine with real issues. I read Time magazine and for a specific reason. Time can appeal to most audiences with a wide range of stories. When I am in a store, these kinds of magazines appeal to me because I could care less about the celebrities whom aren't affecting my life, and don't care to have to fumble through the ten thousand subtitles on the cover of gossip magazines just to find the actual headline.
My two images are of one Time cover that strives to give college athletes(like myself) more credit. Another is a headline about the world through Vladimir Putin's eyes. These are thought provoking covers which also have a very simplistic and basic picture that in no way could cause any controversy. The diversity in images is lacking because pictures are only posted based on what is pertinent to the story. No "baby pictures from the UK", no "which celebrity has gained the most weight," it is straight to the point. And get this, inside the magazine, they have STORIES. Politic stories, economic stories, all articles which are actually affecting our lives today. Imagine that. Put down the crap you have, stop worrying about whether Miranda Lambert sent her husband to rehab and get in touch with the world around you. Once people begin to become engage in real life, we may stop having such an ignorant group of idiots walking our streets.
You made some very valid points. I would have to agree with the fact that people care way too much about celebrities and their dramatic lives. I'd rather (just as you stated) read articles that actually affect us and are interesting on a more intellectual level. Political topics and such that matter on a global scale are much more compelling than celebrity rehab and divorce. That's what TV is for, haha. Great post.
ReplyDeleteYou are very straight forward into letting people know they shouldn't care about what people think of the celebrities, but people are going to criticize whether it's good or bad.
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