It’s Time to Stop Beautifying Violence Against Women for Fashion

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2. What the fucking what?

Several photos of the ads accompany this article. I found the Vogue Italia ad to be the most horrifying.

No shit. Now hey, I've seen plenty of model shoots like this, and whatever, it's supposed to be like a still image version of a horror movie, to showcase photography and lighting skills, makeup and hair artists, etc.

But that belongs in a photographer / model / artist's portfolio, or a magazine centered on the model or photography industry itself.

Placing it in a glamour magazine, that's fucking weird and very certainly does carry the implication that the scenario is "glamorous."

I suppose one could argue it's a consequence of how incestuous and isolated these magazines are - out of touch with everything except their own inner circles. But really, one would think that an editor would go "yeah, that's fucking weird, what's our second option for this page spread?"