Uproar over Beyonce's Time magazine cover: 'Why is she in her underwear?'

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Costume declared inappropriate for one of 'World's 100 most influential people'

...(W)hen Time's 100 Most Influential issue hit newsstands...Queen Bey on the cover, it started an online storm. Twitter was buzzing with angry comments. "Couldn't Beyoncé have worn clothes for her cover?" says one..."I absolutely LOVE Beyonce but that outfit is SO Miley Cyrus," is one fan's response...

"Thigh-high boots, corsets, the teeniest of short shorts may be Beyoncé's look du jour, but do they really have a place on Time magazine's cover?" wrote blogger Brogan Driscoll on the Huffington Post. "Bey says Time magazine's recognition is important 'because it's not about fashion or beauty or music; it's about the influence I've had on culture.' So why does she have to come half-dressed?"

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The other cover stars are Robert Redford, the NBA's first openly gay athlete Jason Collins, and General Motors CEO Mary Barra -- all of whom are fully clothed.

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Well, why SHOULDN'T Beyonce "come half dressed?" Coming half dressed is the way she BECAME "influential!"

It's not Beyonce's fault that the other "cover stars" attained their influence WITHOUT taking off their clothes. Nobody complains about how she's dressed when she's doing precisely what MADE her so "influential." It's her talk of "influencing culture" that's completely off the wall -- she's just the latest to rake in the benefits of the thirty-year old influence that Madonna and MTV have had on culture!


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[upaloopa]

1. It doesn't look like underwear to me

I have pictures of my mom taken in the 50's on picnics and she was wearing something very similar

[Auggie]

2. TIME photographed and cropped Beyonce different from the others

I guarantee it was done to promote magazine sales

[rocktivity]

4. Sales-boosting or not, it makes perfect sense to feature more of Beyonce's body

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Because unlike the others, as I said, her "influence" is GENERATED BY her body:

At least Time had enough sense to avoid complaints of racism by giving all the covers the same color scheme:




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[monmouth3]

3. Hopefully there are no Kardashians on that list..n/t

[HockeyMom]

5. Looks like a swimsuit from 1958

I had one like that in hot pick when I was 10. Actually, the underwear I now wear is far lower cut than that.

Down right FRUMPY underwear for a young woman of her age.

[alfie]

6. She is covered up enough, but why...

does she look stoned?

[GOLGO 13]

7. Hmmm let's see here..beautiful? Check!

It's the cross of all devastatingly beautiful women to bear. The misfortune of looking more fantastic than 99.9% of the entire population.

So wait...what is she known for again?

[theexwife]

8. I see your point but...

I have to agree with further responses within the thread touching on the subject of dressing to compliment the whole overall reason why she is on the cover. She isn't a nun and dressing that way is a part of show business. So I say it isn't inappropriate at all given the nature of her profession.

[rocktivity]

9. UPDATE: Beyonce labeled partly "Anti-Feminist" and a "terrorist" by feminist scholar

http://sync.democraticunderground.com/10024939318


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