It is no news that the fashion and pop culture industry is making a move towards the "no bulling" sentiment that has been flooding the nation. With all of the recent attention it's been getting in the media, and the spotlight that's been put on the consequence of bullying it's changed a lot of the ways the industry conducts itself and the feeling of what can and can't be said.
However, here is something I find interesting...how do we translate thing into an industry that basis itself on vanity and outward appearances? Here is just one example....V Spain's Issue Number 8 is featuring a former child porn star on it's cover (the one featured above); her lurid affairs have been splashed about the French press and she has been very open about her past, her interrelations with some very popular soccer players (and just what they paid for a night with her) with abounding detail. Ok, that to me is not the interesting part necessarily (I mean it is, just not the point of this article). I read about this issue on StyleCaster.com where the author writing about it said,
"I feel like this girl probably has some serious issues, so I'm not going to be mean about it."
Isn't a comment like that a dig in the first place? And in the fashion industry...and especially on the cover of an internationally read magazine...don't you open yourself up to criticism? Yes, I agree derogatory names, bullying...all that, is no good. However, a little criticism, a little vanity, a little shallowness can be productive and dare I say...inspiring. These can be things that push us, and how often did these things that land up inspiring the things and the artists we love so much?
Just one girl's ramblings, thoughts?
Text Corinna Fabre
