President Obama on the front cover of Esquire

[Playinghardball]

Esquire at 80: Perspective on the American Male



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[darkangel218]

1. Is that Colbert first one on the left?

[a kennedy]

3. Yup, and Robert Redford, and Jesse from Braking Bad and lotsa others....

[LaydeeBug]

2. I notice no women. nt

[Rex]

4. Looks like an article dedicated just to men.

From the headline on the cover.

[a kennedy]

5. right no women, it's called "Esquire at 80: Perspective on the American Male"

but they might have women next month, although on Esquire.....i doubt it.

[LaydeeBug]

6. I was just sayin'. And if they REALLY wanted perspective, there's be women behind each man up there.

[HappyMe]

7. sigh!

[LaydeeBug]

11. ahem >cough<

Judge not, before you judge yourself. Judge not, if you're not ready for judgement. - Bob Marley

[HappyMe]

13. And....?

I didn't think rolling my eyes was judgemental. But I guess you have judged it so.

The magazine article in the OP is about men. If the article was about women, I wouldn't expect men to be included.


edit to add - Esquire is a MEN'S magazine.

[LaydeeBug]

14. You don't think rolling your eyes is judgmental?

[HappyMe]

15. Not always, no.

Anything else about the magazine cover?

[LaydeeBug]

17. 0ooo-kay

whatever you say.

[LaydeeBug]

19. LOL! on edit to add that Esquire is a Men's Magazine...

and I bet they *never* put women on the cover...


https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=esquire+magazine+women+on+the+cover&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.53077864,d.dmg,pv.xjs.s.en_US.z9q3IKjDY_o.O&biw=2556&bih=800&dpr=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=whVCUvDUFffj4AP37YCgDg

[JI7]

25. hahha, those Women are on the cover for the men's pleasure

[joshcryer]

28. I'm cracking up with Bill Clinton showing up in that in that search result.

[cali]

12. women behind men? WTF?

So a Ms. article about prominent women should have the men "behind each women"?

try to use some brain cells to, you know, think.

[LaydeeBug]

18. I wouldn't expect you to 'get it' or anything, what with your breathless, desperate attempt

at hyperbole, but behind every man...there is a woman...

Or something like that.

wow.

[snooper2]

38. "behind each man"

it's not 1950 anymore

[riqster]

39. "Beside"or "in front of" would be just as likely these days

It being 2013 and all.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

30. they very well might have women on Esquire....

an encyclopedic look at "HAWTNESS and the American female"

be assured, there will be nowhere near the age, intellect, accomplishments, and looks diversity that characterizes such a collection of men. Few if any would be portrait, the way men are generally photographed. The photos would be full or upper body, as are most images of women in our society. Breasts are important.

Thanks to more racial inclusiveness in popular media, I would expect to see a racial spectrum. That's good.

But they'll still have to be "HAWT".

[cali]

8. Why on earth would an article about the American Man include women?

And you do realize that there are similar articles about women, right.

Sometimes I really wonder.

[LaydeeBug]

21. Don't waste your time "wondering"

really.

[dawn frenzy adams]

37. Well...I don't know.

Could it be because men wouldn't exist- if women didn't bring them into the world?

[phleshdef]

9. Esquire is a MEN'S MAGAZINE and its an article about men

Christ on a cracker. You act as if there are no women's magazines with similar articles about women all the time...

[LaydeeBug]

20. I didn't *act* like anything. I just stated a fact. nt

[Recursion]

23. Two men walk into a bar

and talk about the Bechdel test...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. !

[JI7]

24. Esquire is a Men's Magazine

[dawn frenzy adams]

34. Yep.

And when women do appear on the cover of Esquire they are highly sexualized. Though they did hire Gloria Steinem in the early sixties, the magazine has not evolved when it comes to women. According to their U.K. editor , Alan Bilmes women are ornaments. Here are a few quotes.

That is how we see them. "I could lie to you and say they're interested in their brains as well, but on the whole, we're not, he said. They're there to be beautiful objects. They're objectified. The women that we feature in the magazine are ornamental."

Mr. Bilmes also considers a woman of 40 old.



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[MirrorAshes]

36. Oh FFS.

I mean, really.

[monmouth3]

10. And Willie, Andre and Matt Lauer?????. Nice cover..n/t

[Skittles]

26. and Peter Dinklage

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R

[tammywammy]

22. k&r n/t

[Skittles]

27. I did not realize Esquire was that old

I've included the occasional Esquire in packages to soldiers in Iraq / Afghanistan

[Number23]

29. I thought the Lannester guy was British?

But he's an American! Who knew

[Warren DeMontague]

33. Peter Dinklage is from New Jersey, i think.

So, yeah, he's definitely local.

[Warren DeMontague]

32. He looks good.

Very proud of my President.

[CA_Obama2012]

35. WOW!