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uppityperson

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3. The whole cover looks like a sex parody

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2026, 12:35 PM

May 15

Sitting widespread ready to fall backwards, minimal shirt and skin tight pants, "Kylie on top" position, pussy cat, smoking an after sex cigarette. Oh baby! Over the top not subliminal references galore.

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Vanity Fair publishes one of the most irresponsible covers I have seen [View all] edhopper May 15 OP

Putting any of these terrible people on the cover is a terrible idea. Initech May 15 #1

Would have worked for People. no_hypocrisy May 15 #2

The whole cover looks like a sex parody uppityperson May 15 #3

Yes. I picked up on all that as well. hlthe2b May 15 #7

Yep, that's how it looks to me PatSeg May 15 #17

Yep canetoad May 15 #19

Is it a cigarette or a pre-roll? GreatGazoo May 15 #4

It looks a little short to be a tobacco cigarette, so I'm thinking it's a joint jmowreader May 15 #16

I'm so old I don't even know who she is or what's she's famous for, Ocelot II May 15 #5

Yeah, she's one of those people simply famous mwmisses4289 May 15 #11

Don't worry, I too, am too old to know who she is. LoisB May 15 #12

We live in an age of celebrities PatSeg May 15 #18

That's a bizarre tan she's sporting as well... hlthe2b May 15 #6

Eh hard to get too worked up over that in this day and age. BannonsLiver May 15 #8

Modern blackfacing/blackfishing. I wonder if it was Vanity Fair's idea or hers? Pathetic family. kysrsoze May 15 #9

This is a classic cigarette ad. Are cigarette ads no longer banned? Quiet Em May 15 #10

Editors are saying: "We are all whores and proud of it" cynical_idealist May 15 #13

Newsweek: Smoking Is Cool Again Among Gen Z TheProle May 15 #14

I don't care newdeal2 May 15 #15

Smoking can cause a wide range of health problems. LisaL May 15 #20

Good thing I stopped reading VF years ago or I'd be canceling BigmanPigman May 15 #21

Smoking is increasingly back in pop culture Renew Deal May 15 #22

Smoking is having a pendulum swing GenThePerservering May 16 #23