Love the idealism
But I may have to be a realistic voice in the wilderness. I suspect (although I don't work for the company) that Essence/TW did market research and found that celebrities sell better than non-famous AfAm women. Hence, Beyonce, Mary J., etc.
Bottom line: they're in the business to sell magazines. It's not a nonprofit that doesn't accept advertising and the like. In an ideal world, there would be a wider range of mags to appeal to us. We're not there yet, alas.
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