Outraged Readers Cancelling SI Subscriptions

[MzDoctaKay]

This sister's blog went out of the way to superbly describe the issue at hand. So I just copied and pasted what she wrote. I take NO credit here:



Outraged Sports Illustrated readers are flooding the SI offices with angry phone calls and emails demanding subscription cancellations. The furor erupted after Sports Illustrated's celebrated annual "Swimsuit Issue" hit the stands with Beyonce on the cover and an inside shot of a smug Kanye West gripping a models derriere.

Angry comments have been posted on this site as well as other blogs and message boards. "Is this the Swimsuit Issue or the Ghetto issue?" read one post. A source inside the SI mail room emailed me to say longtime subscribers are angry. "The calls are nonstop," she wrote. "Some of these guys have been subscribing to Sports Illustrated for years just so they can get the Swimsuit Issue before it hits the stands. This is like blasphemy to most of them who don't know who Beyonce or Kanye are."

A local newspaper reporter who asked not to be identified said, "So many women grew up identifying with the models in the Swimsuit Issue. They don't see themselves in Beyonce. SI has made a mockery of their core demographic with this issue."

So far, SI hasn't commented publicly on the complaints. But insiders say SI is discreetly emailing members of the mainstream media emphasizing the point that the Swimsuit Issue is a "Music Issue". But critics are asking how can it be both? "They should make up their minds," wrote one angry poster on a sports-related board. "Either it's the Swimsuit Issue or the Rap Issue. SI can cancel my subscription!"

By Sandra Rose

[ChanelLover]

^^^ I kind of figured that this would happen. I was actually very surprised they put Kanye and that model in the pics together.

[SKEEphistAKAte]

White people are just mad that a black dude is gripping some white model's butt. If it were Nick Lachey doing the butt fondling then nobody would be offended. Why isn't it the "ghetto issue" when black athletes (many from the ghetto) are gracing the covers of the magazine monthly? Haters.

[shinerbock]

Originally Posted by SKEEphistAKAte

White people are just mad that a black dude is gripping some white model's butt. If it were Nick Lachey doing the butt fondling then nobody would be offended. Why isn't it the "ghetto issue" when black athletes (many from the ghetto) are gracing the covers of the magazine monthly? Haters.

How intelligent.

[SKEEphistAKAte]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

How intelligent.

How insightful.

[Little32]

Originally Posted by SKEEphistAKAte

White people are just mad that a black dude is gripping some white model's butt. If it were Nick Lachey doing the butt fondling then nobody would be offended. Why isn't it the "ghetto issue" when black athletes (many from the ghetto) are gracing the covers of the magazine monthly? Haters.

Exactly, especially the bolded.

[RoyalEmpress33]

Originally Posted by SKEEphistAKAte

White people are just mad that a black dude is gripping some white model's butt. If it were Nick Lachey doing the butt fondling then nobody would be offended. Why isn't it the "ghetto issue" when black athletes (many from the ghetto) are gracing the covers of the magazine monthly? Haters.

Exactly.

[pinkies up]

[QUOTE=MzDoctaKay;1400348]This sister's blog went out of the way to superbly describe the issue at hand. So I just copied and pasted what she wrote. I take NO credit here:




I wonder if her back hurt after she tried to push it out to make herself look like she had a butt?

[shinerbock]

[QUOTE=pinkies up;1400437]

Originally Posted by MzDoctaKay

This sister's blog went out of the way to superbly describe the issue at hand. So I just copied and pasted what she wrote. I take NO credit here:




I wonder if her back hurt after she tried to push it out to make herself look like she had a butt?

Well, if she had "a butt" she probably wouldn't have that modeling job, so I don't think she's too jealous.

[lilbay77]

Originally Posted by pinkies up

I wonder if her back hurt after she tried to push it out to make herself look like she had a butt?

LOL

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Well, if she had "a butt" she probably wouldn't have that modeling job, so I don't think she's too jealous.

[ladygreek]

Saying it is also a music issue IS a cop out. And very honestly I don't like the Kanye pic either. Do better, SI.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

I don't like the Kanye pic either.

Neither do I.

[jon1856]

Does anyone else find it rather odd and/or interesting that the only place this matter has been brought up is here with the OP's unlinked, copied report?

I have neither heard or seen anything about this anywhere else.

Have to start to wonder if this is the start of another UL.

[jojapeach]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

And very honestly I don't like the Kanye pic either. Do better, SI.

Co-sign. I would be just as unhappy of Kanye were holding Beyonce's butt or any other black woman, especially a mixed woman considering his past comments. The photo is just in bad taste period.

Everyone is not going to like every single page of a magazine issue, but I'm not digging the ignorant undertones of these supposed e-mails and complaints. But how suprised can you really be when you leave in these United States and know the history and current culture? Not too much.

[mulattogyrl]

Originally Posted by jojapeach

especially a mixed woman considering his past comments.

I forgot about this. GRRRRRR @ Kanye