On Beauty: Vogue magazine misses the mark

Photo courtesy of vogue.com

I have loved Vogue Magazine for what seems like forever.  Even after they bowed down to how social media influences consumerism by featuring Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on the cover. Even as they constantly shove Kendall Jenner and Gigi Hadid down our collective throats.  I will probably still go on loving the magazine because of the history and the fact that they mostly get it right, even though Teen Vogue is way more on the cutting edge when it comes to social and political commentary.

It is the March 2017 issue, celebrating the magazine's 125th anniversary, that is the most recent blemish on my beloved magazine.  The magazine's Instagram post promoting the issue states that Vogue is "celebrating the modern American woman."

I say, 'bish where?'

Kendall and Gigi are, of course front and center; there are two light-skinned black models, Imaan Hammam and  Adwoa Aboah, whom I love; and Ashley Graham is the token "plus size" model, while the rest of the women are basically the same size - tall, long-limbed and slender.  They are all in matching black turtlenecks and shorts that basically highlight their body similarities.

Vogue had the opportunity to truly reflect what the modern American woman actually looks like, especially in this dangerous climate where "diversity," "womanhood," and "feminism" are being attacked daily.  But it dropped the ball.

Where is the hijab wearing American Muslim woman?  Where is the dark-skinned black woman?  Where is the Latina woman? 

I get it, there are modern women who look like these seven women, but I feel as though a few women could have been added to show the true diversity of the American woman.