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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

Friday

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 Friday OP

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

Would have worked for People. no_hypocrisy Friday #2

The whole cover looks like a sex parody uppityperson Friday #3

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

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

Yep canetoad Friday #19

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

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

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

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

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

We live in an age of celebrities PatSeg Friday #18

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't care newdeal2 Friday #15

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

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

Smoking is increasingly back in pop culture Renew Deal Friday #22

Smoking is having a pendulum swing GenThePerservering Saturday #23