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Nowadays, many celebrities pose for certain magazines. Many believed that posing for a magazine makes them popular and controversial. True enough, lots of celebrities today become contentious just because of posing in a magazine.
Controversial magazine covers have always been an issue in America. But here in the Philippines where people are more sensitive, editors should be reminded of what to put and what to do with design, lay-out and editorial. We, at Everybody’s Journal, gathered several magazine covers that have been controversial not only in today’s time but also throughout the years.
Maybe some controversial covers have worked and sold more magazines, or won awards for the editors who made the decision to go to press with them, others were embarrassments that the publication had to either apologize for, or fire an editor over. So before that happens, you need to read this article to get a clear idea on how you would design your own magazine cover.
TIME MAGAZINE (1966)
First off, this cover was really offensive. No celebrity may have posed for this cover but the lines itself are somehow unpleasant, especially for the believers. But anyway, the related article concerned the “death of god movement” that had sprung up in the 1960′s. The cover and article infuriated readers.
ROLLING STONE (1993)
Here's another controversial and hot issue published by Rolling Stone magazine. Janet Jackson poses with his breast cupped by anonymous hands from behind. Pretty gross but that's how liberated Americans are. As a matter of fact, this cover became the greatest music images in the nineties.
ROLLING STONE (2006)
Kanye West posed as Jesus with crown of thorns. The magazine's article on talks about the unpredictable and contradicting side of the rapper and his music. This might be insulting for the faithful followers of Christ, but take note this became a sold-out issue in the year it was published.
THE NEW YORKER (2008)
This cover made by famous New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt gathered a lot of critics by both Mccain and Obama camps during the 2008 US election. The piece merely wants to spoof the alleged lob at the couple by their detractors, however, its inopportune appearance during a campaign didn’t have Obama’s supporters laughing as hard as the magazine intended.
NEW HUMANIST MAGAZINE (2011)
Ricky Gervais, an atheist that posed like crucified Jesus. Well, this one definitely raised the eyebrows sensitive Christian groups.
PREVIEW AND MEGA MAGAZINE (2012)
Another controversial magazine cover from the Philippines involved international singing sensation Charice Pempengco and world-renowned boxer Manny Pacquaio's wife, Jinky Pacquiao. This covers both became a hot issue because of the accusation of photo editing. Meanwhile, both publications admitted that the photos are edited though not totally.
Not only in America has that controversial magazines existed, these can also be found here in the Philippines. After KC Conception's heart-pounding break-up with Piolo Pascual, Sharon Cuneta's daughter decided to pose for a sexy pictorial in Rogue magazine. This sexy yet artistic cover resulted to rumors that she's still bitter with that break-up and was becoming a little rebel. While many of her fans were surprised by this "rebellious act", several men thought that it was time for KC to unveil her sexy and yummy body.
Still in the Philippines. Bela Padilla, forget her dream of becoming a finalist for Bb. Pilipinas as she posed for a well-known men's magazine. With the tagline, "Stepping out of the Shadows", this cover cached the attention of the press not only here but also abroad. The cover is accused as racism because of the black women surrounding Bela, the only white woman. Because of these allegations, FHM publication was forced to change the cover of the March Edition magazine which happen to be their anniversary edition. This magazine cover definitely literally define the Don't-Judge-A-Book-By-I'ts-Cover as both the publication and Bela said that racism was not the intention of the cover. However, they immediately apologize to the public.
Now that you know the most controversial magazine covers for Everybody's Journal, you can also share us the covers you think should be included in our list.
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