Despite positive messages that they originally try to deliver on the magazine's cover, these stars' appearances on the front page of a publication eventually backfire and spark debate.
- November 22, 2020
AceShowbiz - Even though Kim Kardashian was never a stranger to showing her skin, many were not ready to see the reality TV star's naked and uncensored famous derriere on the cover of a magazine. But going with conformity was never their intention in the first place, so Paper Magazine presented the jaw-dropping image of the SKIMS founder showing her bare back with a cover line which revealed their goal to "Break the Internet" back in 2014.
The image quickly raised debate about sexuality, slut shaming as well as exploitation and fetishism of the black female body. TheGrio.com columnist Blue Telusma likened Kim's photo to images of Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman, a black South African woman brought to London in the 19th century and displayed for her large buttocks and genitalia, even after her death. "Kim Kardashian doesn't realize she's the butt of an old racial joke," Blue wrote on the headline.
