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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Goes Nude For #MeToo Movement

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Published on: 9th February 2018 at 11:10 AM
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Famed US sports magazine Sports Illustrated has jumped on the women’s empowerment movement #MeToo by dedicating part of its annual swimsuit edition to naked models daubed with powerful messages.

However, as you’d expect, a swimsuit edition featuring women not actually wearing swimsuits all in the name of feminism has, unsurprisingly, attracted its share of critics.

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The nude photoshoot features models Paulina Porizkova, Sailor Brinkley Cook and Robyn Lawley with words such as “natural” and “truth” painted on their bodies.

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Apparently, the idea for the shoot and its political #MeToo message was the idea of the female editor of the annual swimwear edition, MJ Day.

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Day said she hoped the shoot would change perceptions around its annual cossie edition. The much-hyped edition – out next week – also features the usual flotilla of bikini-clad sport stars all photographed on a Carribean beach.

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“It’s about allowing women to exist in the world without being harassed or judged regardless of how they like to present themselves,” Day told Vanity Fair before adding: “These are sexy photos At the end of the day, we’re always going to be sexy, no matter what is happening.”

However, critics have lashed the magazine suggesting that combining a #MeToo stance with nudity was “part of the problem”.

“Because nothing honours women like putting a naked picture of one on the cover of a men’s magazine #LiberalHypocrisy @SInow,” wrote one Twitter user.

“So we’re going to confront sexual harassment…by publishing photos of naked women. Because that makes sense. #MeToo,” added another.

 

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