Comments on: The Recyclable Covers

By: lana

lana — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:27:25 +0000

i would agree with the person who said the celebs are on the cover to promote something…but can you tell me what EXACTLY Gabrielle Union has to promote..besides her hatred for blogs?….don’t worry i’ll wait…..i remember one issud had her on the cover and it was because of “new” short hairstyle (which is funny cuz that cut didn’t last past the cover)….not that i am knocking her or her hustle, but i get tired of Essence putting Gabrielle, Mary, Beyonce (even tho thats my girl), and NIa long on the cover when they don’t have anything new to say since the last time they were on the cover (which is probabl 2 months)….

as a consumer and reader of essence i would appreciate if they had black women/men on the cover that have something going on now..i would be more inclined to read it

…and tho i love her, let me miss Beyonce, so the next time i see her on your cover i know i will be reading something new and not something already said Vogue, Cosmo, and other mag she’s been featured in…

or how about this, maybe instead of putting Nia long on the cover during slow months try change..isnt that why yall stanned so hard for Obama for?

By: Inna Leigh

Inna Leigh — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:32:10 +0000

What’s funny is that I just realized the same thing….
THE SAME FOLK ARE ON EACH COVER….
Now I don’t mind MJB because that is my girl but come on….Where is the variety?

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 10:48:20 +0000

I LOVE this article. Every smart woman I know has questioned and/or cancelled Essence. The most poignant part of this article was the lack of business savvy that Essence portrays in not embracing change and “thinking outside the box”. But many AA consumers put so much emotion into “helping” and buying from AA portrayed establishments. Change or die!

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:41:19 +0000

Essence is no longer black owned. The owners sold out (no pun intended).
Now, it is a Caucasian owned publication.

By: MissMikelah

MissMikelah — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:10:29 +0000

When these covers happen it’s because the celebs have something going on, something to promote. I say it all the time Magazine like Essence who have been around so long, they don’t need “who’s hot right now” to sell on newsstands. They need to be the voice of what next, highlighting other black people on the cover as well as in between the pages.

By: miranda

miranda — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:31:42 +0000

They you for this article. Having grown up loving rock music rather than the regular hip hop and R&B that black women usually participate in, I always questioned why Essence has never been interested in putting Santigold, Ebony Bones, Shingai Shoniwa, or Janelle Monae. It’s not enough just to put alternative actresses on the cover. How about our alternative sisters in music?

By: LoveGennesaret

LoveGennesaret — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:14:41 +0000

Clutch ladies, just start listing who should be on the cover of Essence (some of these women I list I don’t even follow, but hey its just an effort to get some new blood/ideas on the cover):

1. Tracee Ellis Ross
2. Thandie Newton
3. Leona Lewis
4. Chanel Iman
5. Naomi Campbell
6. Zoe Saldana
7. Whoopi Goldberg
8. Megan Good
9. Sherri Shepard (I know, but she got a book to promote, help a sista out, hehe)
10. Raven Symone
11. India Arie
13. Aisha Tyler
14. Niecy Nash
15. Angie Stone
16. Zoe Kravitz
17. Golden Brooks (whats up with her? Shoot, bring the whole cast of Girlfriends on a cover)
18. Anthony Mackie and other men of quality.

C’mon Essence

By: LoveGennesaret

LoveGennesaret — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:02:22 +0000

I miss SUEDE! too my dear…ugh.

By: LoveGennesaret

LoveGennesaret — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:38:59 +0000

Ugh, please excuse my typos darlings:

*disingenuous
*natural hair hitting places…

By: LoveGennesaret

LoveGennesaret — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:36:20 +0000

I decided not to renew my subscription to Essence when I noticed TWO major things:

1. In their ‘Letters to the Editor’ section, I have never ONCE seen a critical letter. All of the letters shower continous praises for the stories in the last magazine. Made me gag to think of the REAL people writing REAL letters that get tossed. Their ‘filtration’ system is not purely coincidental.

2. They rarely have articles on natural hair styles! That is so disingenous, seeing that natural here is hitting places from Chicago, Illinois to Minneapolis, Minnesota to Lagos, Nigeria to Amsterdam, Netherlands. Come on, we need a global focus on real trends and changes that women of African descent are experiencing a world over.

Great article, 5 stars, muah. Besos.