Response to "Lena Dunham Responds to the Vogue Haters"

In the spring of 2013, many fans of Vogue magazine responded negatively not to Lena Dunham’s news but to the fact of having her picture as the cover of Vogue. Lena Dunham is a filmmaker, writer, director, and actress known for her role in the HBO series Girls. However, in Jan 10, 2014, Dunham talked to the Slate France that she understood people’s anger and the controversy about having her on the cover of Vogue instead of the typical Vogue cover model, but not understanding the issue of having her pose on the cover. Even though it may not be Lena’s decision to be on the cover, she did ultimately agree to do so. Furthermore, she explained her happiness when Vogue workers changed her style and supported her.

 

In Slate website, a response to "Lena Dunham Responds to the Vogue haters", was written by Katy Waldman in Jan 17, 2014. The word 'haters' is meant to be the haters of Dunham's cover. Whatsoever, Waldman was against the idea of having Dunham’s pose on the cover for several reasons, summarized as; doing so means daring to squeeze the qualities that make Vogue woman’s special. And By going further, Waldman mentioned that she did not understand why everyone including Dunham actually cares about the clothes and fantasy.

I personally agree with Dunham when she mentioned in her interview with Slate that the fact of changing the cover model should not be a big deal, but in another hand, I exceedingly agree with her haters that it must not be her. In spite of the appropriate image of her in the cover, we all know who Dunham is, which will give little to the imagination of how bad the latest pattern of Vogue would be, right? Nonetheless, seeing her inappropriate pictures inside the article must be really annoying. Dunham said when talking to the Slate, “I feel like if the story reflects me and I happen to be wearing a beautiful Prada dress and surrounded by beautiful men and dogs.” Is mentioning “beautiful men” necessary or proper to the different ages of readers? However, we all know the answer.

I think that Dunham did not talk enough while showing her point of view to persuade her haters. And I do not get how exactly she did not understand why she received all of those rude responses from Vogue lovers. Honestly, the plan of having her in the cover of Vogue was a wrong decision according to the magazine fans' opinion. And, although respecting others should be what we go further for, but isn’t the person himself the one who imposes how respectful others should be toward him/her?