Looking at you, Rolling Stone:
Rolling Stone has always taken a loud stand against violent young men, right? pic.twitter.com/j3RSs1PCZf
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 5, 2014
If there's ever been a publication that objected to the sexualization of violence, it's Rolling Stone. pic.twitter.com/G7QF1T0SuW
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 5, 2014
Rolling Stone has always objected to those who glamorize the mix of sex and violence. pic.twitter.com/i4nepleF5U
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 5, 2014
Ike Turner, Rolling Stone's pick as the 61st Greatest Guitarist in history. http://t.co/Or1PC1TVMl pic.twitter.com/B1DpGggw1i
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 5, 2014
I'm just going to leave this here. pic.twitter.com/ZJdprcE5tq
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 5, 2014
Rolling Stone has always gone out of its way to emphasize that violence is not sexy. pic.twitter.com/flFLJKlnmi
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 5, 2014
Ahem.
Rolling Stone is awfully selective in where it sees "rape culture." http://t.co/PXDu0Go4pv
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 5, 2014
From NRO:
Of course, Rolling Stone doesn’t mind those sorts of images on the cover because they’re good for newsstand sales, they reinforce the editors’ self-perception that they’re shocking and edgy, and they upset “the squares.” For a magazine to unleash the hounds on an alleged “rape culture” at the University of Virginia, and then offer cover images of sexualized violence on a semi-regular basis suggests that their mentality towards this “rape culture” is that art contributing to those attitudes aren’t so bad as long as a celebrity does it.
And we mustn’t forget about this:
Oh, hey, anti-rape-culture Rolling Stone raved about the video for "Turn Down for What." http://t.co/PXDu0Go4pv
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 5, 2014
Coming up:
Rolling Stone will make up for this with a special "Stop Violence Against Women" issue. Chris Brown will be on the cover.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) December 5, 2014
Just wait for it.
***
Related:
‘Journalism dysfunction’: Rolling Stone under fire for UVA gang rape story
Rolling Stone updates its UVA-rape story: ‘Our trust in her was misplaced’
#AngryLambchop Christopher Hayes adds his own ‘f*** you’ to Rolling Stone
‘Hoo boy’: These tweets are coming back to haunt disgraced Rolling Stone journo
Brit Hume credits the ‘power of new media’ for uncovering holes in Rolling Stone story
‘Like the crazy factory exploded’: Feminist blogger ‘emphatically’ defends lying about rape
‘We have a winner’! Rolling Stone inspires ‘genius’ update to classic proverb
Join the conversation as a VIP Member