>>ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS LUPITA NYONG'O HAS SLAMMED A
MAGAZINE FOR PHOTOSHOPPING HER ORIGINAL HAIR OFF OF THEIR
COVER --
>>WHICH MEANS DON'T TOUCH MY HAIR, AS WE LEARNED FROM SOLANGE
KNOWLES'S ALBUM.
SHE ALSO WROTE A LONGER POST --
>>OBVIOUSLY THE INTERNET WAS ABUZZ, SOME REACTIONS THAT I
REALLY LIKED SUPPORTING HER WERE --
>>ANOTHER PERSON ON TWITTER SAID --
>>I HAVE COVERED THIS STORY BEFORE WHEN THE EVENING STANDARD
PHOTOSHOPPED SOLANGE'S HAIR OUT OF THE FRAME, WERE YOU WITH ME?
I REMEMBER THAT, IT'S BAFFLING THAT IT HAPPENED AGAIN, SIMONE,
WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE?
>>IT IS CRAZY THAT GRAZIA THINKS THEY CAN DO THIS AND NOT
GET CALLED OUT FOR IT.
>>AND NOT GET CAUGHT.
>>EXACTLY.
LUPITA HAS A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS WHERE SHE
CAN POST THE UNEDITED PHOTO ALONGSIDE THE EDITED ONE.
IT'S
WEIRD THAT WE ARE STILL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH BLACK WOMEN'S
HAIR IN ITS NATURAL STATE AS A SOCIETY.
WHY?
IT'S HOW WE ARE
BORN, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING, WHY DO WE HAVE TO CRITICIZE
THAT?
AND IT'S SILLY TO ME THAT THEY THINK THEY CAN GET AWAY
WITH THAT.
>>A COUPLE QUESTIONS, I THOUGHT THESE STARS HAD KIND OF
EDITORIAL CHECK BEFORE THE PRINT WENT OUT, I'M SURPRISED THEY
DON'T GET TO CHECK THEIR OWN PICTURES BEFORE IT GETS PRINTED.
IF IT WAS ME, I WOULD WANT TO CHECK TO SEE HOW FAT I LOOKED.
I'M KEEPING IT REAL.
I'M SURPRISED THEY ARE LIKE
WHATEVER, YOU ALREADY TOOK THE PICTURE, WE WILL JUST DOCTOR IT
AND PUT IT UP.
THAT IS PROBLEM NUMBER ONE, BUT NUMBER TWO IS A
QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS -- SHE IS SAYING EUROCENTRIC, BUT IS THE
GRAZIA COVER MORE EUROCENTRIC?
IT'S JUST NEAR BALD, I DON'T
THINK THAT'S MORE EUROCENTRIC.
MAYBE THEY THOUGHT CROPPING OUT
THE HAIR MADE HER LOOK BETTER, I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I'M NOT SURE
IT'S EUROCENTRIC.
I COULD BE WRONG.
>>SHE DID CALL THIS EUROCENTRIC, BUT I THINK PROBABLY WHAT SHE
WAS TRYING TO DO IS JUST TO REFER TO AN OVERALL PERSPECTIVE
IN SOCIETY THAT EUROCENTRIC BEAUTY STANDARDS ARE MORE
PLEASING, MAYBE THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO DO.
>>I THINK THE EUROCENTRIC THING IS ABSOLUTELY REAL, STANDARDS OF
BEAUTY, AND THE THING THAT REALLY TURNS MY STOMACH IN SOME
OF THE COUNTRIES IS WHEN THEY HAVE THE CREAMS THAT MAKE YOUR
SKIN -- SKIN BLEACHING TO MAKE IT LOOK WHITER.
THERE IS AN
INTERESTING BACKLASH TO THAT.
SOME CULTURES ARE SAYING IF WE
WANT TO MAKE OURSELVES WHITER IT'S NOT ON YOU IN THE WEST TO
TELL US NOT TO DO IT.
I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THAT, OKAY, I'M
NOT SURE I AGREE BUT IT'S AN INTERESTING CONCEPT.
HERE THEY
JUST SHOULD HAVE HAD BETTER COMMUNICATION.
>>THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE WATCHED OUR COVERAGE WHEN THEY
DID IT TO SOLANGE KNOWLES ON THE EVENING STANDARD WHICH MADE IT
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT YOU JUST DON'T TOUCH A BLACK WOMAN'S
HAIR, AND THAT ALSO EXTENDS ITSELF TO PHOTOSHOPPING.
WE MADE
IT CLEAR, YOU SHOULD WATCH THAT BACK, GRAZIA UK.