All Black Italian Vogue

Have you heard? Italian Vogue is planning an all-black edition next month and naysayers are predicting it to be the worst selling edition of all time. SOooo....there's an email and text campaign going round to force all right thinking Brothers and Sisters and Friends Of to go out there and buy buy buy....
Okay, I'll put up my hand. I passed the text on to a few friends then stopped to wonder what these skinny models have ever done for me. Because just like their white counterparts, they stress the hell out of me with their toned tums and fat-less thighs. Why should I support them when all they do is strutt their butts up a plank of wood in glamourous locations when the rest of us have to graft from nine to five? I mean how hard can it be to pout all day then slap someone with your mobile phone because they pissed you off? Man, I could do that before I got out of bed then collect the ten grand whilst I brushed my teeth. Sheesh.

But seriously, why single out black models? I mean call me a deluded one-world fantasist but, if we really want to redress the beauty paradigm then shouldn't there also be special editions for Oriental, Asian, Hispanic and Jewish models? So I'm saying buy the Italian vogue whenever it comes out but let's lobby for a new edition where each page features a model from a different race. Then those of us who are not skinny and beautiful can stress about life in a truly global way.