Rogue Magazine’s “Rogue” Joey Mead Cover
Posted on August 5th, 2008 in Magazine Covers | No Comments »
Okay, okay, I know this is 2 months late, but in line with my attempt to try and give my two cents about magazine covers that catch my attention, I just had to say something about Rogue’s controversial Joey Mead issue. It seems that Rogue caused quite an outrage when they painted the Philippine flag on the body of a naked woman.
My take on the cover — this particular cover was done tastefully in my opinion. And no, I don’t think the people behind Rogue had intentions of desecrating our Philippine flag.
Why so? Read the cover lines people.
THE STATE OF THE NATION: The naked truth about who we are and where we’re going.
ROGUE’S HONOR ROLL: Nine Portraits of Philippine Pride
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE?
Nowadays, people tend to think that stunts like this are only pulled off to get more media attention. Maybe so, but it takes more from a […]
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