Tia Mowry says a Teen magazine denied her and Tamera a cover because they were Black

[jemgirl90]

Tia Mowry says she and Tamera were denied teen mag cover because they're Blackhttps://t.co/bJplFWv5Xj
- TODAY (@TODAYshow) September 9, 2020
Source:https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1303761615146438656Read more... )

Comments

[josiefier]

Probably not Teen People because that debuted in the late 90s. So, Teen, Seventeen, YM, or Twist?

[umilicious]

I was thinking of Sassy, but I also didn’t read a lot of teen mags at that point. Most of the girls I knew had the ones full of boy posters, and I had no interest in that market

[josiefier]

I never read Sassy so I forgot about them. I also doubt it'd be Cosmo Girl because they came out after Teen People. Sister, Sister was already over by then.

[anterrabre]

I don't think it was Sassy because they were pretty progressive at the time.

[umilicious]

That’s actually why I thought of them first. I could hear white and non-Black progressives in that industry saying something like that... but I’m also assuming that Sassy’s leadership was predominantly white, and I could be wrong.

[jeterluva]

I loved Sassy it was my favorite magazine. I don't think it was them.

[genbu_no_miko24]

Yeah my first thought was teen people but started in 1998 so I don't think it could've been that one.

I was gonna say J-14 but they too started in 98. Same with Twist in 87

So it could've YM or Seventeen as those magazines have been here since the 30s and 40s.

[muffintiem]

my guess would be Seventeen or Teen, YM was the cool, edgy counterpart and even though they weren't on the cover, there were these Black twin models, Lortensia & Dortensia I think (?) that were in spreads frequently; I only remember them because they were so fucking gorgeous

I worked with Teen's digital team eons ago but the content passing through there was YT AF and very apple pie/All-American girl kind of bullshit, tbh the only woc I remember seeing was Fefe Dobson when she was being pushed hardcore for a few months in like 2000

[addictedgal]

Oh wow, Teen and GL (Girl's Life) were my favourite magazines as a young teen and then it was Seventeen, Teen Vogue, and Nylon.

Well I guess I shouldn't be sad that Teen magazine died out anymore! I remember being disappointed. My biggest memory of Teen is being super embarassed to ask my dad to buy me the Emma Watson cover/Harry Potter issue in the grocery line because one of the cover stories said "Are your boobs normal?" lmfaooo (this one!)

[umilicious]

Teen was the other magazine that came to mind. I wish I was surprised about your experience :(