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• Namratashipstone

  I am part Armenian and I am completely in agreement that the image should not have been used without permission, even if she had signed a release for the images to be used for international Cosmo. The issue is so sensitive that Cosmo (supposedly run by and for intelligent women), should have taken into consideration the ramifications of their actions, especially since the month marks a significant time in Armenian history, even for those who are generations removed like myself. If proper permission had been obtained then it is still acceptable, however still in bad taste. I did like Kim’s attitude, she is being very diplomatic and it is good to see that she can bring an issue such as this to the fore.

• http://profiles.google.com/jwaccardi jim accardi

  this is sooooooooooo stupid , fashion is like art a neutral place where politics does not influence. This is saying no jews can be on the cover of a German fashion magazine because of what happened ? please. Look at what the Americans did to Africans or native Americans , this is much to do about nothing . Kim needs to apologize to the Turkish people and stop her ethnocentric ways. She is a disgrace. Why not build bridges instead of destroying them. The people of turkey are not responsible for what happened long time ago. It is like blaming the Libyan people for the evils that Kadafi does . It is unfair . There are so many ways Racist Kardashian could have handled this .

• an Armenian

  jim, for the turks art is all about murder, atrocity, genocide, turks use the pic to show the world that they are peace loving people and tolerate everyone. the truth is, the turks still today kill everyone who would dare to use the word genocide. in fact, they massacre the the kurds and all the other minorities who refused to be call a turk. if art has no place in politics, why do the turkis government destroyes all the churches that were built by the armenians?

• l. thursday

  Fashion is not neutral in the list and can be very heavily politically motivated. Consider the fashions deemed acceptable by many Middle-Eastern countries and religions, the veils and full body sheathes women are required by their religion to wear. Consider how many people were upset that the French president’s wife had posed nude because they felt someone in her position, even if she has no real political power, shouldn’t be seen in anything but the most demure means possible. Consider how all it takes is a woman in a short skirt and thank top for her to be deemed a “whore”, how even military fashion in any given country will change not only to suit the needs of the soldier on the ground, but to convey as much modern power as possible to whoever their perceived enemy might be. Fashion is politics, as much as art has been politics for eons. I have seen nothing from Kardashian or her camp to suggest she is racist and to suggest she is for wishing that more discretion was used in the decision by Cosmo to feature a very high-profile Armenian woman on a Turkish cover is somehow racist? Is racist not on her part, but yours. You assume that simply because she’s Armenian and upset about this, she’s somehow speaking against Turkey. She’s not. She’s raising awareness of a very criticial and awful time in both Armenian and Turkish history that has a very real effect on both sides, she’s pointing out the folly in Cosmo’s choice to do this in April, when the anniversary of the genocide takes place. That’s not racism, that’s a basic humanitarian cause and she’s handling it incredibly gracefully without offering words of hatred for Turkey, or for anyone. All she’s done is ask that her people be respected and that her image be used in a way that’s meaningful, rather than tawdry and clearly a means to gain attention for the magazine.

• Smar Edu09

  That is so true !!!

• http://twitter.com/MakiLane Courtney Maki

  Fashion and art DO have a lot to do with politics. I am glad she’s speaking up and hope her influence can be used to bring light to these issues! I love Kim no matter what people say about her. I’m glad she’s a non-traditional [white] public figure! We have tons of stuff on Kimmy in our blog http://www.miaandmaki.com!