The internet has been abuzz with the highly sexualized photo spread of Glee Cast members Lea Michele and Dianna Agron, taken for the men’s magazine GQ. Dubbed “Glee Gone Wild” these photographs are targeted at GQ’s readership, made up of 72% men whose median age is 33.4. Yet the characters in the extraordinarily popular television show are supposed to be in high school.
While Glee has thematically addressed sexism, sexual orientation, and bullying in previous episodes, the show blurs line between satire and sincerity so often that it becomes hard to see when they’re critiquing these issues, or becoming a part of them. With these photos, certainly they’ve become a major contributor to one of the biggest problems facing teen girls – their oversexualization for older male audiences.
Most disturbing, was Lea Michele’s quote in the Huffington Post, where she said “I don’t know how they got me to do half the stuff I did.”
What a low shot GQ used to sell magazines. GLEE cast members were used and the image of teens abused yet again by the Hollywood money making machine. I’m glad the PTC, Katie Couric, Sparks, Amy Jussel and myself spoke or wrote about this perverted cover, and hopefully made many take note and THINK about what they are doing to our culture and our kids.
Did you notice how oversexualized the two girls were but the guy got to keep all his clothes on? Double standard.
This is scuzzy. Equalling disturbing was the Rolling Stone cover with the stars of True Blood naked and covered in blood, combining sex with violence.