New Yorker cover going viral (millennial woman, childless, cats, drinking alone in apt on zoom)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I see no problem with this. And I am a 55 yr old SAHM.

I see this as a young working woman working remotely during pandemic. Her usual cleaning lady is not coming so her apt is messy. She is eating at home instead of in restaurants and office cafeteria so all the take-out containers. And she is not been able to get herself waxed because she is not dating IRL. She can let it all go because she is only responsible for herself and her cats, but not kids and a household. I see freedom.

Also, the human population is not on the verge of extinction. There is no reason for people to procreate unless they want to.

I do not see someone who is sad. And women do not have to have kids to be complete.

+1. A rental apartment in the city, random hookups, traveling, promotions at work, drinking alone, and designer shoes make women complete.

Regards,
Carrie Bradshaw

She very well might already own that apartment like tons of New Yorkers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a subscription.. Anyone want to buy this issue from me for the cover? I'm hurting for money and if this might be of some value as a collector's item or something I will totally sell it. If yes pls say what you will pay and provide contact info.

I don’t know how to not sound like a jerk, but maybe cancel the New Yorker subscription if you’re hurting financially? You can probably even re-up at a better rate with a new promo when you want to resubscribe.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The artist is Adriane Tomin. Here's what he had to say about families stuck at home with kids - wild, feral, tons of cats, lots of wine, confusion, dirty dishes and laundry, obsession with screens, screaming, disarray, everything out of place, TV playing some kids show.

The millennial has the better deal.

What about the millennials who have kids and whose lives resemble the picture above?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a subscription.. Anyone want to buy this issue from me for the cover? I'm hurting for money and if this might be of some value as a collector's item or something I will totally sell it. If yes pls say what you will pay and provide contact info.

I don’t know how to not sound like a jerk, but maybe cancel the New Yorker subscription if you’re hurting financially? You can probably even re-up at a better rate with a new promo when you want to resubscribe.

It was a gift. Thanks for the financial advice though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see no problem with this. And I am a 55 yr old SAHM.

I see this as a young working woman working remotely during pandemic. Her usual cleaning lady is not coming so her apt is messy. She is eating at home instead of in restaurants and office cafeteria so all the take-out containers. And she is not been able to get herself waxed because she is not dating IRL. She can let it all go because she is only responsible for herself and her cats, but not kids and a household. I see freedom.

Also, the human population is not on the verge of extinction. There is no reason for people to procreate unless they want to.

I do not see someone who is sad. And women do not have to have kids to be complete.

How do you know from the cover that she has not gotten waxed?

DP. I see stubble.

What??? I either need to look again or get glasses. Or is this a joke, I don’t understand?

[Anonymous]

It’s amazing how everyone reads something different into this one image. I love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see no problem with this. And I am a 55 yr old SAHM.

I see this as a young working woman working remotely during pandemic. Her usual cleaning lady is not coming so her apt is messy. She is eating at home instead of in restaurants and office cafeteria so all the take-out containers. And she is not been able to get herself waxed because she is not dating IRL. She can let it all go because she is only responsible for herself and her cats, but not kids and a household. I see freedom.

Also, the human population is not on the verge of extinction. There is no reason for people to procreate unless they want to.

I do not see someone who is sad. And women do not have to have kids to be complete.

How do you know from the cover that she has not gotten waxed?

DP. I see stubble.

What??? I either need to look again or get glasses. Or is this a joke, I don’t understand?

The original cover with wine glass shows stubble. The revised cover with a baby doesn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see a woman who is being a fake. She is pretending she has it all together. If she was comfortable with the way she is living then she would not have a screen set up behind her to hide the clutter. And she wouldn't get all prettied up from the waist up when obviously that is not her day to day 24 / 7 persona.

She has set up a lamp to shine on her face. She has put jewelry on and a nice blouse. The parts of her that the laptop camera does not see is very different from the image she is trying to project. She has the laptop set up on a bunch of books so that whoever she is chatting with on line can't see the disarray of her home.

The sink is full of dishes. The bed is unmade. Trash and clutter all over the floor. There is lots of wine in her kitchen but no actual food.

She has a couple of cats for company and it is obvious she video chats on line often. She is doing the best she can to have a social life.

Same. The bottle of pills behind the camera, all the bottles of wine on the fridge. Plus she looks so stiff in the body parts visible to the camera. The cats seem more relaxed than her.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see no problem with this. And I am a 55 yr old SAHM.

I see this as a young working woman working remotely during pandemic. Her usual cleaning lady is not coming so her apt is messy. She is eating at home instead of in restaurants and office cafeteria so all the take-out containers. And she is not been able to get herself waxed because she is not dating IRL. She can let it all go because she is only responsible for herself and her cats, but not kids and a household. I see freedom.

Also, the human population is not on the verge of extinction. There is no reason for people to procreate unless they want to.

I do not see someone who is sad. And women do not have to have kids to be complete.

How do you know from the cover that she has not gotten waxed?

DP. I see stubble.

What??? I either need to look again or get glasses. Or is this a joke, I don’t understand?

The original cover with wine glass shows stubble. The revised cover with a baby doesn’t.

Plus the revised cover with the baby labels two of the books in the stack: The Bible and The Joy of Cooking, because apparently those are the only books young mothers are allowed to read?

[Anonymous]

I love Adrian Tomine. Has this become part of the culture wars? Lol!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, because I'd much rather be living in a tiny apartment/SFH with a screaming baby during a pandemic. Looks like she's living her best life - wine and makeup looking fantastic.

Reality should actually have another kid all up in the zoom camera, or at least climbing on her back. And the baby should be crying. Don’t forget to put the husband laying back on the couch, giving his shirt a nice little tuck.

LOL. Are you me?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The MGTOW groups are having a field day with this one.

mgtow and feminism 2.0/3.0 are both terrible for society.

What does any of that have to do with the cover? The cover is a relatable and funny depiction of this moment in time for many of us. Even if you don't identify with every part of it, there's a lot you can. Unless you just get caught up the fact that it depicts an apparently young, childless woman of color prioritizing enjoying herself for a minute over cleaning, and that offends you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see no problem with this. And I am a 55 yr old SAHM.

I see this as a young working woman working remotely during pandemic. Her usual cleaning lady is not coming so her apt is messy. She is eating at home instead of in restaurants and office cafeteria so all the take-out containers. And she is not been able to get herself waxed because she is not dating IRL. She can let it all go because she is only responsible for herself and her cats, but not kids and a household. I see freedom.

Also, the human population is not on the verge of extinction. There is no reason for people to procreate unless they want to.

I do not see someone who is sad. And women do not have to have kids to be complete.

How do you know from the cover that she has not gotten waxed?

DP. I see stubble.

What??? I either need to look again or get glasses. Or is this a joke, I don’t understand?

The original cover with wine glass shows stubble. The revised cover with a baby doesn’t.

Plus the revised cover with the baby labels two of the books in the stack: The Bible and The Joy of Cooking, because apparently those are the only books young mothers are allowed to read?

Funny how everything is magically transformed when a man is in the picture (on the screen.) Oh the irony.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see no problem with this. And I am a 55 yr old SAHM.

I see this as a young working woman working remotely during pandemic. Her usual cleaning lady is not coming so her apt is messy. She is eating at home instead of in restaurants and office cafeteria so all the take-out containers. And she is not been able to get herself waxed because she is not dating IRL. She can let it all go because she is only responsible for herself and her cats, but not kids and a household. I see freedom.

Also, the human population is not on the verge of extinction. There is no reason for people to procreate unless they want to.

I do not see someone who is sad. And women do not have to have kids to be complete.

I am a 38 yo WOHM and agree with this assessment. She's smiling and having a drink with friends over zoom- she's being responsible during the pandemic by staying home!

In contrast, I'm offended by the remake to have her hold a baby with zoom propped up on the bible and a wedding picture on the wall for many reasons: if mom is having a zoom call with friends, why isn't dad taking care of the baby? Why does the artist assume that a woman can be happy only if she's married with a baby?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see a woman who is being a fake. She is pretending she has it all together. If she was comfortable with the way she is living then she would not have a screen set up behind her to hide the clutter. And she wouldn't get all prettied up from the waist up when obviously that is not her day to day 24 / 7 persona.

She has set up a lamp to shine on her face. She has put jewelry on and a nice blouse. The parts of her that the laptop camera does not see is very different from the image she is trying to project. She has the laptop set up on a bunch of books so that whoever she is chatting with on line can't see the disarray of her home.

The sink is full of dishes. The bed is unmade. Trash and clutter all over the floor. There is lots of wine in her kitchen but no actual food.

She has a couple of cats for company and it is obvious she video chats on line often. She is doing the best she can to have a social life.

Same. The bottle of pills behind the camera, all the bottles of wine on the fridge. Plus she looks so stiff in the body parts visible to the camera. The cats seem more relaxed than her.

So not sure if you noticed, but she is dressed up from the waist up with make up on and sitting up because she is on a videoconference call. She is not relaxing on the coch or something. The point of this is to show how people are living in this weird time. Please go back to reading Real Simple.