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2019-05-12 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Sports Illustrated ‘Shatters Perceptions' Schools Readers, & Sets Stage for Upcoming Stacey Abrams Cover

[Red State] Do you ache for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue the way the high-waisted yellow guy hankers for a hunka cheese? Do you lie in wait in a creepy way at the supermarket, just waitin’ to get your sneaky mitts on the skimpy rag as soon as it slaps against the metal rack?

Well, this year, you’re gettin’ more for your money. Dig it ‐ it’s heavy.

In October, the UK pulled TV ads because it deemed the model too slim (here). Nobody’ll have that gripe with SI newcomer Hunter McGrady.

Hunter’s the magazine’s brand spankin’ new "obese" model. And why? Because "Exposure to diversity is the catalyst that will ignite tolerance, acceptance and understanding":

Posted by Besoeker 2019-05-12 07:06|| || Front Page|| [34 views ] Top

#1 Ewwue... SI, Have you no decency?

Posted by Ebbenter Sliting2005 2019-05-12 07:28|| 2019-05-12 07:28|| Front Page Top

#2 She's athletic if chewing and swallowing is athletic.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-05-12 07:32|| 2019-05-12 07:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Sponsored by Burger King!

Posted by Raj 2019-05-12 07:35|| 2019-05-12 07:35|| Front Page Top

SI beaching alert ?

Posted by Besoeker 2019-05-12 07:38|| 2019-05-12 07:38|| Front Page Top

#5 Sports Illustrated ‘Shatters Perceptions' Schools Readers, & Sets Stage for Upcoming Stacey Abrams Cover

Is that a euphemism for doing something stupid?

Posted by gorb 2019-05-12 07:55|| 2019-05-12 07:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Why don't thinking people just boycott such products and publications ? This and Gillette and so much of this PC shit forced on us by these state pandering corporate rascals and pressure group loonies ?

This actually insults so many people apart from readers; including sportspersons, healthcare pros, trainers and models - people who work hard to achieve beautiful physiques, only to be shat upon by ugly people with ugly ideas.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-05-12 07:57|| 2019-05-12 07:57|| Front Page Top

#7 I've always thought that WI models, by and large, would look better with a few extra pounds.

This is ridiculous.

Posted by AlanC 2019-05-12 08:14|| 2019-05-12 08:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Wait, this isn't a parody? OMG.

Posted by John Frum 2019-05-12 08:49|| 2019-05-12 08:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Not the Babylon Bee? Just the Burg messing with people's heads?

Posted by JohnQC 2019-05-12 09:01|| 2019-05-12 09:01|| Front Page Top

#10 I bet Max Kellerman and Stephen A(hole) Smith are all in...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-05-12 09:03|| 2019-05-12 09:03|| Front Page Top

#11 First 6 page foldout cover...evah!

Posted by Frank G 2019-05-12 09:18|| 2019-05-12 09:18|| Front Page Top

#12 Buh bye, SI.

Posted by Whiskey Mike 2019-05-12 09:43|| 2019-05-12 09:43|| Front Page Top

#13 Why does every magazine and news outlet reach the point where executives attempt to become that dead parrot on Monty Python?

Posted by 3dc 2019-05-12 09:56|| 2019-05-12 09:56|| Front Page Top

#14 Now THAT is a woman I can admire for her Mind. Sort-of.

Posted by Unump Therens9551 2019-05-12 09:57|| 2019-05-12 09:57|| Front Page Top

#15 For some reason, the word 'beluga' comes to mind.

Posted by SteveS 2019-05-12 10:15|| 2019-05-12 10:15|| Front Page Top

#16 Stacey Abrams BMI is at least twice that of a Beluga

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2019-05-12 10:47|| 2019-05-12 10:47|| Front Page Top

#17 Hunter McGrady (the actual SI model) looks different depending on the year. Only about 6 years ago she weighed 120# which is pretty unhealthy for someone who is almost 6 feet tall.

Recently she weighed about 220# which may also be unhealthy but in the other direction. I'm guessing she will be below 200 for the wedding.

Her marriage is scheduled for June this year.

Posted by lord garth 2019-05-12 16:26|| 2019-05-12 16:26|| Front Page Top

#18 SI has already ordered industrial-strength magazine racks to properly support this issue. No word from Nebraska or Iowa about flood-damaged road weight limits for the area distributors.

Posted by USN, Ret. 2019-05-12 21:15|| 2019-05-12 21:15|| Front Page Top

#19 Free association.
Last time I saw Ahab he was stuck on the whale
That was married to the deputy sheriff of the jail

Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-05-12 21:42|| 2019-05-12 21:42|| Front Page Top

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