The New York Post ran photographs of a nude Melania Trump on its front page on the weekend. The pictures were from a photo-shoot the former model did when she was 21 years old. Yes, she is very very nude. Just a hand covering down there.
Was it shocking? Well, yes. For one major reason.
The bad pun headline that accompanied the Melania Trump pictures: The Ogle Office. I mean what man, whose glory days fell I’m guessing in the summer of 1984 because he got married a year later and it all went down hill after that, wrote that front page headline? The Ogle Office.
Do the lucky staff at The New York Post have a Time Machine and it’s currently stuck in 1984 in a lads mag office? Are they all listening to Carribbean Queen as they wait to get home? Quick, who has the number for Back to the Future’s Doc Brown? We need to fix that Time Machine and get those poor people out of there fast.
They must really miss 2016.
No matter what side of the political divide you find yourself on in the US election, what is the purpose of publishing nude photos taken 25 years ago of the third wife of Mr Donald Trump, the current Republican Presidential candidate?
Is it meant to shame a woman because she once posed nude (she also posed nude 15 years after this photo-shoot for GQ magazine and she was going out with Donald Trump at the time)?
Is it because “good, virtuous” First Lady types don’t have histories? They come out of the womb wearing black velvet headbands and modest pastel twin sets? Volunteered for good causes since they were five years old? Kept good grades but never wanted a career of their own? Are quiet types that know it’s best not to say too much?
“Outing” Melania Trump, now 46, because she posed nude serves no other purpose than to reinforce the very old fashioned notion that there are two types of women in the world: The Madonna or The Whore.
Watch: Melania Trump discusses caring for her son Barron during her husband’s presidential campaign. Post continues after video…
That’s a very limiting way to look at the approximately 3.5 billion women of the world. Surely there’s at least the funny fat friend in there as well.
Posing nude? Psshhh. Have a look around at pop culture, advertising, SBS world movies. It’s as ubiquitous as very white, very capped teeth in Hollywood.
Why don’t The New York Post look into Melania’s claims that she has a university degree from a Slovenian university? This claim appeared on her website and now, after a journalist has made some inquiries and can’t find any evidence of said degree, the whole website has been taken down.
There are way more important issues in the US election for media organisations to uncover than very very old nude pics posed by a former international model.
Hopefully they can work out what those issues are. You know, small issues like a person’s character. Like preying on fear and encouraging blame and rage in order to get people on your side. Like hate filled speech in a very fragile time. Like which Presidential candidate is most qualified for the job. Like using racism and sexism and bad hairism every single campaign day.
In the meantime we send our thoughts to The New York Post and that faulty Time Machine and hope they get it fixed fast.
2016 is waiting.
Top Comments
I can't believe this. You think photos from 25 years ago are all about photos demeaning a women rather than a cheap political angle attempting to discredit someone who is up in line to be the next potential US President.
The very people you are discrediting/supporting are the ones who published these pictures in the first place and you are agreeing with them while simultaneously disagreeing with them. For goodness sake, talk about an each way bet.
I can only assume you are new to media and politics.
I'm sure the writer understands why the photos were published. It is perfectly possible to not want Donald Trump as president and be opposed to a cheap attack on his wife. It seems that a lot of people think that you choose a side in politics and then defend your own side/attack your opposition no matter what. This "us and them" mentality is perhaps human nature, but not really very helpful for the functioning of a modern society.
Gee, I don't mind Melania Trump's photos surfacing at all, and the Trump camp are dealing with it with some aplomb. No biggie. But please don't tell me that posing for soft porn shoots is or has ever been part of any mainstream woman's past, or that it's actually a desirable element for an emancipated woman's CV ...