Row over new plus-size Cosmopolitan cover accused of ‘glamourising obesity’

A Cosmopolitan magazine cover featuring plus-size models has been accused of ‘glamourising’ obesity amid the coronavirus pandemic.  The cover of the February issue stars plus-size women with the tagline ‘This is healthy’ for an edition dedicated to body positivity.  However, the magazine has come under criticism for its message, after a year dominated by coronavirus, … Read more

Piers Morgan clashes with Malin Andersson over Cosmopolitan cover featuring plus-size model

Piers Morgan has clashed with Malin Andersson over a body-positive Cosmopolitan cover which he declared was ‘glamourising obesity at the height of a pandemic’. The Good Morning Britain host, 55, took umbrage with the latest issue of Cosmopolitan UK on Wednesday which featured a plus-size model doing yoga, with the caption: ‘this is healthy!’   He … Read more

CRAIG BROWN: Sexism 1970s style from… Cosmopolitan magazine!

How times change! I’ve just discovered an article from the April 1972 issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. Under the heading ‘What I Want In A Wife’, Cosmo asked: ‘What do Britain’s most eligible bachelors look for in a wife?’ The previous month, the magazine had been published in the UK for the very first time. Back … Read more