Earlier today, we learned that Kim Cattrall nixed a hackneyed cover-photo concept involving posing with a cougar — and that the magazine, which the actress calls “a significant magazine for women over 40,” nixed her cover in response.
“I really take umbrage to the code ‘cougar’,” says Cattrall. “I think cougar has a negative connotation, and I don’t see anything negative about Samantha and her sexuality, sensuality and choice. I don’t think she stands or sits in bars waiting for young men to prey on. And I think that’s something that people who are uncomfortable with strong women have labeled her.”
Whatever one thinks of the character of Samantha Jones and whether or not the show’s depiction of a sex-positive, middle-aged PR executive anticipated the more recent “cougar” vogue, we can pretty much agree that the whole cougar trope is a pretty sexist stereotype. Cattrall says the magazine that wanted her asked her “to pose with a cougar, and I refused to do it because I felt it was insulting. They took away the cover because I refused to do so.”
While the actress wouldn’t name the magazine, she had to know that because there are so few titles aimed at women in that age group, figuring out which one this is should be a cinch. (For once, ageism and sexism are making my job easier! Ha, ha, oh…) Let’s review the possibilities:
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Are you kidding? Oprah has to be on every cover of O. Oprah only shares her covers with things she likes: puppies, elaborately decorated cakes, the color red, the First Lady, and, occasionally, her gay BFF. And though we’d kind of love to see a cover involving Kim, Oprah, and a live cougar, we are pretty sure that would never happen.
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