Outrage of the hour: The latest issue of Vogue features Zayn Malik and Gigi Hadid on the cover; and touts their relationship as “part of a new generation embracing gender fluidity” in the headline.
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The reason? Sometimes Zayn borrows her clothes. The story — which opens with a long evocation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando — writes that “Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik snuggle in interchangeable track suits.”
For these millennials, at least, descriptives like boy or girl rank pretty low on the list of important qualities—and the way they dress reflects that.
“I shop in your closet all the time, don’t I?” Hadid, 22, flicks a lock of dyed-green hair out of her boyfriend’s eyes as she poses the question.
“Yeah, but same,” replies Malik, 24. “What was that T-shirt I borrowed the other day?”
“The Anna Sui?” asks Hadid.
“Yeah,” Malik says. “I like that shirt. And if it’s tight on me, so what? It doesn’t matter if it was made for a girl.”
Hadid nods vigorously. “Totally. It’s not about gender. It’s about, like, shapes. And what feels good on you that day.
As you can imagine, Twitter denizens think it’s a considerable stretch to describe either of them as gender fluid:
Vogue really got Zayn and Gigi to do an article on Gender Fluidity? pic.twitter.com/pOuRS6l7w6
— ?Diet Thug ? (@FrankieVII) July 13, 2017
zayn malik: i wear my gf's shirt sometimes
vogue: ZIGI TAKE ON GENDER FLUIDITY!!!— GROSE (@LUV4ADRiAN) July 13, 2017
are vogue's arms tired from the reach that is the "gender fluidity" issue with gigi and zayn on the cover just both in suits. pic.twitter.com/5NwRuWWQ4B
— jenny (@jennylroth) July 13, 2017
Zayn and Gigi are profiled in this piece on gender fluidity because… they borrow each other's clothes sometimes? https://t.co/ItswHOaBUd
— Hannah Orenstein (@hannahorens) July 13, 2017
"gender fluidity"
gigi and zayn: we share clothes!!!!
vogue: rEVOLUTIONARY ???? pic.twitter.com/gtLHsSBqz0— lucas (@rhymresh) July 13, 2017
doesn't vogue think non binary/gender fluid people would have been great to talk to abt gender fluidity? not gigi hadid and zayn malik?
— Shannon Steck (@shannonsteck) July 13, 2017
Why the fuck is Vogue praising Zayn and Gigi for "gender fluidity" just because they borrow each other's clothes? LMFAO. I can't.
— Claire Underwood (@fakekarlie) July 13, 2017
Me reading that Vogue article talking about Zayn and Gigi embracing "gender fluidity" because they wear each other's clothes sometimes: pic.twitter.com/OcZZ2H1ZP2
— Panini Leakes (@JMayMixtape) July 13, 2017
Soooo Vogue picked Gigi and Zayn…who are both cis…to do a feature about gender fluidity? pic.twitter.com/pm30RQ2b6d
— Auntie Lys ?? (@BadMonaLyssa) July 13, 2017
Was there really no other reason Vogue could think of to put Gigi+Zayn on the cover than making gender fluidity about them sharing clothes?
— Nisha Jaswal (@nisha_jaswal) July 13, 2017
Richard 55
Vogue must be run by ridiculous people. Is Anna Wintour the editor there? Ridiculous woman.
I doubt that Anna or the others at that silly women’s rag fully understand the struggles that homosexual men went through to win their rights. Rich celebrities can f off.
KiDAciDic
Part of me is surprised they dont have ONE socially conscious gay man there to call time out… but part of me knows he’d have to turn off half of his brain to work there.
Richard 55
If they were truly gender-fluid, Zayn would be wearing a dress. Why isn’t he? Is Vogue afraid of putting Zayn in a dress?
Vogue sucks big time.
mhoffman953
If society is going to claim genderfluid is real, then I guess we should start making race-fluid people, age-fluid people, and species-fluid people a thing
For the next 3 hours, I’m going to be fluid and become a 65 year old black woman, after that I’m going to identify as an 8 year old chinese boy, then this weekend I’m going to identify as a bengal tiger
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
TBH swapping clothes Is the only definition of “gender fluid” that makes any sense..to the sane and rational anyway
mhoffman953
Looks like they’ve resorted to deleting comments now
Xzamilloh
All I know is, “gender fluid” sounds incredibly unappealing and exhausting, and like if you hear someone identify as it, that’s the green light to IRL swipe left.
Ummmm Yeah
No dumber than the rest of the gender hating fad that’s going on.
jjose712
I’m a bit confused now, i thought gender fluidity was a different thing
PRINCE OF SNARKNESS aka DIVKID
All it takes is for them to confirm they are indeed “gender fluid” and then lo and behold they ARE gender fluid — argument over. That’s how this works. So all the derision is..um.. “problematic”
barkomatic
More drama over nothing. Why can’t they be considered gender fluid? Exactly how much women’s clothing does a guy have to wear to be considered such? Who makes that determination?
KaiserVonScheiss
I see my comment was deleted for daring to state the fact that genderfluid doesn’t exist.
mhoffman953
Several of my recent comments have been deleted by Queerty too with comments ranging from gender fluid people and how commenting on trans people doesn’t make you a homophobe
I guess Queerty doesn’t believe in free speech and thinks businesses can deny people service
Chris
Interesting clothes sense, regardless what you call it. ….. But gender fluid? No idea.
Captain Obvious
That’s the problem with imaginary terms for imaginary minorities. Anyone can join the club even if they’re not remotely “different”. All the benefits of being “normal” with none of the downsides of being a minority.
dean089
Vogue continues to demonstrate how out of touch they are with most of humanity.
Sluggo2007
Zayn’s latest plea for attention since his solo career tanked.
Xzamilloh
And I actually like a lot of his solo music… but the persona got hella pretentiously artistic. Like Drake pretending to be all intellectual and deep, but still rapping about females and money like the rest of them.
claudiadawson56
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