{"id":6099,"date":"2010-02-09T23:57:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T04:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=6099"},"modified":"2010-02-10T12:30:26","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T17:30:26","slug":"foxy_brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/09\/foxy_brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Foxy Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Do you hear that? That’s the sound of the glass ceiling shattering. Yes, that’s right, there’s a desi model in the Sports’ Illustrated Swimsuit Edition<\/a>. Oh, and she’s a sophomore at Harvard, pre-med<\/a><\/strike> studying econ<\/a>. Move aside Padma Laxmi, make room TMBWITW, here comes Sonia Dara<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

I know I know, I can hear the objections from the nattering nabobs of negativism. Why is this photo shoot in Rajasthan? Who wears a swimsuit in the middle of the desert? Look, I’m not going to defend SI. This photograph<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/font>, for example, is completely absurd. I can’t look at it without cringing. <\/p>\n\n

However, what bothers me is the exotification not the objectification. I’m totally down with the latter. I actually wish desi men would get objectified in the media, instead of being portrayed as they were in the superbowl ad for Metro TV below. I mean, don’t you get tired of being appreciated for your mind all the time? Right now, even the desi sex symbols in the media<\/a> are geeks first and eye candy later. I’m doing my part to try to bring sexy back<\/a>, but there’s only so much I can do alone. <\/p>\n\n

One day, perhaps, desis can be depicted three dimensionally by the American media. Until then. I’d rather see more Sonia Dara and less of Ranjit and Chad<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n

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(Update) You may also be interested in Sonia Dara’s spread in Vogue India<\/a>, which shows her in a different context.<\/p>\n\n

Lastly, let’s keep this polite whether you like Dara or do not. If the language in the comments go beyond the bounds of polite conversation, I’ll shut it down because I don’t have time to prune uncouth comments while at work. So please don’t feed any trolls who show up.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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