Newsweek on Wednesday previewed its next cover for a story on “What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women.”
The cover image depicts a mouse cursor lifting up the dress of a woman holding a laptop.
This week’s cover: “What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women” http://t.co/1qXvXer9cs pic.twitter.com/Mxmqv6wJHR
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) January 28, 2015
The imagery on the cover quickly sparked controversy on Twitter.
Nevermind what Silicon Valley thinks of women, what the hell is @Newsweek thinking? http://t.co/8TRfPXB2vx pic.twitter.com/6ksebZZzWS
— Boing Boing (@BoingBoing) January 28, 2015
What Newsweek Thinks of Women. pic.twitter.com/HQ4k0SmMpz
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) January 28, 2015
We are a little surprised about @Newsweek‘s new cover about uncovering systematic sexism in Silicon valley. pic.twitter.com/W9MG0KiMg2 #forwomen
— Ms.FoundationWomen (@msfoundation) January 28, 2015
Um, yeah, this is pretty bad @Newsweek pic.twitter.com/Ucq54MhcJi
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) January 28, 2015
Unfortunately, your tasteless cover won’t allow most to get to the story. Which is the point of a cover, right? @KiraBind @sarahkendzior
— Goldie Taylor (@goldietaylor) January 28, 2015
This @Newsweek cover doesn’t seem like something to freak out over. But hey, that’s just me!
*floats away*
pic.twitter.com/bPJ6krhg5l— Ben Dreyfuss (@bendreyfuss) January 28, 2015
I’m getting 50/50 people saying the Newsweek cover is amazing/awful
— Steve Kovach (@stevekovach) January 28, 2015