Walmart Joins Rite Aid, Food Lion in the Important Fight Against Cosmo
LatestProbably super bummed they weren’t the first to sign onto the groundbreaking campaign to block Cosmopolitan covers in grocery and drug stores around the U.S., Walmart has joined brands like Rite Aid, Hannaford and Food Lion in the fight against women photographed with text across their bodies.
The National Center for Sexual Exploitation—not to be confused with the National Center for Science Education; actually, do confuse the two and check out the latter’s website—led by Victoria Hearst declared another victory this week, as Walmart reportedly said they would make sure to cover up Cosmo covers in their roughly 5,000 U.S. locations because they’re supposedly pornographic.
The organization is also very pleased they can now tie their concern for the children who could potentially be looking at these magazines with the past career choices of a now 22-year-old woman. “Cosmo regularly targets young girls as evidenced by a hand-drawn picture by one of their 6th grade readers in the August issue and a Disney star on the cover of the upcoming September issue,” NSCE wrote on their website, referencing Demi Lovato’s presence as the magazine’s cover star in the latest issue. Unfortunately for them, Lovato’s not on team NCSE.