Thanks to the National Center on Sexual Exploitation’s “Cosmo Harms Minors” campaign, Cosmopolitan magazine will be placed behind blinders in all 4,600 Rite Aids and the 1,000-plus Delhaize Americas stores, which includes brands like Food Lion and Hannaford.
NCSE received over 40 press hits regarding this victory:
- Breitbart: RitAid, Food Lion, Hannaford Stores To Place Cosmopolitan Behind Blinders
- NCSE launched its campaign against Cosmopolitan magazine in 2013 when the publication was named to its Dirty Dozen List, a list of the top twelve organizations contributing to sexual exploitation. In NCSE’s nationwide poll, the majority of Americans agreed that Cosmo‘s front cover is not appropriate for all ages.“We are thankful to RiteAid and Delhaize America for not allowing this harmful material to be in plain view of minors at their stores, and we encourage other chains to follow suit, and to refuse to sell this pornographic magazine to minors,” said Dawn Hawkins, NCSE executive director.
- New York Times: Cosmopolitan Magazine Covers To Be Shielded By 2 Retailers
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“On the cover was this beautiful brunette model, and she was completely naked, but for a strategically placed boa constrictor,” Ms. Hearst said.
“My stomach turned, and I just said: ‘Wait a minute, what is my family doing?’ ” she said. “This is pornography.”
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- World Magazine: Two Supermarkets to Cover Up Racy Magazine Covers
- “This is a pretty significant victory and a step forward,” NCSE executive director Dawn Hawkins said. “With the leadership of Rite Aid and Food Lion, we hope other retailers would follow suit.”Since the campaign launched, Hawkins said, they contacted 30 retailers around the country, including Wal-Mart. The retail store responded last week saying it has a long-standing policy of covering the magazines. But a visit to four different Wal-Mart branches across the country showed otherwise.“I expect that Wal-Mart will start enforcing it as well,” Hawkins said. “We just have to show them it’s not enforced.”
- LA Times
- Cosmopolitan magazine’s racy covers are going behind a shield at Rite-Aid — and maybe some other retailers — just like pornography, WWD reported Wednesday. The decision comes in response to efforts by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation and Victoria Hearst, who launched a campaign called Cosmo Harms Minors in April. Name sound familiar? She’s a great-granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst, who founded Cosmo’s publisher, the Hearst Corp.
- Yahoo! Celebrity
- At a National Press Club press conference in April, Veronica Hearst claimed, “This is not a family feud, this is not ‘Mommy Dearest.’ We’re not trying to censor Cosmo. We’re not trying to put it out of business. All we’re saying is, if you want to print pornography, I can’t stop you. If I was queen of the Hearst Corporation, this magazine would no longer exist and the editor-in-chief and all the people there would be on unemployment. But since I don’t have that power, all we’re saying is, look — you want to print this junk, then print it. It’s adult material, it’s clear it’s adult material. Label it as such.”
- Today: Cosmopolitan magazine will be Covered by Blinders at Two Major Retailers
- Two retail giants are taking a stand against one of the most popular women’s magazines in the checkout aisle.
