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Hey, Vogue: Sharing clothes does not make Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik icons of gender fluidity

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Vogue, I adore you.

Long have I obsessed over the September Issue (the film, but also the massive yearly edition). Whenever I’m getting a haircut, I’ll flick through your pages. I went to the Vogue Festival. It was nice.

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So please do not think I am bashing you with wild abandon.

I just need to make this clear: If you want to talk about gender fluidity, don’t put Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik front and centre.

Gigi Hadid and Zayn Malik are a heterosexual gender-conforming couple.

They may be, as you suggest, ‘part of a new generation embracing gender fluidity’, in that they’re embracing the benefits that an increased breaking down of gender boundaries brings (being able to express more feminine attributes, wearing a dress), but by putting them as your cover stars, you’ve suggested that they are the face of the movement.

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