Wow can’t wait to see the article.

Ummm I am going to need them all to keep their clothes on. Not that they are not attractive ladies but give me a break with the whole….get naked to embrace your inner self crap, or to get others to appreciate their own bodies. Its just some freaky photographer and editors thinking up ways to push the envelope. I dont need to see anyones naked behind to appreciate my own body lets knock it off and call it what it is….a naked photo shoot…nothing more nothing less.

It’s nothing wrong with nakeness……especially Gabrielle Union….I’m get my copy

I agree with Truth Hurts…..but I am still interested in seeing the layout.
Jill size 16?

GET IT JILL

Tippy, I thought the same thing too…

What did they do to my girl Jill’s hair..??

Go Jill…I love both of them.

Both ladies look stunning,but Jill(who I love) her facial expressions looks as if she wanted to say hurry up and get the shot,I’m NOT feeling this!

Beautiful pics

LOL @2

U r sooo right.

>>>>>Love Jill, but why does her hair look so terrible? Seriously!

Well have to give all 5 ladies credit for the shoot! It was refreshing to see “WOMEN”, posing naked with GRACE & CLASS for a good cause.

Too often, we see women with their ass cheeks and breasts all exposed, and legs spread wide open, all greased up or wet up in some “barely there at all” bikini…on the front cover of some mens magazine at the local news stands. Its becoming overdone! In my opinion.

This is very refreshing, for the women to do their thing in the ALLURE magazine.

Bout time. go Jill

You kno they use PhotoShop Extended CS3 on Jill Scott right lol……

WHY USE PHOTOSHOP LIKE THAT ON JILL SCOTT

I don’t know about anyone else but I don’t need to see another naked woman to feel good about my body…

I think seeing another woman who is successful, ambitious, talented, spiritually connected, and beautiful is just as empowering and inspirational. They’re feeding into the same stigma that they are tryin to eradicate. I think this takes women backwards, not forward. Successful and confident men don’t have to get nude on a cover to inspire others and neither should women…

Jill Scott and Gabriel already inspired me so I don’t understand why this is necessary. Some people just need to see a counselor and talk to Jesus for their self esteem issues, point blank…

What does being NUDE have to do with finding your INNER SELF? PALEEZ! !
These women are just marketing their career…let’s be real here. Everybody wants to be the FIRST to do something these days…at any cost.

Poor jill. While extremly intelligent, shes still in denile. She is soooooo not a size 16. Maybe a size 26. Embrace that Jilly then try to make a profound statement.

I agree with truth hurts, Trailblazer, and Prettyyoungthang.

I give them credit for not showing their private parts but still…why must we as women always get naked, or be almost naked, to feel beautiful? It’s nothing but an excuse for them to get naked. You should feel good about yourself regardless…

Y’all know good and well had it been BEYONCE (yeah I said it) y’all would be singing a different tune. Yes ok artistic nude….right…..aren’t we OVERSATURATED with naked chicks pics, whether artistic or not? I mean, Jill has to sell records, Gabrielle needs hollywood gigs, that’s the only reason why they pose nude, to get some attention. This kind of photoshoot has nothing to do with inner self/love of self. All the struggles our elders went through to stop our gender from being objectified, and these chicks are using lame excuses to get naked behind a camera. Do you ever see male R&B singers and actors going naked talking about “Yeah I love myself that’s why I do this”? Please. That’s the thing women of the industry to when they feel they don’t have any other option.

In that picture, Jill kinda looks like the ogre Princess Fiona in Shrek….real talk

^^ That’s the thing women of the industry “DO” when they feel they don’t have any other option.

Oh VICKED I wasn’t speaking to you I was correcting my own post lol. Sorry

hmmm…

Its cool lullaby….but you know i wonder, why does gabrielle union stoop so low? She has talent and class. This is most disapointing.

i agree with what everyone has to say but I also think it maybe liberating for a size “16″ woman to be nude in a magazine i mean besides Tocarra (who by no means is plus size) who else do we see who has a roll or 2 nude in ANY magazine?? high fashion, men, etc… us curvy girls don’t get magazine love at all so i do think it was neccessary just not the get nekkid 2 get in touch with u kind of way

co-sign with #2

They just wanna get naked in a so called “classy” way. Booooooooooooooo!

I’ve tried looking at the pic from different angles, but I’m soory Jill still looks like Princess Fiona from Shrek to me. Sorry Marv

Angie Harmon reminds me of Nicole Brown Simpson and her sister (the one with the black hair). Also, women can appreciate their bodies with their clothes on. I thought that Gabrielle Union was doing this shoot to reassure women who have been raped that they can still love their bodies and themselves but I was wrong.

>>>>Ok why did gabby run and work out for this? I’m not hating on the pics but
>>>>they are all boring. They just look dull. I think black women are tired of seeing
>>>>any black women semi-naked in ANY shape or form which is both good and >>>sad.

I see you Jill Scott getting buckee naked…I ain’t mad, but while you telling the big girls to embrace their size-tell them to embrace the right size clothes. Walking around here wearing a medium knowing they’re an XXL. I don’t wanna see no ass crack or your thong (I blame Sisqo)

Big girls >>>>>>>>>

…….no comment

Gabs is always so weavealicious.

Wow… Like Erykah Badu said, to get it in the business you gotta be buck naked with some glitter and a beeper….

Why is it necessary at all?

This is not about self esteem or being comfortable in your body… the only way for a woman to feel good about her body, is to look in the mirror and LOVE what she sees. Looking at Jill on Gabrielle don’t have a damn thing to do with your body, because it ain’t your body.

When you love yourself — you don’t need a picture of anyone else to validate you.

LMAO @ 33 you ain’t lying

Okay my question is what is the big fuss about them being naked you can’t see anything anyways lol. Why do women have a problem with other women choosing to sell sex? If that is what they want than why do we have to be judgmental on other women’s life choices and morals? How did Gabby and Jill stoop so low when you can’t see anything? Just saying…

I dont see what the big deal is, women pose naked all the time in contemporary society. its good that the magazine used women of different races & sizes instead of the usual stick thin blonde naked in a mag. At least theyre representing that beautiful women come in different sizes, colours, shades etc, most magz dont take such an approach to photoshoots.

I understand why Jill did it to show that as a larger women she can feel comfortable being nude and embrace her size, (though she does look quite bad. The pose was not good, her face looks weird and her hair is a mess).

@38 Black is beautiful,

I think the issue with a lot of women is that we are tired of being looked at as just sexual objects - we are worth more than our butts, breasts and what’s between our legs. I think that’s what the issue is. It appears that some women validate their worth based on her body.

Now as far as I’m concerned, what a grown woman does with her own body is completely her business. I may not agree with it or like it, but hey, I’m not buying the magazine.

if this was another artist, she would be crucified fuh posing NAKED in a magazine.

jill scott looks like she doin that ho shit, appearin butt naked. Wat a classy lady!

so many hypocrites in this world, say somethin but do somethin different.

jill scott, ONE OF THE TALENTED ARTISTS OF TODAY, is BUTT ASS NAKED to sell RECORDS.

LMAO @ J.Lewis!!!

Personally, I love it…its very artistic and done in good taste.

I love Jill Scott the artist, but Jill Scott the model needs to keep her clothes on.

Nobody wants to see obese women, naked in a magazine…Even if they are photoshopped to hell.

#41 I feel what u are saying…but its a difference between doing something in good taste and just showing your azz (examples: King mag…Smooth mag…anything with a chick in thong lingerie bent over showing all of what her mama gave her…you get the point).

@lullaby,

i sing ur tune, if this was beyonce, rihanna, ashanti, cassie, keyshia cole or ciara, these hypocrites would be crucifyin them sayin they butt naked to sell records.

@44,

i get ur point but still it is HYPOCRISY to the highest degree. butt naked in king mag or in vogue, it is still butt nakedness.

JILL SCOTT IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL. I WOULD LOVE TO FUCK THE SHIT OUT OF HER!!

OK.. the pics are straight.. and yes I think I am one who is just tired of seeing black women naked PERIOD.

But Gabby’s pic.. is her leg photoshopped horribly?? Look at the right leg, why is the crease b/w her thigh and abdomen look like that? The shadow looks weird.. like they photoshopped a different leg in or something!

why do women believe cuz u got naked its low? it was done in good taste , u can barely see anything. yal need to group the fuck up

and gabby and jill are fine as hell

You know they use PhotoShop Extended CS3 on Jill Scott right lol

Too much. I think that more of Jill could have been shown more tastefully. They got Gabrielle looking nice and you can use her. However, with Jill, the pic is so photoshopped to tone down her thickness. The pose Jill is doing is so awkward that you can’t see the beauty of her thickness. It’s unfortunately that society is still prejudice to plus sized women. I think Jill’s picture would have been better if she was lying down and covering her breasts. That would have been a beautiful pic with the leaves draped around her.

If you tired of nakedness don’t click on it.Apparently some have “body issues.” Nobody is forcing you to look.It said NUDE on the title, some of you can’t read or something?Black folks stay getting shit twisted though.All women in this industry is selling sex, get over it.Beyonce, Ashanti,Rihanna all of them are selling sex.How is this selling sex though?I can see if they were shaking their ass and weave all over the place.Are you selling sex when you jumping in the bed every night switching up guys?

smh at women making their selfs CHEAP these days………..

@ 40 SassyT

I get your point but Black women are not the only race of women that pose nude. All women by their own decision poses nude.

To everyone:

My personal opinion I feel that women in general complain too much about women posing nude. We got women on here that don’t like video vixens but post comments every time of them being hoes and keeping them relevant or they use the colorism issue saying they don’t never have any dark skin women in the video but be the same ones complaining about women being the video and how degrading it is. It might look grotesque to you but that woman obviously doesn’t have a problem with it. Another issue I would like to touch to on is that women like to play favoritism on what is exceptable of selling sex. Prime example would be entertainers. Janet, Beyonce, Madonna, Mariah might get passes, however, video vixens don’t? Video vixens or model vixens sell sex because they are pin up girls. They make their money temporarily showing skin and some do have other plans outside of modeling. I feel like showing skin is showing skin no matter who does it. If you are a person who gives exceptions then you might be prejudice because of your strong distaste of video vixens.

My thing is I feel women give exceptions to women who sell sex PERIOD. Some women are more subtle or extreme than others but the bottom line is being in the industry you have to sell a sex appeal it is to enhance a sexual fantasy because many of us humans are sexual beings. I feel that women are less open of discussing sex without being judgmental.

I myself don’t have an issue with it because it doesn’t affect me I still get respect from men regardless of the celebrity women who sell sex.

My last question for the ladies is would you have a problem if fine ass Idris or any celebrity man that you find attractive was naked? My guess no because we women have sexual fantasies whether you admit or not like the men do about Beyonce lol

@ NONE OF UR BIZNIZ, we are on the same page, I agree with all you said.

MORE BLACK WOMEN NAKED!?! UGH!

I THINK THE ENTIRE WORLD IS SICK OF SEEING BLACK WOMENS BREAST, HIPS, AND ASS! WHAT A LOUSY WAY TO MAKE A HEAVIER WEIGHTED WOMEN FEEL SPECIAL ABOUT HER SIZE?

WHAT KIND OF MESSAGE IS THIS? NOW I REALLY WILL CONTINUE WITH MY CLUB HIATUS BECAUSE I AM NOT LOOKING AT BIG, BLACK NAKED WOMEN POUNCING AROUND TO USHER’S ” LOVE IN THIS CLUB” IN ORDER TO BUILD UP THEIR SELF-ESTEEEM!!!! I DONT CARE HOW GRACEFUL THE PICTURES LOOK, NAKED IS NAKED IS NAKED.

JILL SCOTT I AM VERY SURPRISED AT YOU!? DONT EVEN TAKE IT THERE….KEEP YOUR CLOTHES ON, AND CONTINUE TO MAKE GOOD MUSIC. I WOULD EXPECT THIS FROM GABRIELLE UNION, BUT NOT FROM YOU!

you all are missing the point, its not raunchy, its ABOUT BEING COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN, IT’S ABOUT SELF-ESTEEM.

HOW BOUT U BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOURSELVES, CHICS ON HERE ARE SO HYPOCRITICAL, I BET YOU AREN’T ANGELS IN YOUR OWN LIVES.

IM SO OVER YALL HOLIER THAN THOU ATTITUDES.

LOVING Jill for this.

@ 56, Listen, yes it is damn raunchy the way Gabrielle and Jill are posing in those pictures- they are naked!

Being Naked is raunchy-period! Do you go to work naked? Alright then. Please. Nakedness in its entirety is unacceptable at any given time. And what a women does behind closed doors is not being broadcasted to the world on a media platform so what are you talking about?

It wouldn’t be a bother to most women of color on this blog to see these women naked, if we didnt already have to see so many black women naked on every commerical outlet there is…radio, tv, magazine etc. 24/7. Please.

It is so sickening how people still try to play down how exploited black women are. “oh, its just a picture, it’s tasteful” Shut the hell up with that bullshit. It’s not tasteful, its gross. And women of color need to be concerned with how they are perceived, for the sake of their daughters. Look at the images the world is bombarded with everyday with naked black women.

-Flavor of Love
-I love New York
-BET
-MTV

ENOUGH FUCKING SAID. ALL YOU NAKED BITCHES BUY SOME DAMN CLOTHES.

i still say jill looks like Princess fiona from Shrek

#53, you took the words right out of my mouth. People don’t realize that the target audience for Allure Magazine is VERY DIFFERENT from Smooth, Playboy, King or Maxim magazines.
I wonder, would most of these hypocrits on here be complaining if this was a shoot for Essence Magazine? So let me get this straight, a female celebrity will get props for being in their forties and posing nude or semi nude in a mag for men, but you will look down on the next female that poses nude (classy) in a magazine for women?

“its ABOUT BEING COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN,” -#56

Yeah, I think there are some black women who need to learn how to be comfortable in clothes….it’s very apparent to the whole damn universe that black women are comfortable in just their bare “skin”.

LOL@59

finally Gabrielle Union naked

@53 Black is Beautiful,

I absolutely understand that black women aren’t the only ones posing nude. Color was not an issue with me. As far as Idris is concerned, he doesn’t even appeal to me so I can’t answer that question.

My take is, to each his/her own. We all have to be accountable for what we do. If a woman wants to display her body, more power to her. My personal opinion is that my body is not for sale. I believe my body is precious so why sell it or give it away. Again, I preface this by saying this is my opinion and what someone else does is THEIR business.

These pictures are tasteful compared to some other’s I’ve seen. Everyone has a moral system and that’s how we live our lives. If someone wants to be a video vixen, strip, pose nude, etc., that has nothing at all to do with me.

lol 59

I love Jill but that picture of her is not the business

@ 58

I feel ya but um? again you are pushing your personal morals down other women’s life decisions. Nope I have a plan and that’s not posing nude however it is a job here in America. It’s call the modeling industry or the entertainment industry. They give people what they want and get paid. It’s not downplaying it it’s taking it for what it is but I respect your opinion.

@ 64

I agree and that’s not what I strive to be neither but hey we just let people do what they do because like yous said everything you do does have consequences and posing does have it’s pros and cons you just have to decide what you can tolerate the embarrassment of your family or having money, being the life of the party life with celebrity friends lol. Some usually go for the pros. However I stopped complaining and focused on my life goals instead of criticizing others (not that I’m saying you were) we pretty much agree lol

@66, I cosign 100%

First of all, some of you chicks sound real backwards. But thank you for respecting my opinion BSB.

Since when did wearing clothes become a damn moral? Where does it say in the bible, “thou shall where clothes” ? lol…. Wearing clothes is normal, its not a moral.

Listen, all you black naked hoes do you, Im just saying, I had enough of black naked bitches, that all.

Peace.

wowww they look stunning. always love jill and gabriel but they look exquisite!

I know it was stanking in there with all that fat ass hanging! Especially jill big ass sweating ass thighs.

i kinda agree #2

they made jill look horrible, look at that head!

Now Jill is my girl…but i wasnt feeling the pic….Its looks like they were trying to hide her body in the pic rather than embrace it. There is nothing wrong with being a size 16, 20, or a 26 as long as u always carry yourself nicely. There are plenty of plus sized women who have taken tasteful nude pics..but unfortunately they didnt capture the “real” with this one. And I have to agree with what someone else said one of Gabrielle Union’s legs does look funny.

These pics were done in a very classy way. Both ladies looks beautiful.

#68

What’s “normal” to you might not be normal to other people. So by you insisting that women where clothes because its not right..means you’re shoving your morals down people’s throat.

Also if being naked was a bad thing God would have made Adam and Eve wear clothes from the get go..I don’t see anything wrong with a woman being naked. As long as she isn’t in the magazine spread eagle with her coochie all out because I don’t want to see it. If it’s done with taste there shouldn’t be a problem..i.e. these photos, Garcielle B playboy spread.

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