Time Magazine released their Time 100 issue on Thursday and I found it depressing. Obviously, many of the people on Time’s “Most Influential” list deserved to be there – Robert Mueller, Tiffany Haddish, Ryan Coogler, the activist/survivors of the Parkland shooting, Tarana Burke, Issa Rae, all of them deserved to be counted among the “most influential” in the world. Unfortunately, the list was tainted by an orange poop stain and his Fox News lackey: Donald Trump and Sean Hannity. Ugh. Oh, and absolute wingnut Roseanne Barr also made the list. AND KKKeebler Elf Jeff Sessions.
So, who else made this year’s list? Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, separately. Not the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Obama wrote the profile of the Parkland survivors too, which is awesome. The Time 100 also included: Nicole Kidman, Lena Waite, John Krasinski, Trevor Noah, Chloe Kim, Millie Bobby Brown, Chadwick Boseman, RIHANNA, Justin Trudeau, Cardi B, Adam Rippon, Roger Federer, Jennifer Lopez, Gal Gadot, Kumail Nanjiani, Christian Siriano, Greta Gerwig, Jimmy Kimmel, Kesha, Ronan Farrow and more. You can see the full Time 100 feature here.
How seriously should we take this? I mean, it’s not Time’s “Person of the Year” or whatever. You could make the argument that “influence” doesn’t have to be a good thing – there are people who are influential for all the wrong reasons, like Trump, Sessions, Barr and Hannity. But this year’s Time 100 list did feel very…light. Very heavy on the entertainers and athletes, even with the cover subjects.
.@TiffanyHaddish on her iconic Alexander McQueen dress: "I will wear it again. But I need my money's worth" #TIME100 https://t.co/y82Hk0G7Wg pic.twitter.com/IP3rgDB3fl
— TIME (@TIME) April 19, 2018
.@priyankachopra on Meghan Markle: “This ever-smiling, strong free spirit found her prince, fell in love and in turn made a cynical world believe in fairy tales again” #TIME100 https://t.co/dllPumzsu7
— TIME (@TIME) April 19, 2018
Thanks, Obama. https://t.co/ydeXa3TFhg
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) April 19, 2018
.@rogerfederer: "You can't win them all, but at the same time, you can give all you have" #TIME100 https://t.co/UomysCU0N8 pic.twitter.com/FRkoqzj6qJ
— TIME (@TIME) April 19, 2018
Covers courtesy of Time Magazine.
These lists are annoying.
Yes. I was really disappointed that it was so heavy on celebrities. They could have chosen to make a statement with this and instead it was mostly fluff.
Wow. That video of Tiffany Haddish is heartbreaking.
Her dress and styling on the cover make me cry.
I love her, she deserves to look as amazing on the outside as she is on the inside.
I thought it was just me! Why did they pick such a bad photo of this awesome woman? Weird and harsh make-up too 🙁
Agree. The styling could have been so much more. Little of her natural beauty or daring personality come through in this photo. The pics from this shoot are much better (love the milkmaid with cow, ha!) : https://www.wmagazine.com/story/tiffany-haddish-w-magazine-cover-interview
It really did make me cry…
Ugh Tiffany im crying onna Friday. I really like her
What a beautiful soul. I actually really like that dress, though I’m not sure if it’s really her style. Hair and makeup are gar-bazzhh, for sure.
Alexander McQueen should send her some free stuff considering all the publicity she’s given that dress.
Geez, Tiffany’s video made me tear up.
Jennifer Lopez has really stretched her mediocre singing and acting into being one of the most overexposed celebrities ever
There’s also plenty of people like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Emmanuelle Macron etc. on the list, but yeah, this year all the shady Republicans kind of crowded out the other political, science and business picks a little.
Jennifer Lopez… Really?!
Yeah, what has she done this year?
I can’t understand why JLo is on this list either. Can you buy a place on this list? What she has done that is influential?
Agreed. So many incredible people doing God’s work in the world and they focus on celebrities. Love Tiffany Haddish though!
Only here for Haddish
Oh, and the Parkland kids.
I wanna have some SERIOUS words with WHOMEVA had the nerve to style Tiff like that…AND I MEAN…SOME SERIOUS ONES!
They photoshopped her head out of proportion w body. Yeesh.
Frankly, other than selected few, included the reigning president of United States for obvious reason, rest are hardly influencing the world. So its okay.
Right. I would think they must have put kim jong un and Putin on the list too for that matter.
Who they should really have put on the front cover are the Kock brothers and the Mercers.
What’s Kesha done in the past year that’s so influential. I’m not dissing. I’m aware of her, but I don’t follow her, and I seem to be way out of the loop as to how she’s such an influence this year.
Also if Nicole Kidman is on the list why not also put Reese Witherspoon? She was just as involved as producing BLL as Kidman wasn’t she? And it seems to me that she’s been very outspoken this past year about women’s equality and equal pay in entertainment. Wasn’t Reese named by somebody (Kaiser?) as one of the influencers of HBO pledge to start paying actresses equally to actors. That’s pretty influential imo.
John Krasinski?!!
IKR? Whaat?
Nothing against John Krasinski. He’s a nice guy but whaaa?