I don't care if Tom Daley is "the oldest 16-year-old" – he deserves better than a provocative pose in his trunks and the "coming of age" coverline. If the same approach had been taken with a 16-year-old sportswoman, it would have been clearly exploitative. The same is true for Daley.
Alison Smith
Norwich
Working in the macho environment of a professional kitchen, I already get a lot of stick for reading the Guardian. A half-naked Tom Daley on the cover of Weekend, and a further 38 fully naked men inside did not help my cause when it was delivered to work last Saturday.
Jack Glossop
Linton, Cambridgeshire
Guardian Weekend letters.
By showing Tom Daley in a provacative pose in his trunks, The Guardian is now breaking this law: here.
Well done New Labour.
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How on earth is that a provocative pose???
ReplyDeleteIf he was bending over something with his legs apart and his hand down his speedos then she'd have a point.
I've only just realised the water is supposed to be ejaculant. I guess that could be seen as provocative, lol.
ReplyDeleteI think the water is supposed to be water, on on account of him diving into it.
ReplyDeleteI think the Guardian Weekly cover lines; 'I'm Ready - Tom Daley Comes of Age' (ie he's hot and now legal) plus him posing in his Adidas briefs, were - one could say - slightly more provocative.
Just a thought.
Oh, come on! Look at that spurt of water... and the angle.
ReplyDeleteThe semi-nudity, the cum stream, the cover line.
I'm with Alison on this one, Fagburn. It's filth!!!
i have to say they've snapped him in a particularly good light there. think he's been looking a bit rough as he's got older. if you look at the rest of his family they're all pretty ugly, so doesn't bode well for him.
ReplyDeletei don't think it's that provocative, but it is incredibly sexy.
Copies of that Guardian Weekend are going on eBay for £20+.
ReplyDeleteI threw mine away.