Take a Stand

January 21, 2015

Leo Burnett’s cover of the February issue of Cosmopolitan magazine has come out, but not without some controversy. In 2004, Shafilea Ahmed, a 17-year-old British-Pakistani woman was suffocated and murdered by her family after she refused an arranged marriage. This cover design aims to bring awareness and change to a culture of honor-based violence. Rather than discuss the impact of the cover and the morality of this cultural subset, all while trying to remain P.C., take a look here for yourself. Either way, the strength of the piece is noteworthy.

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