Some might say that this meme is tasteless and crude, but it’s simply a response to the popular First World Problem meme that made the Internet rounds recently. After all, third world kids have many more problems than first world people; it just so happens that their problems are life or death matters. The truth can both hurt and be funny at times, so see for yourself if these memes fall under both categories.

 

Unhate Campaign by Benetton sends a message for people of different race and orientation to not hate each other. It’s just unclear why the Italian fashion company chose images of kissing world leaders for their clothing promotion…

 

Paramount Leader of the People’s Republic of China – President of the USA

Meet Madge, a friend of the Barbie doll who just happens to be pregnant. Because Mage wasn’t wearing a wedding ring, she was pulled off the shelves in 2002 as a result of all of the controversy.

 

Whether it is Playboy, The New Yorker, Rolling Stones, Time Magazine, Life, The Economist, Wired…etc, all these covers were at a time a subject of controversy.
And whatever were the reasons of the controversy, some of these covers sold lots of magazines and some were nothing but embarrassments…
Take a look at this interesting but non exhaustive list inside the post.

Time Magazine, April 8, 1966: Is God Dead?
This cover has been called the most controversial of all time. The related article concerned the “death of god movement” that had sprung up in the 1960’s. The cover and article enraged readers.