Reality star, Kylie Jenner, has drawn the ire of disability advocates for posing like a sex doll in a wheelchair in the December/January issue of Interview Magazine.
Shot by famed photographer, Steven Klein, Kylie poses in a variety of sexy, futuristic and bondage-inspired fetish outfits.
Wearing a black latex corset, the sexualised 18-year-old sits on a wheelchair in the magazine to the utter disgust of some readers.
In other shots she wears a metallic liquid corset and a patent leather bustier and garter set.
“It’s deeply disturbing,” said Emily Smith Beitiks, associate director of the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability in San Francisco, USA.
“I’m constantly infantilized because of my wheelchair, denied even the idea of sexuality and agency let alone desirability. But Kylie?” Atlanta writer Kayla Whaley tweeted. “She gets paid and praised to wear the shallowest possible illusion of my disability for a few hours.”
“People with disabilities are already seen as powerless, and this just reinforces that,” she said.
Knocks also came from messages posted on Twitter.
Dear @KylieJenner I think you owe the disabled community an apology. Posing in a wheelchair isnt cute. you may be in one someday!
— Yael (@itsmeYaelG) December 1, 2015
My dear friend who struggles daily & can barely walk bc of multiple sclerosis used to be a fan of yours. How ignorant can u be? @kyliejenner
— . (@MamaCrimz) December 1, 2015
This doesn’t inspire creative thinking how could you THINK this was ok? @KylieJenner pic.twitter.com/g5KzSOrrqw
— mellennium (@ohmelanieee) December 1, 2015
@Shabado0_ Kylie Jenner using the wheelchair further perpetuates the stereotype that people in wheelchairs are limited in their abilities
— stoney baloney (@Shabado0_) December 1, 2015
Apart from her butt baring self, Kylie also reveals a lot in the interview with Chris Wallace where she talked about her dislike for make-up and her plan to go off the map by 30.
Kylie who always looked photo ready and glammed up confessed that she does not really like make-up and would skip it all if she was not in the spotlight.
“I would probably just never dress up,” she said. “I would never wear makeup, because I honestly hate wearing makeup. Lately, I’ve just been so over it. I feel like I’m way too young to wear such heavy makeup all the time. It’s just bad for your skin, but I’m always doing photo shoots or red carpets and events, so I just obviously want to look good.”
The entrepreneur whose relationship with Tyga raises questions reveals her plan to settle down when she is 30.
“When I’m, like, 30, I want to go off the map, have a family, and live in Malibu with a farm, and just raise my own chickens,” she revealed.
Kylie who is youngest of the Kardashian-Jenner sisters was among the thirty 2015 TIME Most Influential teen.
