Selena Gomez on Helping Others, in Glam Images by Inez and Vinoodh for ELLE US

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Mega talent Selena Gomez covers the September 2021 issue of ELLE US September 2021./ Photographers Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin [IG] capture ‘The Return of Selena with styling by Alex White./ Hair by Orlando White; hair by Orlando Pita

I wonder how Gomez feels about the intro to her cover story ‘The Return of Selena’ by Carina Chocano. The star may have a whole new vibe in these Inez and Vinoodh photographs but ELLE grounds her mostly in the past.

ELLE’s sub-headline: “After years battling health issues and heartbreak, Selena Gomez opens up about mental illness, her new Hulu series and not knowing her own Instagram password.”

Actually, Selena Gomez states the obvious about herself, with a far more timely and not narcissistic narrative. We’ve read about Gomez’s mental illness for years.. Given the times in which we are living, why not promote Selena’s message about herself, rather than rehashed, old-news editorial, click-bait.

Just because Google prioritizes Selena’s challenges with mental illness doesn’t mean we can’t give her a major update with our words. It’s not easy for people like Selena to move past prior challenges that would have brought down most of us — including ELLE’s headline writer.

“My lupus, my kidney transplant, chemotherapy, having a mental illness, going through very public heartbreaks—these were all things that honestly should have taken me down,” she says. Gomez speaks slowly and calmly, in a surprisingly low and uninflected register. “Every time I went through something, I was like, ‘What else? What else am I going to have to deal with?’ ” “ ‘You’re going to help people,’ ” she told herself. “That’s really what kept me going. There could have been a time when I wasn’t strong enough, and would have done something to hurt myself.”

We can all use some positivity, and Selena Gomez delivers it.

Selena Gomez on Politics, Faith, Music in Nadine Ijewere Fashion Story for Vogue US

Selena Gomez on Politics, Faith, Music in Nadine Ijewere Fashion Story for Vogue US

Selena Gomez covers the April 2021 issue of Vogue US. Gabriella Karefa-Johnson chooses a cover dress from Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello, accented with Cartier earrings. Photographer Nadine Ijewere is behind the lens, capturing Selena in looks from Alberta Ferretti, Gucci, Salvatore Ferragamo, Valentino and more./ Hair by Edward Lampley; makeup by Hung Vanngo

To all the fashionistas saying that Selena looks like she belongs in a Vogue Living cooking show, AOC responds: “You insulated idiots, Selena Gomez has a streaming cooking show — ‘Selena + Chef’ — on HBO Max.” Gomez advances her cooking skills in the company of master chefs and probably throws in a bit of politics and activism to keep the convo interesting. This news was part of her Vogue Mexico December/January 2021 cover story and also Allure October 2020.

With restaurant industry folks suffering more than most in the pandemic, the world’s top chefs are organizing many online events to raise money for food and restaurant workers who are suffering terribly from job losses during the pandemic. Gomez is actively involved in that effort.

Jia Tolentino conducts the interview: Selena Gomez on Politics, Faith, and Making the Music of Her Career.

Selena Gomez Covers Vogue Mexico, Lensed by Dario Calmese in December-January 2020.21 Issue

Selena Gomez Covers Vogue Mexico, Lensed by Dario Calmese in December-January 2020.21 Issue

Pop music superstar Selena Gomez, who also launched Selena + Chef for HBO Max in 2020, covers the December-January 2020.21 issue of Vogue Mexico. Yashua Simmons styles the shoot in images by Dario Calmese (IG). / Hair by Marissa Marino

The actor, singer, producer and entrepreneur not only teaches the public how to cook, standing in front of countless cameras to catch her every unique angle. Selena Gomez is not a Kardashian.

After educating herself and us, too, how to cook in the company of a fresh crop of chefs, Selena donates $10,000 to a cause for the performance. Interviewed by Athena Morales de la Cruz, Selena Gomez again articulates that she no longer has a need to find her own voice. Now that she owns her own authenticity, her responsibility is to use her platform in a meaningful way. This definitive statement is a theme in today’s superstar.

Selena Gomez by Micaiah Carter for Allure Magazine October 2020 Best Beauty

Selena Gomez by Micaiah Carter for Allure Magazine October 2020 Best Beauty

Selena Gomez covers the October 2020 ‘Best in Beauty’ issue of Allure U.S. Photographer Micaiah Carter (IG) captures the fashion looks from Balenciaga, Fe Noel, Laquan Smith (cover), Romeo Hunte and Pyer Moss T-shirt ‘VOTE OR DIE’ (Bravo!) styled by Arianne Phillips./ Makeup: Selena Gomez with direction from Hung Vanngo; hair by Marissa Marino

Jessica Chai narrates the interview for a fashion story in which Selena definitely seems to channel her inner Frida Khalo.

Note: See brief introduction to Micaiah Carter in The New Black Vanguard Aperture Foundation video end of story.

Selena Gomez Reborn by Lachlan Bailey for WSJ Magazine February 2020

Selena Gomez Reborn by Lachlan Bailey for WSJ Magazine February 2020

Selena Gomez is styled by George Cortina in images by Lachlan Bailey for WSJ Magazine’s Talents & Legends February 2020 issue, on newsstands Saturday, January 10th./ Hair by Recine; makeup by Kanako Takase

In advance of her highly anticipated album ‘Rare’ which drops Friday, Selena Gomez expresses a mature clarity about her mental health journey.

“I had low self-esteem, and that’s something I work on continuously. But I feel so empowered because I’ve gained so much knowledge about what was going on mentally,” says Gomez. “My highs were really high, and my lows would take me out for weeks at a time.”

Selena Gomez Covers InStyle US September 2017 Fashion Issue, Lensed By Phil Poynter

Selena Gomez Covers InStyle US September 2017 Fashion Issue, Lensed By Phil Poynter AOC Fashion

Pop superstar Selena Gomez covers the September 2017 fashion issue of InStyle US, styled by Kate Young in Miu Miu, Alexander McQueen, Coach 1941, Louis Vuitton, Dolce & Gabbana. Fashion photographer Phil Poynter flashes Gomez, who is interviewed by Laura Brown, who describes Gomez:

Gomez has a particularly potent power: Her celebrity comes not just from what she creates, how she looks, and whom she dates but from how she has suffered and how she has picked herself up. She is not a great advocate of the kind of childhood fame she experienced on the Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place. “I think it is really dysfunctional to be in this industry at a young age where you’re figuring out who you are. I don’t recommend it.”

Gomez also talks with joy about her adult relationship -- as opposed to being Justin Bieber's fan girl -- with The Weeknd, who has his own celebrity gaggle on the cover of Harper's Bazaar US's September fashion issue.