women's magazines

[blunt_trauma]

i can't remember the last time i bought one. must be years.
but these days i see a lot of covers like this,
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_fQJt8tuVzIY/SxEz0B8yrpI/AAAAAAAAABE/75AOCo9fjPE/s1600/Heat.jpg
half the mags on the rack seem to picture zoom lens aided slating of women's bodies as front page news. celebs get cellulite!!!! urm... ok.
the rest seems to be misery porn. my uncle raped my dog. my brother mutilated my toes whilst high on nutmeg. i nearly died from an allergic reaction to gum. that kinda deal.

don't expect this post to go anywhere. it's 2:15am.

 

[richard_daily]

I wonder if magazines like this are cause, or effect?

 

[Byron In Exile]

don't expect this post to go anywhere. it's 2:15am.

Just because Greenwich set itself at zero degrees longitude doesn't mean that you people have a right to say what time it is.

It is now 6:19pm.

And that's a fact.

Also, it rained earlier.

 

[blunt_trauma]

I wonder if magazines like this are cause, or effect?

or both.
it's fucking depressing is what it is!

Also, it rained earlier.

you got somethng right

 

[Byron In Exile]

you got somethng right

Don't patronize me.

I know all about your idea that we're living on some sort of rotating globe that swings around a ball of fire.

What I don't know is who planted this ridiculous idea in your head.

 

[blunt_trauma]

Don't patronize me.

I know all about your idea that we're living on some sort of rotating globe that swings around a ball of fire.

What I don't know is who planted this ridiculous idea in your head.

the other man did it.

 

[Byron In Exile]

the other man did it.

So you know it's not true?

 

[CandiCame]

I used to read Gothic Beauty, thinking I could get CD beauty tips. Turns out it was less "gothic beauty" and more "ad space for emo bands" so I quit reading it. I read Bust though. I thought it was a craft zeen but I got kind addicted to it even after finding out it wasn't. I'll read an issue of Cosmo once every year or so, just to make sure it's still the same. It is. Every issue is the same. Guy zeens are just as retarded though. They do no market research at all- like GQ is all articles that are thinly veiled ads for whatever company is obviously paying them off. It's ridiculous. It may be why their medium is dieing.

 

[warrior queen]

OMG, I have never been one to read women's mags!
How unutterably dull are they!

Once in a while, I will read a muscle car magazine.

 

[blunt_trauma]

So you know it's not true?

nuh uh.

I used to read Gothic Beauty, thinking I could get CD beauty tips. Turns out it was less "gothic beauty" and more "ad space for emo bands" so I quit reading it. I read Bust though. I thought it was a craft zeen but I got kind addicted to it even after finding out it wasn't. I'll read an issue of Cosmo once every year or so, just to make sure it's still the same. It is. Every issue is the same. Guy zeens are just as retarded though. They do no market research at all- like GQ is all articles that are thinly veiled ads for whatever company is obviously paying them off. It's ridiculous. It may be why their medium is dieing.

men's mags are, weirdly enough, usually more respectful to women. yes they reduce women to meat sometimes but, unlike womens mags, they don't take glee in tearing them to pieces afterwards.

OMG, I have never been one to read women's mags!
How unutterably dull are they!

Once in a while, I will read a muscle car magazine.

new scientist is the only thing i ever seem to buy.

 

[tactful]

So, it's not a gun thread, eh.

 

[unregistered]

 

[CaudaLinea]

Ugh! Proud to say I have never read a Cosmo. I won't read any of that crap. So vapid and it seems so pointless. I like media with some balls. I used to subscribe to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, but I only buy them on occasion now because the time I have left for media is pretty limited.

I have a hardcore obsession with food mags and will never stop reading those. I get Cook's Illustrated, Cook's Country, Fine Cooking and Sunset.

 

[warrior queen]

Ugh! Proud to say I have never read a Cosmo. I won't read any of that crap. So vapid and it seems so pointless. I like media with some balls. I used to subscribe to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, but I only buy them on occasion now because the time I have left for media is pretty limited.

I have a hardcore obsession with food mags and will never stop reading those. I get Cook's Illustrated, Cook's Country, Fine Cooking and Sunset.

I used to buy cooking magazines, but since I got my tablet, I now just google if I'm looking for info or a recipe.
Every birthday and christmas I get cookbooks from the family though, so even google doesn't get used much.

 

[CaudaLinea]

I used to buy cooking magazines, but since I got my tablet, I now just google if I'm looking for info or a recipe.
Every birthday and christmas I get cookbooks from the family though, so even google doesn't get used much.

I have somewhere around 300 cookbooks, so I am set in that regard, but the problem with googling recipes is that you don't necessarily know if the recipe has been tested or if it will work. Cooking magazines are stellar for kitchen testing everything. Magazines also are curated volumes full of topical stories that make for interesting reading and come with volumes of recipes related to each topic. You can find that in abstract ways in scattered places on the net, but I prefer the structure, depth and credentials of professional food writers.

 

[IndieSnob]

Ugh! Proud to say I have never read a Cosmo. I won't read any of that crap. So vapid and it seems so pointless. I like media with some balls. I used to subscribe to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone, but I only buy them on occasion now because the time I have left for media is pretty limited.

I have a hardcore obsession with food mags and will never stop reading those. I get Cook's Illustrated, Cook's Country, Fine Cooking and Sunset.

Busted!

Rolling Stone?!?!

First you don't respond to my text, then this. I'm heartbroken.

 

[CandiCame]

I used to buy cooking magazines, but since I got my tablet, I now just google if I'm looking for info or a recipe.
Every birthday and christmas I get cookbooks from the family though, so even google doesn't get used much.

I haven't read a zeen since I got my tablet either. Internet killed the printed word. Thank god. Poor trees. I like my tablet because it's green as fuck. Even my carrying case is made out of recycled coke bottles.

Now, if only I knew a company who made them without child labor. Does bamboo? If I get this job tomorrow, I'm thinking of saving up for a bamboo tablet, if it really is cruelty free.

*realizes the irony of having the Once-Ler as his icon*

 

[Saint Peter]

Penthouse has always been my favorite women's mag. Hustler is up there. Playboy just does not give me enough goodies.

 

[CaudaLinea]

Busted!

Rolling Stone?!?!

First you don't respond to my text, then this. I'm heartbroken.

I did respond to your text! .... only five hours later. Sorry! Work was mega busy. In fact, I am still working right now, just from my couch. Fuuuuuuuuuck.

Wtf is wrong with Rolling Stone? I admit to ditching it after it shrunk and they lost some good staffers, but that magazine has had some fantastically reported environmental pieces. Just ignore the Stephen Glass era. Ugh.

 

[IndieSnob]

I did respond to your text! .... only five hours later. Sorry! Work was mega busy. In fact, I am still working right now, just from my couch. Fuuuuuuuuuck.

Wtf is wrong with Rolling Stone? I admit to ditching it after it shrunk and they lost some good staffers, but that magazine has had some fantastically reported environmental pieces. Just ignore the Stephen Glass era. Ugh.

I had my phone on vibrate.



OK, I admit sometimes Rolling Stone had good non-musical writing, but as a music rag it's mostly sucked ass.

 

[CaudaLinea]

I had my phone on vibrate.



OK, I admit sometimes Rolling Stone had good non-musical writing, but as a music rag it's mostly sucked ass.

Does anyone even read it for music news? I liked the musician profiles and the political and environmental reporting was pretty decent. I don't recall ever really reading it for music fodder.

 

[IndieSnob]

Does anyone even read it for music news? I liked the musician profiles and the political and environmental reporting was pretty decent. I don't recall ever really reading it for music fodder.

Back home it was treated as the bible of music.

Now I'm indicting myself even more in saying I was accusing you of the same thing.

So how about I just go hide my face in the corner and eat my dinner.

 

[CaudaLinea]

Back home it was treated as the bible of music.

Now I'm indicting myself even more in saying I was accusing you of the same thing.

So how about I just go hide my face in the corner and eat my dinner.

What's for dinner?

 

[IndieSnob]

What's for dinner?

Well, since I've already made a fool of myself, I'll have you laugh at my idea of dinner as well.

Chilli, rice, cheese and salsa poured over warmed tortillas.

 

[CaudaLinea]

Well, since I've already made a fool of myself, I'll have you laugh at my idea of dinner as well.

Chilli, rice, cheese and salsa poured over warmed tortillas.

Hey, I had frozen yogurt and a Cadbury cream egg for dinner. Your dinner sounds awesome.