Only you can save yourself from vapid mindlessness
Any magazines that feature a story on how to love yourself at any size and then on the next page tell you how to loose ten pounds in two weeks should set off the bull-shit warning in the mind of any person who still has one or two neurons firing in their brain. Cosmo, Elle, Glamour. I dislike reading magazines that promote ugly, overpriced clothing, insipid designers and eating disorders.
The Gentlewoman is a new lady’s mag that premiered on March 22nd. The magazine is geared towards a retro-modern style with a witty sense of humor. A wide range of body types are used to model clothing in a mater of fact way. No special “Curves Issue”. No “We included some fatties just like you!”.
The first edition includes an article on vintage undergarments and one on napping. NAPPING! If this mag could provide me with cake as well I would declare it my new god.
Other great alternative magazines are Worn and Lula. Modern, intelligent, stylish women of mental substance deserve better than the puke fest offered by the mainstream magazines that call to us with their sirens songs whilst we are in the beauty parlor or sending in line at the grocery.
April 15th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
I couldn’t agree with you more! Whenever I pick up a magazine such as Glamour, Cosmo, Elle, and the like (usually while in some waiting room) I search through it feverishly looking for something of substance (or at least “heavier” fluff) but am always left wanting… I’d prefer Golf Digest or AARP to women’s magazines… LoL!
April 16th, 2010 at 7:38 am
I’m usually pretty angry and/or in pain when I’m at the doctor’s waiting room office. Having to read ladymag fluff makes me feel even stabbier. I don’t need a magazine to tell me I’m fat and have bad skin and my hair is a mess and I don’t know how to put on makeup and I’m somehow lacking as a human because I don’t own and can’t afford any of the clothing and accessories that they feature. I’ll have to try that AARP mag next time.