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AllyOops! · 06-10-2005, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812

My mom gifted me with Jane, which used to be a somewhat charming girlie rag, complete with vibrator comparison shopping and semi-serious articles about female castration amidst the drivel. Now it's about as utter crap as crap mags can get, and I hate it.

BUST comes out with a quarterly issue, so I just buy them as they come out; that magazine is my DREAM magazine. Amy Sedaris was featured in the last issue.

I used to subscribe to Jane years ago, and I used to love it! It was so unique and informative. I picked it up at the newsstand not too long ago and found myself thinking, "what happened?" (Except for the article written by actor Michael Rappaport on his ex-roomie, actress Natasha Lyonne being wonkier then a bag of hammers. I read part of the article, glossy eyed, at the newsstand.)

And I love Bust.

Today, I hit my favorite newsstand in Studio City and left with..
Us
Star
In Touch
Life & Style
Celebrity Living

Then, I hit Starbucks for an iced coffee, making a beeline for my bed at home. I've been buried in pillows reading all of the same articles (Lindsay vs. Jessica!) and enjoying Britney's pregnancy photos.

Tref · 06-10-2005, 05:27 PM

I think Ranger Rick magazine may have been my first subscription ever. I still have my official RR club card, too. Way back in '72 I also used to get Disneyland magazine, too. Remember that one? The front covers were the best thing about them -- great, high color, original artwork. I still have a big stack of 'em somewhere in storage*

Prudence · 06-10-2005, 10:05 PM

Okay -- this is actually a serious question.

I'm trying to be slightly less androgynous and more like an actual girl. I haven't read a chick magazine since I was probably 15. Well, I read one bridal magazine when I got engaged and then decided that was a task best left to my mother.

Are there any good magazines for females that won't make me depressed because the way to happiness is to be a size 4 or, conversely, fill my world with 30-minute casseroles? I just want to know what to wear and put on my face or whatever so I look somewhat like the other people in this world.

MickeyD · 06-10-2005, 10:29 PM

I have more subscriptions than I should, I love magazines!

I subscribe to:
Sports Illustrated
Espn the Magazine
Entertainment Weekly (which I don't think I've gotten in a couple weeks, crap, gotta look into it...it usually automatically renews)
In Style
Real Simple

@ work I subscribe to:
America
U.S. Catholic

Magazine subscriptions take up quite a bit of space on my Amazon wishlist too....there's about 20 more magazines I wish I got....

wendybeth · 06-10-2005, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

Okay -- this is actually a serious question.

I'm trying to be slightly less androgynous and more like an actual girl. I haven't read a chick magazine since I was probably 15. Well, I read one bridal magazine when I got engaged and then decided that was a task best left to my mother.

Are there any good magazines for females that won't make me depressed because the way to happiness is to be a size 4 or, conversely, fill my world with 30-minute casseroles? I just want to know what to wear and put on my face or whatever so I look somewhat like the other people in this world.

So far, the closest I've seen is Atlantic Monthly.

There is a serious dearth of such a mag out there- our shop subscribed to Mode, which our clients loved, but it went out of publication.

It was a mag designed for size 12 and up, but there was no real harping on the weight issue- it really was designed for the average woman. Jane was sort of good as well, until it got weird. I guess the closest thing now is Redbook, which in no way fits the bill. They are either about size zero coutere, or haute cuisine, or both. (Which is odd, given that to wear the one, you must forego the other..) I gave up on mags a while ago- I now just pay attention to our industry trend mags and such.

Gn2Dlnd · 06-11-2005, 02:17 AM

When I do subscribe, it's to the New Yorker and Harper's. Currently, nothing except the triple A magazine. Slate online seems to fit the bill just fine.

Tref · 06-11-2005, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Gn2Dlnd

When I do 'scribe, it's to the New Yorker and Harper's. Currently, nothing except the triple A magazine.

You, suh, are so bourgeois. What with your corn cob pipe and your triple A. I 'spect you drink your lemonade with a little umbrella in it.

Gn2Dlnd · 06-11-2005, 05:21 PM

Indeed, my dear boy. On the day the delightful photograph by which you know me was taken, I was, in fact, suffering from umbrella eye. A malady for which, alas, there is no cure.

Matterhorn Fan · 06-12-2005, 08:34 AM

The key is to put your paper umbrella in your hair behind your ear while you finish your drink. I used this strategy most festively in the Tiki Room once.

And then remembered that I had a paper umbrella in my hair when it scraped against the roof of the car when I was getting in after I'd put gas in the car . . .

. . . in Santa Clarita.

Good times.

06-10-2005, 05:27 PM	#22
Tref Not Tref Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,188	I think Ranger Rick magazine may have been my first subscription ever. I still have my official RR club card, too. Way back in '72 I also used to get Disneyland magazine, too. Remember that one? The front covers were the best thing about them -- great, high color, original artwork. I still have a big stack of 'em somewhere in storage* __________________ Tref3.0 Listen in aural 3-D to Pop's muzak! (New songs added semi-bi-daily) j & j Did you know that Emas eht yltcaxe is exactly the same spelled backwards?! Last edited by Tref : 06-10-2005 at 05:30 PM. Reason: storage = mama's house.*
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06-10-2005, 10:05 PM	#23
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	Okay -- this is actually a serious question. I'm trying to be slightly less androgynous and more like an actual girl. I haven't read a chick magazine since I was probably 15. Well, I read one bridal magazine when I got engaged and then decided that was a task best left to my mother. Are there any good magazines for females that won't make me depressed because the way to happiness is to be a size 4 or, conversely, fill my world with 30-minute casseroles? I just want to know what to wear and put on my face or whatever so I look somewhat like the other people in this world. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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06-10-2005, 10:29 PM	#24
MickeyD Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Mooby's Posts: 488	I have more subscriptions than I should, I love magazines! I subscribe to: Sports Illustrated Espn the Magazine Entertainment Weekly (which I don't think I've gotten in a couple weeks, crap, gotta look into it...it usually automatically renews) In Style Real Simple @ work I subscribe to: America U.S. Catholic Magazine subscriptions take up quite a bit of space on my Amazon wishlist too....there's about 20 more magazines I wish I got.... __________________ Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
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06-11-2005, 02:17 AM	#26
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	When I do subscribe, it's to the New Yorker and Harper's. Currently, nothing except the triple A magazine. Slate online seems to fit the bill just fine. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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06-11-2005, 05:21 PM	#28
Gn2Dlnd Parmmadore Jim Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Casita del Queso Posts: 3,810	Indeed, my dear boy. On the day the delightful photograph by which you know me was taken, I was, in fact, suffering from umbrella eye. A malady for which, alas, there is no cure. __________________ Does anyone still wear a hat?
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06-12-2005, 08:34 AM	#29
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	The key is to put your paper umbrella in your hair behind your ear while you finish your drink. I used this strategy most festively in the Tiki Room once. And then remembered that I had a paper umbrella in my hair when it scraped against the roof of the car when I was getting in after I'd put gas in the car . . . . . . in Santa Clarita. Good times.
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