What Magazines Tell Us
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Like so many other women, I have a copy of this month’s Glamour Magazine. It wasn’t by choice, for me, since Jane magazine is no longer being published and that’s what my subscription was for, but I digress.
I’m going to point out what the 341 pages of the monthly periodical has this month:
- an obviously photo-shopped cover-photo of Ugly Betty’s America Ferrera, with a headline of, “Surprise! She’s a bombshell (and you can be one too)”
- a cover-headline of, “1st Annual Figure-Flattery Issue!”
- another headline, “101 ways to dress your body better”
- another weight loss article
- three recipes.
Advertisements:
- At least 131 advertisments, not including the classifieds section;
- 1 for Dove Soap;
- 1 for Cigarettes
- 3 for birth control;
- 1 for conception aides;
- 8 of food items;
- 8 for diet aide, breast enhancement or other figure “perfecting” product.
Images:
- 18 women who were of average or over-average size, including three of the same woman during pregnancy;
- 63 women who were very thin or had bodies typically-unattainable for most women;
- 23 scantily-clad, naked or lingerie-clothed women.
What did this tell me? Sex with skinny chicks sells and I need to buy low-calorie foods while wearing diamond-encrusted platinum.
What does your magazine rack tell you?
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