tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post7600707497163768338..comments2023-05-14T03:03:09.451-05:00Comments on Female Impersonator: A Feminist Tour of Cosmopolitan: July Issue 2008Ameliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-17698812748386033522008-07-08T07:23:00.000-05:002008-07-08T07:23:00.000-05:00I find that my ideal magazine would contain things...I find that my ideal magazine would contain things I see online every day. I don't need magazines with the internet!<BR/><BR/>I, too, would have no airbrushed pictures. There would be features on just how it's done. There would not always be a bloody woman on the cover. Why is it that men's magazines have women on the cover, and women's magazines also have women on the cover? Maybe we could have something else for a change, like a piece of art or something. I'd like articles that surprised me.<BR/><BR/>* It would always have something about foreign people, perhaps an article on women in Iran or dissidents in China.<BR/><BR/>* It would not only focus on girlfriend/boyfriend relationships, but on all kinds of love WITHOUT labelling them. I do not believe in labelling your love, really. It would have articles about how things have changed over the years and street surveys on society's attitudes towards things that matter.<BR/><BR/>* It would run articles and interviews with women doing things usually done by men: women in comedy, women directing, etc. It would also have articles questioning mainstream culture, such as whether cheerleading was degrading or empowering to women, why there are more women going into the science and medicine courses but less coming out the other end, articles about whether we should buy cheap clothes from the high street or whether it's more ethical to go second hand.<BR/><BR/>I can think of hundreds of things I'd rather read than Cosmo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-18326279573263957162008-07-08T03:29:00.000-05:002008-07-08T03:29:00.000-05:00My ideal magazine wouldn't focus specifically on "...My ideal magazine wouldn't focus specifically on "gender issues" or be hawked to one narrowly-defined group belonging to one narrowly-defined sex category. I never did understand the idea of creating magazines FOR women or men. The category of "woman" or "man" isn't all-inclusive and periodicals marketed to one or the other tend to play into this "us against them" mentality. <BR/><BR/>The subject and content is what matters most to me. A magazine on parenting and pregnancy, while popular with women primarily, need not exclude men from its readership. Same goes for dating or fashion or photography or anything else under the sun. These aren't "gender issues" per se and need be marketed as such.<BR/><BR/>But then again, I rarely read magazines. The Skeptic is one I do recommend and Reason has some good articles. Fashion and so-called women's magazines do nothing for me personally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-30262028849423616812008-07-07T22:21:00.000-05:002008-07-07T22:21:00.000-05:00amelia, i think having your blog is the first step...amelia, i think having your blog is the first stepAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-35070879586017421552008-07-07T21:31:00.000-05:002008-07-07T21:31:00.000-05:00That would be incredibly awesome. But I have no id...That would be incredibly awesome. But I have no idea how! Do you, Lindsay?Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-67889420330832147782008-07-07T21:19:00.000-05:002008-07-07T21:19:00.000-05:00Start your own online magazine and do just that. ...Start your own online magazine and do just that. You could even do a hard copy issue and distribute it around to whomever wants it. <BR/><BR/>Seriously!lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285797515594923013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-36047838539831508652008-07-07T21:03:00.000-05:002008-07-07T21:03:00.000-05:00Kate, I adore thee. But I always have.I was totall...Kate, I adore thee. But I always have.<BR/><BR/>I was totally reading that very same magazine a few minutes ago when I was on the exercise bike. Good golly. You mentioned a lot of the things that really irked me about it.<BR/><BR/>My ideal magazine (and I would love to try this! Or my own newspaper, at least) first of all, would contain absolutely no airbrushed pictures. Not at all, unless done as satire to point out the absurdities of the practice.<BR/><BR/>It would also include body/sex advice, but instead of focusing on the heteronormative "How to please your man" stuff, and the "Your body is hideous unless it's a size -12" junk, it would be useful information, and it <B>would absolutely not</B> assume that every reader has vast stores of sexual/body knowledge. I know a lot of women are shamed into ignorance about their bodies, and I would try to correct that through my ideal magazine.<BR/><BR/>It would also feature real women making a real difference. And I would love it to have contributions from readers. I'm not just talking "OMG this is my embarrassing story" type stuff. I mean real stories (fiction or non), real questions, real answers from REAL women readers.<BR/><BR/>Ah, the list could go on.<BR/><BR/>Great post, Kate!Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-65922975999195479412008-07-07T18:52:00.000-05:002008-07-07T18:52:00.000-05:00Then “The Hottest Words to Say During Sex” tells w...<I>Then “The Hottest Words to Say During Sex” tells women what to say when they orgasm, so men will know they’ve done a good job. Okay…</I><BR/><BR/>If someone feels the urge to say things during sex, I'm sure they don't need a magazine article to tell them what to say. Stupid Cosmo. <BR/><BR/>I used to love Cosmo and would overlook its frequent non-feminist aspects (like focusing on male pleasure during sex, which is so heteronormative itself), but after that whole "gray rape" debacle, I've sworn it off. I should have gotten a subscription to Bitch just to offset the money I used to spend on it. <BR/><BR/>Love love love this, Kate.lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285797515594923013noreply@blogger.com