tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post5272560296303791025..comments2024-01-05T14:01:30.024-08:00Comments on useless beauty: A rant and a recipe FOR PIESusiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05664454336482695288noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-21159930367098371352011-06-15T12:29:28.486-07:002011-06-15T12:29:28.486-07:00Oh so good to hear Susan Faludi namechecked - I wo...Oh so good to hear Susan Faludi namechecked - I work with a lot of people who think that Feminism is a) about hating men and b) not needed any more because everything's okay now! Where do I start....? Yes, magazines very dangerous for my self-esteem too, and soooo seductive sometimes - if I read too many its very easy to lose track of what really matters and start to believe that lipstick colour is important!yvettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-67950007499247869042011-06-14T20:06:42.321-07:002011-06-14T20:06:42.321-07:00These days I subscribe to Vogue Knitting, Interwea...These days I subscribe to Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, and Quilt... And they never make me bad about myself. I can feel bad about myself without paying for the print version, and besides isn't that what my mother-in-law is for?Marushka C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15501083029600186860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-84377183658470276512011-06-14T10:19:41.409-07:002011-06-14T10:19:41.409-07:00Moncalf, I don't mind a few petty trivialities...Moncalf, I don't mind a few petty trivialities myself. I don't know what I want from magazines really: something funny, nice pics, ideas, a bit of inspiration? I don't know. You can get it all on the internet but I still like a physical magazine to flip through, I'm a throwback ;-).<br /><br />Ironically this magazine also has an article on Why Women Always Feel Guilty. So now we can feel guilty about feeling guilty as well. It's tucked in there next to the adverts for laxatives and vibrators, I don't know who the target reader is!<br /><br />Into the recycling it goes ;-). I'm going to explore indie magazines, is there such a thing?<br /><br />(Rachel, I'm very worried about you. If you've never read one of these magazines how do you know you're not eating bananas when they've got 5 more calories and that you're exfoliating the right bits? You'll all be telling me you're not considering cosmetic labioplasty next. Yes indeed there is an article O_O).Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664454336482695288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-21568365264373635062011-06-14T09:12:28.917-07:002011-06-14T09:12:28.917-07:00Your blog makes me laugh. I love it!Your blog makes me laugh. I love it!French Nannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00750253554082096392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-2471044483990801212011-06-14T04:50:39.359-07:002011-06-14T04:50:39.359-07:00I couldn't agree more. I think most magazines ...I couldn't agree more. I think most magazines are poison mixed in with advertising. They are largely dictated to by the brands they need to keep them afloat. I loathe themA Playful Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09360882534286079210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-1176568588246272982011-06-14T04:34:23.602-07:002011-06-14T04:34:23.602-07:00oh good grief!!!!
I thought the magazines I read...oh good grief!!!! <br /><br />I thought the magazines I read were full of petty trivialities (and indeed they are for that is what magazines are for in my opinion. If I want to learn something worthy (maybe instruction on grammar and the proper use of punctuation) then I will buy a book) but that magazine takes the biscuit. The guilty biscuit.mooncalfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01150392487909235200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-39843018226493008372011-06-13T14:23:04.557-07:002011-06-13T14:23:04.557-07:00Those magazines have a lot to answer for! Their pe...Those magazines have a lot to answer for! Their persistent attacks on women's self esteem is so heinous as to make their endless promotion of consumerism seen almost insignificant. It's not just women's magazines though - even nice gardening mags in which Dave Hamilton tells you how to protect your seeds from mice and magpies, even they have pages devoted to buying stuff, and I don't just mean the adverts.<br /><br />and... breathe. Sorry for going off on a tangential rant, but I've successfully avoided women's magazines for so long (I honestly can't remember buying one - ever) that their crimes pass me by.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619866897155085499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-12273286701453641202011-06-13T13:24:44.535-07:002011-06-13T13:24:44.535-07:00you forgot to say... AND FEEL GUILTY
great indict...you forgot to say... AND FEEL GUILTY<br /><br />great indictment of the Wimmen's mags. Yuck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-1847185135435296992011-06-13T12:38:16.358-07:002011-06-13T12:38:16.358-07:00I stopped reading those magazines because I realiz...I stopped reading those magazines because I realized that I would finish one thinking that £1400 was a perfectly reasonable price for a handbag.<br />Of course, given a copy of Selvedge...Lienhttp://platinumknits.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-7958054202511041802011-06-13T12:27:24.327-07:002011-06-13T12:27:24.327-07:00I too have teeny strawberries (no, that's not ...I too have teeny strawberries (no, that's not a euphemism). They're delicious, if weeny...<br /><br />And yes, you're absolutely ABSOLUTELY right about the magazine thing. Drives me up the wall. Or it would if I ever read that sort of thing. Though I do like the sound of those *other* magazines - you know, the ones with the masking tape and old knickers... Tell me more...Maria Snoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971721308549315776.post-12810595999315442622011-06-13T11:26:08.153-07:002011-06-13T11:26:08.153-07:00Wow, yes- reading those kinds of magazines is a wa...Wow, yes- reading those kinds of magazines is a waste of time and sanity. I stay away, too. <br /><br />Women, as a collective, don't need magazines to tell them what to worry about, what's important, etc. We are not stupid. Unless we write for said magazines... then... well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com