From Drew Barrymore and and Ellen Page locking lips to "Stiletto Stoners" the October issue seems full of scandal and intrigue. But as usual, we find there's not much below the surface.

According to Marie Claire, Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page "can't keep their hands off each other"; there's even a pullquote from Barrymore calling Page "sexy as a mother". And that's about it. This portrayal of "besties as lezzies" seems a little more fit for Maxim, no? The rest of the magazine is full of the usual items you'd expect: angry women after discount plastic surgery, ankle boots, eyeshadow, mohair, and the obligatory feature on women abroad and how hard it is to be them. Below, the usual cliches and coverline lies.

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