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Down Under, two of the major teen magazines, rivals Dolly and Girlfriend, are banding together to fight government suggestions that the magazines come with "audience age recommendations," because of the sexually-explicit nature of their question-and answer-sections. According to the Daily Telegraph, "Tasmanian Senator Stephen Parry said he was concerned readers as young as 11 were writing in for answers to questions on anal and oral sex." (Because if they don't read the magazine, their questions will magically disappear, right?) Dolly editor Gemma Crisp told a government inquiry, "We see it as a service. It's our responsibility to provide the correct information rather than them (readers) saying to their 15-year-old friend, 'my boyfriend wants me to do this, how do I deal with it?'" We decided to see what kind of advice the American teen magazines are giving their readership. A look at sex coverage on the websites of Teen Vogue, Cosmo Girl, Elle Girl, YM and Seventeen, after the jump. More »
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Afraid your bum isn't as smooth as it could be? Have a posterior pimple that needs popping? Why not try butt facials! Ellegirl is reporting on a supposed new trend of ass-prettying procedures from a dermatologist whose clients include such mentally sound celebrities as Renee Zellweger and Ali Larter. One question: Why is Ellegirl reporting this one? Isn't this a magazine aimed at girls who lack the "maturity" to read Elle? Why are tweens hearing anything about facials, let alone ones that involve their asses? The only "trends" that Ellegirl should be reporting should be plastic hair accessories from Claire's (that Hillary Duff is so into right now!) and lycra tops from Wet Seal. Leave the semi-sexual gross out trends for those provincials at Cosmogirl. [Ellegirl Editor's Blog] More »
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