<![CDATA[Jezebel: glossed over]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jezebel.com.png <![CDATA[Jezebel: glossed over]]> http://jezebel.com/tag/glossedover http://jezebel.com/tag/glossedover <![CDATA[Many Happy Returns]]> We've been remiss in not acknowledging the triumphant return of the writer behind the women's magazine-skewering blog Glossed Over, who is not only back (and newly-wedded) but as wonderfully bitchy as ever. Our favorite of her new posts is this take on the newest issue of Marie Claire: "Sure, magazines still offer some sliver of escapism, but reading the June issue of Marie Claire was like delving into a world that’s worse than the one I actually live in. They’ve dubbed this 'The Body Issue,' but really, it’s the bloody depressing issue. The intrepid staffers manage to put a negative slant on every single feature. It starts on the cover with this: 'Mighty Heidi Klum Recommends Sex in an Igloo.' So it’s not enough for her to be a successful, beauty-standard-setting Teutonic blonde, but now my sex life is inadequate too?". There's more to be found here: [Glossed Over]

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<![CDATA['Allure' Magazine's Not-So-Groundbreaking 'Investigation']]> The perpetually-peeved blogger over at at Glossed Over — "Vanity, Vitriol and Fashion Magazines" — has done what we have not: Called out the new issue of Allure for its ridiculous (or, considering Lindsay Lohan's latest troubles, prescient!) article on the "star party scene" in Hollywood, that is. Specifically, the "Glossed Over" gal describes writer Mary A. Fischer's 2-page story as "[not] quite Pulitzer-worthy (duh!) "downright lazy" (yes!) and "barely restrained" (huh?), adding, "The article fails to break any ground whatsoever, attempting to stun us with... facts that should be patently obvious to anyone over the age of 16 who's ever watched one measly episode of Access Hollywood." We couldn't agree more!

But even more helpful than the "Glossed Over" blogger articulating exactly what we'd been thinking is her lovely roundup of the Tinseltown drunks and addicts who make anonymous appearances in the Allure article, including:

a beautiful young starlet
a model who, before she cleaned up her act, ran in these circles
one celebrity party girl
a film editor (We say: no one cares.)
a high-profile celebrity
a well-known celebrity and two of her friends
Whoever could these people be? (Besides Lindsay Lohan and/or Nicole Richie). Let us know in the comments.

Shocking Allure Investigation Reveals That Stars Take Drugs [Glossed Over]

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<![CDATA[Snap Judgment: Anna Wintour Back To Putting Black Models Inside The Gatefold]]> (Vogue, May 2007)

[Image via Glossed Over via Confessions Of A Casting Director via Oh No They Didn't]

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<![CDATA[Brandon Holley's Apparently Controversial April Editor's Letter]]> Brandon Holley's April editor's letter in Jane is getting lots of play online today. WWD reports on changes to the magazine trumpeted in Holley's latest reader-directed missive, the reasons for Jane's falling newsstand stales last year (Holley says its due to magazine's price-raise from $1.99 to $2.99), and Holley's defense of the magazine's heightened focus on celebrity.

But bloggers, or, rather, a blogger, isn't having any of it. In her "Dear Brandon" response to Holley's April letter, the women's magazine blogger at Glossed Over takes the Jane editor to task for, among other things, putting Avril Lavigne on the cover, "pandering career advice" and Holley's inclusion of a poll asking L.A. women which celebrities their dogs most closely resemble personality-wise, saying: "...naturally, we thought Jane would seek out opinions on subjects that, oh, actually matter. ...[But the poll] is a terrible trifle to trot out as an example of the 'culture of women' the magazine claims to promote," writes Glossed Over. "Apparently modern women are defined not by their own personalities, but by the traits they conjure for their dogs."

We think that's taking it a little far but we also imagine that somewhere, Jane Pratt is grinning just a little bit right now. Although from what we hear, it's more likely that she's thinking about how she fucked Drew Barrymore.

Fresh Jane [WWD]
Dear Brandon: A Response To Jane's Editor [GlossedOver]
Jane Pratt Isn't The Type To Go Around Telling People She Fucked Drew Barrymore [Gawker]

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