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    Image of Diziet_Sma Diziet_Sma
    01:08 PM

    In reply to Lara Stone Is A Living Doll On The Cover Of Love
    I picked up the last issue at the airport. It was supposed to be dedicated to young people doing interesting, creative things with their lives, but was full of celebrity spawn who basically go to lots of parties and hang out with the 'right' people, spouting vacuous inanities. The usual myth-making that goes on around the photogenic sons & daughters of privilege. I learned absolutely nothing of interest.

    And it thinks it's so rebellious and fresh. Please. There weren't even any good photographs in it. I was so disgusted I left it on the plane. Bloody expensive, too!
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    Image of polypam polypam
    02:12 PM

    @Diziet_Sma: I was so disappointed in this magazine for the same reasons you have just stated. The piece about the recession where they have "impoverished" girls (ie models, djs, prep school students) dressed up in $1000 jackets made my blood pressure go up. I sold my first two issues on eBay.

    Spend your money on Lula instead.
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    Image of ihateyourescalade ihateyourescalade
    12:32 PM

    In reply to Sex Sells: The Cosmo-fication Of Women's Health
    I think "nice person" is stretching it.
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    Image of ihateyourescalade ihateyourescalade
    12:28 PM

    In reply to Lara Stone Is A Living Doll On The Cover Of Love
    I am actually OK with this photo. The intention was to make her look superhuman and futuristic, no?
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    Image of Rare Affinity Rare Affinity
    11:48 AM

    In reply to Lara Stone Is A Living Doll On The Cover Of Love
    Perhaps they couldn't show nipples as this magazine is on general display in newsagents and nipples would get it relegated to the top shelf.
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    Image of Penny Penny
    11:47 AM

    In reply to Lara Stone Is A Living Doll On The Cover Of Love
    It's just because of the way it's shot, right? She looks like a scared deer.
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    Image of J.D.Regent J.D.Regent
    11:54 AM

    @Penny: yeah, but a scared deer who's about to do two grand of damage to your car.
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    Image of JLady JLady
    12/12/09

    In reply to Sex Sells: The Cosmo-fication Of Women's Health
    The only fitness mag worth reading is Runner's World IMO. It's got great fitness advice (not just for runners), really good recipes, and interesting feature stories. There's no sex advice, not beauty advice, and the only fashion they run is about shirts that won't stink too much after a long workout or which sports bra will keep you strapped in the best.
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    Image of andromache andromache
    12/12/09

    In reply to Sex Sells: The Cosmo-fication Of Women's Health
    I bought a Women's Health last month and tried to read it at the gym. I flipped through it and then just left it there. If I wanted to read about pleasing my man and looking skinny, I'd read Cosmo, or SELF, or Shape... Thankfully though, I have been reading Oxygen, which is a women's fitness magazine that actually focuses on... wait for it.... fitness! And working out! And eating properly to help fuel your fitness training! It's very informative in terms of new techniques for strength training and the latest research concerning health and fitness. Whenever I read Oxygen, I feel inspired; the women in the photos are strong and healthy with fantastic muscle tone, and the articles are all about how you can improve your fitness and health, not how you can get skinny and look pretty and please your man. Women's Health used to be like that, but not anymore. While Oxygen makes me feel like I can become a healthier person and reach my fitness goals, WH makes me feel like I'm fat and I don't wear enough makeup to the gym.
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    Image of iloveastone iloveastone
    12/12/09

    In reply to Sex Sells: The Cosmo-fication Of Women's Health
    Women's Health has been pretty terrible for as long as I can remember. Lots of their "success" stories have oft included slightly chubby people losing something like 60 pounds in 2 weeks. I've always found that I feel far shittier after reading this rag than SELF or even Vogue.
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    Image of Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin) Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin)
    12/11/09

    In reply to Sex Sells: The Cosmo-fication Of Women's Health
    Women's Health makes me feel awful about my body, much worse that Cosmo. At least with cosmo I don't care of expect to look like that, but I consider myself and athlete and definitely "Healthy" so I resent the total lookism dressed in a shroud of being down to earth.
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    Image of Hooplehead Hooplehead
    12/11/09

    In reply to Marie Claire: Natalie Portman On Muses, Schtupping Sean Penn
    All I have to say is that if I had the option of hanging out with Marjane Satrapi, Sean Penn wouldn't even register. She is beyond amazing.
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    Image of whynotshesaid whynotshesaid
    12/11/09

    In reply to Sex Sells: The Cosmo-fication Of Women's Health
    All of this is exactly why I canceled my subscription. The final straw was a story about the marriage secrets of the Obamas. Hello? I want sports and fitness information, not relationship advice from the First Lady!

    The only women's fitness magazine I ever read anymore is Her Muscle and Fitness, but even that is losing out to Stumptuous.
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    Image of BestEuphemismEver BestEuphemismEver
    12/11/09

    @whynotshesaid: Ever read Runner's World? I really like it for general health & fitness stuff, plus there is this, their (reportedly) most requested cover shot ever:
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    Image of whynotshesaid whynotshesaid
    12/11/09

    @BestEuphemismEver: I love Runners World! The husband and I are both distance runners, and it's practically our Bible. I haven't seen that cover before, though. It's fantastic. I can see why it's so requested!
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    Image of sequined sequined
    12/12/09

    @whynotshesaid: I adore Runner's World. I've been taking my friend's copies after she reads them, but I'm about to get my own subscription. I feel so ready to run and exercise whenever I read it!
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    Image of JLady JLady
    12/12/09

    @BestEuphemismEver: Clearly I should have scrolled down before I commented :)
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    Image of Red-headed bookworm Red-headed bookworm
    12/13/09

    @whynotshesaid: Have you read Oxygen Women's Fitness? It's pretty good.

    [www.oxygenmag.com]

    I get Women's Health, still, but I am disappointed in the changes to it. I'm thinking of not renewing it.
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    Image of randomnessish randomnessish
    12/11/09

    In reply to The Pros & Cons Of V Magazine's Plus-Size Issue
    Holy shit. Crystal Renn. Omg. So. Hot. I'm not a lesbian but I would not mind seeing that every day when I wake up in the morning.
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    Image of BetteD BetteD
    12/11/09

    @randomnessish: No shit. Jez Editors: If you want me to read the text of a post, you need to put that picture at the end. Otherwise I will never get to it, because I will have drowned in my own drool.
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    Image of randomnessish randomnessish
    12/11/09

    @BetteD: Haa! Or just make that the main picture for each post so I'll definitely click it--that's one way to up traffic. Better yet, it can be the main picture, the picture at the end, and they can just replace any other pictures throughout the post with THIS PICTURE.
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    Image of SUNNY1 SUNNY1
    12/11/09

    In reply to Marie Claire: Natalie Portman On Muses, Schtupping Sean Penn
    Natalie Portman: "Good girls" don't apologize for rapists.
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    Edited by SUNNY1 at 12/11/09 4:26 PM SUNNY1 was starred SUNNY1 was unstarred
    Image of Andalucía Andalucía
    12/11/09

    @SUNNY1: I never cared one way or another about her before, but now I just can't stand hearing about her. It's sickening to me.
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    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    12/11/09

    In reply to Sex Sells: The Cosmo-fication Of Women's Health
    I came home from work yesterday and in was in the reading room *cough*the shitter*cough* and found that Mr. Vivelafat had taken a black magic marker and written over the cover of all of my magazines. He wrote things like "I don't actually look like this" and "I'm photoshopped".
    It was the most romantic thing ever and it made me feel much better!
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    Image of Agent355 Agent355
    12/11/09

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Mr. Vivelafat sounds absolutely dreamy!! You are a lucky lady!
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    Image of RomanaTwo RomanaTwo
    12/11/09

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Cover Lies: the Man
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    Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. promoted this comment RomanaTwo was starred RomanaTwo was unstarred
    Image of Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny. Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.
    12/11/09

    @RomanaTwo: I suggest that everyone do it to their magazines. It really does take some of the sting out of "Eat, Drink and still Shrink," when someone has written "What about being MERRY!!! Can I still shrink??" next to it in black marker.
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    Image of ihateyourescalade ihateyourescalade
    12:34 PM

    @Vivelafat says Sweep the leg, Johnny.: Mr. Vivelafat is a keeper! Love it.
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    Image of Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd) Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
    12/11/09

    In reply to Sex Sells: The Cosmo-fication Of Women's Health
    True Story: I wrote an angry letter to Men's Health complaining about their sexist ad campaign. I never received a response, but a couple of months later Women's Health starting magically arriving in my mailbox, addressed to me. I now have to launch into a monthly rant about how sexy bikini bodies and the season's trendiest nailpolish have jack shit to do with actual women's health. (I do cut out some of the recipes, though.) After about a year of this I started magically receiving Shape magazine along with the Women's Health. Obviously these lady mags are just fucking with me at this point.
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    Image of LazyHippo LazyHippo
    12/11/09

    @Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): Did you subscribe to Men's Health originally? Having some knowledge of how magazine circulation works, I think it is very possible your letter had nothing to do with it. Magazines buy each others subscription lists and try them out all the time. I'm guessing Women's Health did a mailshot to some number of female subscribers to Men's Health.
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    Image of Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd) Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
    12/11/09

    @LazyHippo: Nope, I did not subscribe to any magazines at that time and hadn't for years.
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    Image of LazyHippo LazyHippo
    12/11/09

    @Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): If you ever subscribed to it, still possible. I bet when Women's Health started they were interested in all the women who used to subscribe to Men's Health and had stopped. Probably seemed like a promising group.
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    Image of Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd) Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
    12/11/09

    @LazyHippo: I never subscribed to Men's Health. I never purchased an issue of Men's Health. I never subscribed to any type of fitness magazine or lady mag.
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    Image of emistijl emistijl
    12/11/09

    @Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): I don't know why, but I laughed hysterically after reading this. I wonder, if I wrote a letter to Playboy...
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    Image of ImperfectLit.Woman ImperfectLit.Woman
    12/12/09

    @emistijl: I did too and I'm sitting here wondering what would happen if you did write to Playboy or Hustler.
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