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more about #magazinecovers LaComtesse: According to this link ([www.msnbc.msn.com]), there is no interview with Dugard. "Dugard was not interviewed by the magazine, although people close ... more » hortense: This is going to sound a bit dark, but I'm curious as to how her photo today would match up with an age progression photo put out by the police. I'm a... more » marshmallory: I'm really interested in reading this interview. She looks happy and well-adjusted in the picture, and I've heard good things about her reintegrating ... more » morninggloria: She looks a little bit like Jodie Foster, yes? /shallow more » FormerEnglishMajor: Whoever Garrido's public defender is, I don't know how he will be able to refrain from puking each time he sees his client. more » Cher_Horowitz: Something about putting her on the cover of a celebrity gossip rag feels wrong and exploitative to me. I may be wrong, but it just weirds me out. more » s.s.blackorchid: Why do women's magazines show girls. Period. As a 99% straight woman, if you want to market a magazine to me, a bikini clad woman won't do it. more » Bunsen Honeydew: Christian may offend some stay-at-home moms with her generalizations about women who "don't work" (and she does apologize for this) Staying at home r... more » SylvanSylph: The definition of "work" here confuses me. Fancy ladymags, when you decide to move from idle glamorpusses to frazzled grad students, you can find me ... more » odinsraven: I'm stuck in a bit of rabbit hole on this one. The examples listed - Lauren Conrad, Jessica Simpson, Kardashians - all work. And I'm not talking abo... more » BetteD: Well, a huge portion of Americans are unemployed at the moment. Stars...they're just like us? more » sybann: Because we working women are just a blur... meee-meeeeep! *woooooooosh* more » lucyjae: My aunt tried to start a regional women's magazine when she lived in Virginia, it ended up tanking, but mostly because her male partner embezzled from... more » Chamalla,barren crone: After scanning the blurbs, I'd say the lady is the least worrisome item on this cover. more » cait98: I'm not sure I'd feel better to see "working" actresses as opposed to "not-as-working" actresses. Either way, these people are celebrities who spend ... more » JerseyGrrrl: Sometimes I think these mags are catering to the lowest common denominator. They're "mainstream" in every sense and they know many of their readers ar... more » nora charles: I'm going with "media naivete" on this one. Most of these women have reality shows constructed around the idea that they "don't work." That does not m... more » MizJenkins: The entire content of these magazines is nothing but shallowness and frivolity. You may not be able to judge a book by its cover, but when it comes to... more » Yahtzii: Okay, I'm not exactly Jessica Simpson's biggest fan, but, hello, she works. She stars in shitty movies, puts out terrible country albums, performs, to... more » valleyval: In other words..."GIRL you bettah WORK!" more » -
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"I'm So Happy To Be Back With My Family"
People magazine has released the first photo of Jaycee Dugard since her rescue. The issue, which hits newsstands Friday, includes an interview with Dugard's family about her recovery and her new life. [People, MSNBC] -
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Why Do Women's Magazines Pick Cover Girls Who "Don't Work?"
Aymar Jean Christian of SpliceToday has a bone to pick with tabloids and women's magazines: their covers are plastered with "Lauren Conrad, Jessica Simpson, and the Kardashian sisters," and "these women don't work!"
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#halloweenhorrors
Dress Up As The Photoshopped Magazine Cover Version Of Yourself
The new Halloween costumes at left let you put your face on the cover of a magazine. It's a great disguise, since cover models' images are so digitally altered we can't tell who is on them anyway! [Random Good Stuff] -
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First Black Vogue Cover Model Looks Back
Thirty-five years ago this month, Beverly Johnson — photographed by the legendary Francesco Scavullo — landed the cover of Vogue. It was August 1974 and she was the magazine's first black cover model. Johnson tells the L.A. Times' Caroline Ryder: More » -
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When Nudity Is "Fashion"
Blogger Hayley Elisabeth Kaufman has a post [link possibly NSFW] on Refinery 29 about fashion magazines that offer eroticism with style. She writes: More » -
#inmemoriam
Naomi Sims, 1948-2009: From Foster Care To Fashion Mags
Naomi Sims, the first black model on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal in November 1968, died over the weekend at the age of 61. Her obituaries reveal a classic American rags-to-riches tale:
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By The Numbers
Angelina Jolie, Victoria Beckham and Lauren Conrad were among the celebs whose faces graced the most-sold magazines last year. Some of the worst-selling issues featured Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Carrie Underwood, and Rachel Weisz. [WWD] -
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The April Elle: To Be A Genius Is To Be Privileged, Expensive
The "Genius Issue" of Elle has hit newsstands—-and no, it's not full of Mensa members in Missoni—-just strange fashion, insecurity increasing beauty and of course, cover lies!
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#weightyissues
Girls Who Think They're Fat Want To Kill Themselves
Researchers have found that girls who think they are fat are more suicidal. More »
