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Lady mags got you down? If so, you’ve got something in common with notorious Daily Mail columnist Liz Jones. Ms. Jones, who recently caused a stir with her confessional forays into “ anorexia journalism ,” has recently moved on from eating disorders and is now focusing on a semi-related topic: fashion magazines, publications where she once thrived as a staffer, which she now calls “patronizing, fake and pointless.” So it seems I have something in common with Jones, too. I grew up loving fashion magazines and spent most of my career working for them...
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Okay. Maybe I'm being ridiculous or it's very possible
I just don't get it. Why do fashion magazines, with the exception
of Vogue or Harpers
Bazar, put clothing on their models that are so
outrageously expensive, most mainstream women...
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As a young girl, I spent countless hours in front of the mirror practicing. Cheeks sucked in, lips in a flat line, I hoped someday to perfect the look I call the Ice Queen, also known as the B---- . Then, as now, it was featured in endless magazines and movies, and to my pliable young mind, that was... Read More »
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Who isn’t subject to little body image angst, right? Well, according to an article in the Spring issue of Ms. Magazine, body image issues among young women and girls are on the rise and mass media is to blame. In the article, Caroline Heldman, assistant professor of politics at Occidental College,... Read More »
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