I used to love reading Glamour magazine, as a young woman...probably read your articles never realizing I'd be in one of your classes in Mexico one day! I rarely read women's magazines now and only look at Vogue to laugh at the ridiculousness of some of the clothes they make models wear. (Do real humans ever wear those except during the Met Gala?)Thanks for another thoughtful, insightful essay. I always felt the same way you did...and don't get me started on pageants...those drive me insane. Maybe your next post?
All I ever wanted to do as a teenager was work at Mademoiselle.
I ended up decades later as managing editor at Mothering (talk about nightmare bosses! Fraudulent too… and the fashion sense was hemp and the dos and don’t’s? “Do co-sleep till your kid has a drivers license - don’t work outside the home if it means you must pump your milk.” Seriously, Laura, I had a rare lipid condition that made my breastmilk curdle upon refrigeration… obvs Jazzie rejected it. I contacted every LaLeche League I could find and they all told me to quit my job and stay home with the baby. You talk about classist, proto-Trad mom garbage!!! I wanted to write about this for Mothering but Peggy O’M rejected it, saying it would confuse their readers.)
All to say, Glamour it was NOT. God I miss journalism.
Great details about your positive experiences at Glamour and Vogue. But I think you might want to offer more evidence regarding how, in the present day, "the loss of women's magazines has contributed to increased misogyny and toxic masculinization of our culture." (Seems to me there are many, many larger contributors.) Maybe your next post? :)
Everything changes. Hopefully the best things will be reshaped into something newer and better, something that defies assumptions and accepts that women are individuals. Just an optimistic thought.
I used to love reading Glamour magazine, as a young woman...probably read your articles never realizing I'd be in one of your classes in Mexico one day! I rarely read women's magazines now and only look at Vogue to laugh at the ridiculousness of some of the clothes they make models wear. (Do real humans ever wear those except during the Met Gala?)Thanks for another thoughtful, insightful essay. I always felt the same way you did...and don't get me started on pageants...those drive me insane. Maybe your next post?
So glad the book you started then is out!
Me too!
All I ever wanted to do as a teenager was work at Mademoiselle.
I ended up decades later as managing editor at Mothering (talk about nightmare bosses! Fraudulent too… and the fashion sense was hemp and the dos and don’t’s? “Do co-sleep till your kid has a drivers license - don’t work outside the home if it means you must pump your milk.” Seriously, Laura, I had a rare lipid condition that made my breastmilk curdle upon refrigeration… obvs Jazzie rejected it. I contacted every LaLeche League I could find and they all told me to quit my job and stay home with the baby. You talk about classist, proto-Trad mom garbage!!! I wanted to write about this for Mothering but Peggy O’M rejected it, saying it would confuse their readers.)
All to say, Glamour it was NOT. God I miss journalism.
This is super sad to hear.
Great details about your positive experiences at Glamour and Vogue. But I think you might want to offer more evidence regarding how, in the present day, "the loss of women's magazines has contributed to increased misogyny and toxic masculinization of our culture." (Seems to me there are many, many larger contributors.) Maybe your next post? :)
Definitely one of many, many larger contributors, but a symptom nevertheless. Thanks, Cliff!
Everything changes. Hopefully the best things will be reshaped into something newer and better, something that defies assumptions and accepts that women are individuals. Just an optimistic thought.
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