Comments on Suburban Matron: Dear Conde Nast Publishing

After I read this, I was kind of looking forward t...

2009-12-29T23:42:39.639-05:00

After I read this, I was kind of looking forward to a "free" and random replacement of Cookie with Glamour -- just for a little cultural anthro -- but they are sending me the NY'er, which I already subscribe to, so ??? Maybe I can get them to send it (the NY'er, not the Glamour) to a school, like when NYT home deliv is suspended.

Awesome post, totally agree.

2009-12-23T12:47:17.439-05:00

Awesome post, totally agree.

gourmet! boo hoo.

2009-12-22T13:46:02.049-05:00

gourmet! boo hoo.

me too on that. amen.

2009-12-19T20:51:46.822-05:00

me too on that. amen.

Good Lord. I haven't read Glamour since high schoo...

2009-12-19T16:06:29.736-05:00

Good Lord. I haven't read Glamour since high school. As long as they don't take away my Vanity Fair, Southern Living and...(whispered in hushed, embarrassed tones)tv guide. Hmmm. I guess I'm old.

Ugh--I can't stand "Glamour"! I think it is truly ...

2009-12-19T00:31:19.771-05:00

Ugh--I can't stand "Glamour"! I think it is truly nasty. And good point about the women on the cover--hadn't thought about that before.

And REALLY. How many secrets can there be after all these years? Don't you think all those possibilities have been, well, explored? Do they have like research labs or something? LOL

I've never read those magazines. Short story: In ...

2009-12-18T23:40:49.932-05:00

I've never read those magazines.

Short story: In university we did a performance piece in which we kept people in a waiting room and then put them through a 2 minute "beauty boot camp" where we shouted magazine slogans at them. I mocked up some fake magazine covers for the waiting room with subtitles like "Quiz: Are you Perfect Enough?" and "Lose 10 lbs the easy way: chop off an arm!"

After the 'performance' I had to explain that the magazines were fake because apparently I'm really good at forgery. One of the guys said, "Oh! No wonder I couldn't find the quiz!"

The Mayor said: (I know your form won't work for m...

2009-12-18T23:29:50.016-05:00

The Mayor said: (I know your form won't work for me down there)

Brilliant observations. The love signs, the squatting, the repetitive cycle of the same articles.

I thought one of my girls snuck in an order for the Glamour magazine we are now receiving. Now I realize it's what they're sending me instead of the Domino I ordered.

A pox on all that nonsense.

I knew there was a reason I had so many blogs on m...

2009-12-18T21:24:00.647-05:00

I knew there was a reason I had so many blogs on my Google reader. Phew!

I hate Glamour/Cosmo etc.

ALWAYS, Veronica! I'm pretty sure that article is...

2009-12-18T21:11:48.437-05:00

ALWAYS, Veronica! I'm pretty sure that article is written by a man.

Ha! Do the signs indicate the need for FSB's?

2009-12-18T20:47:21.296-05:00

Ha! Do the signs indicate the need for FSB's?

I have found myself gravitating to BH&G when at th...

2009-12-18T19:32:03.148-05:00

I have found myself gravitating to BH&G when at the newsstands, maybe I'm old?

Argh! I guess that means I'll be getting a subscr...

2009-12-18T16:56:50.718-05:00

Argh! I guess that means I'll be getting a subscription to Glamour soon, too. I thought they said "Cooking" when I heard about it on the news some weeks back. I think it was wishful thinking, cause I kinda liked the Cookie.

By the way, I had a subscription to Glamour and th...

2009-12-18T14:23:22.213-05:00

By the way, I had a subscription to Glamour and they converted it to Field & Stream just on general principles.

Now I'm dying to know about my love signs. Save th...

2009-12-18T14:21:18.714-05:00

Now I'm dying to know about my love signs. Save that issue.

Loved it! Loved your 2nd paragraph about how thei...

2009-12-18T14:11:15.949-05:00

Loved it! Loved your 2nd paragraph about how their love signs aren't complicated.
I pretty much stopped all my subscriptions and for a treat or a road trip I check out about 12 magazines from the library. It's my own style of going green.
P.S. Talk about having to hide those magazines from the boys--not cool to have laying around and the cover talks about His Secret Hot Spots.

Thank God for Smithsonian. Hopefully, they never c...

2009-12-18T13:43:46.162-05:00

Thank God for Smithsonian. Hopefully, they never convert my subscription to Glamour.

ps. I checked out the book you suggested. I thought I'd read it over the Christmas holiday. Thanks for the suggestion. It looks fascinating.