Comments on: Filthy Rags

By: R U Serious

R U Serious — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 23:20:20 +0000

The number one sex tip in Cosmo reveals how they really feel about men. Ladies, seriously, we do not want you to surprise us by jamming your finger in our ass.

By: Panthergirl

Panthergirl — Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:47:10 +0000

Well, I agree with most of what you say here except that Cosmo DID teach me how to give myself an orgasm (at 16). Thank you, Cosmo! (It also taught me that if men are honking their car horns at you, you’ve probably gone a bit too far in the sexy-dressing department. Of course, that was immediately following a fashion spread with women wearing nothing but two band-aids and a cork.)

By: Diana

Diana — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:05:56 +0000

This post came at the perfect time. I am contemplating subscribing to Glamour, to help update my wardrobe, but I haven’t done it yet because I hate the idea of it pulling my values towards shoes and handbags, not to mention the whole “failing as a woman” thing that Lisa brought up.

By: Salena

Salena — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:42:03 +0000

Amen sister!

By: Deb

Deb — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:51:09 +0000

II couldn’t agree with you more! I quit reading those magazines a long time ago. What a waste of brain cells and money. Now, I subscribe to Good Housekeeping - yow, that sounds horrible, but at least the articles are useful and any “fashions” they show are at least within my budget. And yeah, the best way to “learn” about sex is to do it!

By: Jaq

Jaq — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:48:14 +0000

Couldn’t agree more!

PS: You should submitt this to the next carnival of feminists…
It’s on women and pop-culture.

By: Entrophia

Entrophia — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 14:27:25 +0000

I like Vogue and Vanity Fair for the arty clothing pictures, but I’ve found that none of the Women’s magazines are written with half a brain. ‘Steamy Sex Secrets’ seem to be such things as ‘You know, it’s okay to touch your partner instead of lying there like Barbie in a box?’

Also, magazines seem to be getting dumber by the decade. I read some Seventeens from 1986 (the year I was born) and they had knitting patterns and cooking ideas more complicated then ‘eat carrot sticks with peanut butter’. The articles were also written for someone more lucid and sometimes managed wit. Then I compared them to the modern glossy ad books where the only claim they made to you having a brain was a list of consumer goods to ask Mom to buy you for your dorm room and the advice to sign up for your SATs on time and bring a pencil.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:19:28 +0000

Last time I read a women’s magazine, it belonged to someone else and I was very bored. Last time I bought one? Even longer!
I agree with Pie, they print the same thing over and over, just slightly reworded. And there is only so many times you can read an article about someone else “making changes” to their sex life.

Now, I just geek out when I buy magazines (if ever) and get New Scientist. At least they are worth keeping, because I can reference them for my assignments!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:23:27 +0000

I don’t read those any more either because they made me feel like I was failing at womanhood or something.
Thanks for the compliment on the pic too. I changed the colors because I was trying to hide my breakout. But we’ll just pretend like I was being artsy.

By: Pie

Pie — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:20:08 +0000

Hear hear!

Although I have to admit that Rob makes me buy Cosmo once in awhile so he can read the sex articles, not to mention there are tons of half-naked chicks in there. If he’d just get a subscription to Playboy I wouldn’t have these problems.

I’ve found that they have about 10 or 15 basic articles that they reword, add new photos and publish in every issue.