Comments on: Seventeen Magazine made me look superficial

Seventeen Magazine made me look superficial

AsiaInsider — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 08:17:05 -0800

Seventeen Magazine made me look superficial Do female teen magazines provide a crass commercial role model for young women? Who says that Mefi doesn't try to get in touch with its feminine side. (found from obscurestore.com)

By: machaus

machaus — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 08:50:23 -0800

I'd tend to say that Seventeen hasn't kept pace with the advancing sophistication (or at least the vanishing idyllic glee of childhood) of today's teen women. They appear to still be trapped in the eighties. I think it's a bad editor in chief rather than a master plan to subjugate teens with mindless mall rat drivel.

By: clavdivs

clavdivs — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 09:06:52 -0800

my fav qoute."I stopped reading at 15"

By: bingo

bingo — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 09:15:22 -0800

I always thought that girls looked superficial just by carrying around a copy of Seventeen.

By: Voyageman

Voyageman — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 09:29:53 -0800

Seventeen targets the "aspirational" demographic : those 11-14 year olds who want to be 17. As they turn 15 they want to be 21, turn 21, want to be 30, turn 30, want to be 40, turn 40 and want to be 17 again. While we are on the general teen girl topic - todays NY Times cover story is a must read (reg req)

By: malphigian

malphigian — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 09:32:48 -0800

I'd tend to say that Seventeen hasn't kept pace ... Seventeen IS a magazine for 13 year olds, or (brace yourselves for incoming marketingspeak horror) "the tween market". Seventeen is completely on top of their demographic, and they know quite well thats its young teens and pre-teens, heavy crossover (at least a year ago) with boy-band and britney fans. (I had the misfortune of reading a lot of relevant market research on this last year). Sucks for this NYU student, but if seventeen spent time promoting an image of well rounded, healthy, intelligent women, they'd lose their market share as fast as Maxim would if it did the same.

By: AsiaInsider

AsiaInsider — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 09:52:18 -0800

It gets even scarier than the NY Times story alphagirls and power its tough being a kid these days.

By: victors

victors — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 09:55:51 -0800

we aren't seriously supposed to feel sorry for this Hessel woman, are we?

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 10:41:34 -0800

Is it just my imagination, or does virtually *every* magazine aimed toward a female audience have an "astrology" column? What's that say about us?

By: quonsar

quonsar — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 14:42:49 -0800

well i dunno, RavinDave. what's your sign?

By: fujikosmurf

fujikosmurf — Sun, 24 Feb 2002 20:56:06 -0800

Superficial? It's Seventeen! What did she expect? The NYTimes article is right on target, though. I've seen few things more backhandedly cruel than teenage girls.

By: mcgraw

mcgraw — Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:31:48 -0800

Voyageman, thanks for the link. I think it's worth reposting that NYTimes to the Mefi main page.

By: bittennails

bittennails — Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:10:01 -0800

Well, there is a counterpart in the masculine world...Alpha Males...lest we forget.