Does it bother you?

hyacinth003 · ‎03-12-2010

I admit I am very bugged that all the beauty magazines I have subscribed to have an agenda. It's always the same one.

I LOVE to read about makeup, hair, clothes, skin care, jewelry, etc. and think the magazines have ENOUGH to write about those issues to fill their pages.

I am very knowledgeable about current events, but I get it somewhere else. I buy magazines for the OTHER things I want to read about.

I cancelled my "Vogue" subscription, now may cancel allure, and every last magazine I try to read about beauty, skin care, clothes, makeup, etc. is agenda-ized. I don't want my personal agenda or any other.

Anyone else with this feeling about BEAUTY magazines???

Hyacinth

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

No, because everyone has an agenda, even you by posting this. I take what I want from a publication, and ignore what I don't.

" You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan

HappyDaze · ‎06-13-2012

Yes. And that combined with the fact that they are now 75% filled with ads made it less enjoyable. I no longer subscribe or really read them anymore.

hyacinth003 · ‎03-12-2010

@QVCkitty1 wrote:
No, because everyone has an agenda, even you by posting this. I take what I want from a publication, and ignore what I don't.

My only agenda is the issue of agendas. Doens't matter what mine might be. I don't publish a beauty magazine.

I don't want ANY in my reading of beauty magazines. There are SO MANY issues relating to beauty, skin care, make up, clothes, jewelry, etc. that would be fascinating to read about. I love reading about the science of skin care, for example. Or opinions on how much to use, what to layer first, how much is too much, blah blah, just as an example. What is in the pipeline for beauty breakthroughs, etc. New makeup and how it works, jewelry trends, I could go on and on. Sure, they have a little, but I want even more. I don't want current events, in any capacity.

For example, there was an article (might have been allure) about birth control. Great for the history of birth control - then and now. Then part 2 about political issues related (in the author's opinion) to it. Sorry, it then loses me. Whether I agree or not, it doesn't need to be there.

Hyacinth

hyacinth003 · ‎03-12-2010

@HappyDaze wrote:
Yes. And that combined with the fact that they are now 75% filled with ads made it less enjoyable. I no longer subscribe or really read them anymore.

I actually LIKE a lot of the ads!

But, my daughter has said the same thing.

Hyacinth

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

@hyacinth003 wrote:
@QVCkitty1 wrote:
No, because everyone has an agenda, even you by posting this. I take what I want from a publication, and ignore what I don't.
My only agenda is the issue of agendas. Doens't matter what mine might be. I don't publish a beauty magazine.

I don't want ANY in my reading of beauty magazines. There are SO MANY issues relating to beauty, skin care, make up, clothes, jewelry, etc. that would be fascinating to read about. I love reading about the science of skin care, for example. Or opinions on how much to use, what to layer first, how much is too much, blah blah, just as an example. What is in the pipeline for beauty breakthroughs, etc. New makeup and how it works, jewelry trends, I could go on and on. Sure, they have a little, but I want even more. I don't want current events, in any capacity.

For example, there was an article (might have been allure) about birth control. Great for the history of birth control - then and now. Then part 2 about political issues related (in the author's opinion) to it. Sorry, it then loses me. Whether I agree or not, it doesn't need to be there.

Hyacinth

Look I don't care to argue, but I still feel that your stand on this is an agenda of sorts. It seems everything is opinion driven these days, even the news ( which shouldn't be ), but I won't let that keep me from publications I like . JMO.

" You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts."
Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Carmie · ‎10-25-2010

I stopped reading magazines all together. They were full of ads, way too many and not enough interesting content.

I refuse to pay for a subscription and be assulted by the ads. I can get free content and information on the internet.

suzyQ3 · ‎03-09-2010

Did you start a thread about this very topic a while back? I remember reading almost the same opening post.

I personally think that the more upscale beauty/style magazines are geared toward a demographic that enjoys well-written articles on a variety of topics.

Certainly there must be such magazines that barely bother with trying to give a reader something to think about beyond her face and hair.

So even though the only time I look at style or beauty magazines is at my hair salon, it doesn't bother me at all. I've read some excellent pieces.

~Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle~ Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

TY · ‎03-10-2010

The perfect storm has hit print magazines - people get their beauty and fashion fixes online, mobile, and social media rather than print which causes less circulation and ad dollars thus the cascading magazine closures and layoffs. So what's left in the print world has to scrounge to keep their advertising even though ad dollars are going to digital and social media influencers. Magazines aren't relevant anymore. I have stopped buying most of the magazines I used to read and let my Hello! Canada subscription lapse.

I also want a Kardashian free zone and a beauty and fashion magazine free of the problems of the day, week, or month. Print beauty and fashion magazines want to appeal to millennials and ignore anyone older. Well I can do the same thing -- ignore those magazines (and advertisers) that don't appeal to me or my age demographic (baby boomers).