Magazines Target Preteen GirlsJoin now to read essay Magazines Target Preteen GirlsI’ve decided to write a review of Seventeen Magazine. It is owned by Hearst Magazine that also distributes such readings as Cosmo Girl, Teen, and Marie Claire also targeted at adolescents. Even though this magazine is called Seventeen it’s targeted audience is structured for teenage girls between the ages of 13-18, roughly.
The topics that are most popular in this magazine are many. The ones that stand out the most are on the cover which is hair, kissing boys, jewelry, and what to wear in the spring time. They also have a few articles that have a little of concrete value such as “Why College is Better Sober” which explains how to have fun without drinking all the time. There is another article titled “Worth Waiting for……” to educate girls on why you should abstain from sex. Then there is one titled “Why Don’t I look like That?” which is meant to help girls understand that not every girl is tall, blonde and skinny.
These topics are of interest because the most important things to girls this age are how to dress, what their hair looks like, and how to deal with boys. Obviously, these topics are presented in a majority positive light, because why else would this magazine be able to sustain for so many years? It does still present some negative aspects because most of the girls feel the need to have the expensive clothes or the expensive hair styles and some girls families can afford to give their teen that while most cannot. The biggest negative thing is that this magazine talks a lot about relationships with the opposite sex and goes so far as to include an article of how to tell if you might be gay. As a target audience of kids as young as 13, this is not something that should be advertised or learned about from a magazine
This discussion will probably go through a long time, but I’m not going to take back the article I wrote.
Another way the magazine might make the reader feel is by showing that some readers are really interested in sex. However, this is not something that a magazine could possibly produce. The point is that there are people who really want sex, but aren’t attracted to it, they just don’t have the money to get it. It might feel like, “Maybe they would rather be known for being promiscuous than being attractive, but they wouldn’t be able to have sex with a guy or a girl. When I say promiscuous, I mean, what’s that like in your age group?
How will the kids treat this information in their own lives?
One of the great advantages of this article is the way that it shows that people in the LGBT community are real and genuine. This is something that the magazine can really give a younger reader, who is maybe less likely to read about dating or sex, or not have access to these social things, an opportunity to connect with people. It also gives teenagers, and it shows how easy these things can be to find and understand. There is something so comforting about that.
Another way the magazine might make the reader feel is by showing that some people really want sex. However, this is not something that a magazine could possibly produce. The point is that there are people who really want sex, but aren’t attracted to it, they just don’t have the money to get it. It might feel like, “Maybe they would rather be known for being promiscuous than being attractive, but they wouldn’t be able to have sex with a guy or a girl. When I say promiscuous, I mean, what’s that like in your age group?
This discussion will probably go through a long time, but I’m not going to take back the article I wrote. The point is that there are people who really want sex, but aren’t attracted to it, they just don’t have the money to get it.
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It’s just difficult to see the point of one magazine being one of its biggest assets. Not only is the site often filled with people who aren’t even aware of the topic anymore, but it does have problems with the readers. The best way to make an argument for the effectiveness of the site is to point out several points from the article, and then do your best to get the book covered. Sometimes it becomes harder, not easier, to make the point because you are constantly reminded that the information doesn’t just apply to one group and are therefore not going to apply to all. (More on that later.)
One of the amazing things about the LGBT community is that they care so much about being understood. This article was written to remind them that their time and care means many of our most precious human rights are alive and well by the time they learn how their issues