I grow more perplexed by this "Double X"
Sep. 2nd, 2009 12:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teleribDouble X gives the impression, with its pink banners and cross-linking with Slate.com, the Washington Post, The Root, Big Money, etc., of being a woman-themed e-news magazine. Usually, your woman-themed mags come in three major flavors: domestic (Better Homes and Gardens, Family Circle), fashion (Glamour, Cosmo), and political/feminist (not typically found in supermarkets). Double X, by not appearing to be one of the first two, I rather assumed would be of the third type.
I would also like to point out to the uninitiated that, despite the fantasies they're pedaling on every page, even the fashion mags like to talk a "girl power" talk. I don't really read the domestic mags, can't say if they provide much beyond stain-fighting tips and recipes.
So, when I see there's an article/blog entry entitled "Why the Plus-Size Model in Glamour Isn't Really Progress" in Double X, I admit that I'm kind of expecting to hear that "plus size model" means "bigger than a size 4" or that it was a stunt/tokenism or similar, and that the magazine isn't really making an effort to show beautiful women of many shapes.
No, no: the author's opinion is that fashion mags are a fantasy and she doesn't want these 'normal' people messing it up. And isn't it awfully narcissistic of normal people to want to see themselves as beautiful?
What.
The.
Fuck?
I suppose I'll give her points for honesty. Even the most Photoshop-happy magazine editor knows enough to pretend to support a wider ideal of feminine beauty. (OK, except maybe the one over at Self.)
I would also like to point out to the uninitiated that, despite the fantasies they're pedaling on every page, even the fashion mags like to talk a "girl power" talk. I don't really read the domestic mags, can't say if they provide much beyond stain-fighting tips and recipes.
So, when I see there's an article/blog entry entitled "Why the Plus-Size Model in Glamour Isn't Really Progress" in Double X, I admit that I'm kind of expecting to hear that "plus size model" means "bigger than a size 4" or that it was a stunt/tokenism or similar, and that the magazine isn't really making an effort to show beautiful women of many shapes.
No, no: the author's opinion is that fashion mags are a fantasy and she doesn't want these 'normal' people messing it up. And isn't it awfully narcissistic of normal people to want to see themselves as beautiful?
What.
The.
Fuck?
I suppose I'll give her points for honesty. Even the most Photoshop-happy magazine editor knows enough to pretend to support a wider ideal of feminine beauty. (OK, except maybe the one over at Self.)
