Teen Magazines

That takes me to the clothes the models sport. How many girls in 
this society are actually that ? It's actually kind of sick. I 
think they should widen their models to all sizes and shapes. What? Just 
because a girl who is not amazingly skinny for a model, the company won't 
sell anything? Well I can't exactly describe the clothes they wear, but I 
have never run across a person wearing the same thing. But in Seventeen 
they have a section called "School Zone" and they go around different 
schools and take pictures of the students. I can understand the way they 
dress and they do show different looks. 

Both magazines put out information about bands, but I don't listen 
to those bands. As a matter of fact, I hate those bands. They are 
alternative bands, and coming from me, they just suck. Well I will confess 
to one thing. I have run across about 3 bands that I do like, but I have 
been reading these damn magazines for about 3 years. So that tells you 
something right there. I still haven't listened to a word either one the 
magazines have said. Otherwise I think I would have been a changed 
teenager. The only thing that changed about me is that my clothes got 
baggier and bigger. 

I have to say one thing about their make-up and their little 
jewelry and other crap like that. Some of it is way cool, but the other 
stuff is only stuff that the run-way models would wear. They never tell 
you where you can buy the stuff, but they will tell you the prices, which 
are way the hell out there. So all a teenage girl can do it just sit there 
and drool and wish she had that. Well I'm sick of that, and so are my 
friends. 

My best friend and I have subscriptions to these magazines. You 
may ask why, if I'm talking so badly about these magazines, then why do I 
still subscribe? The first reason is that my mom gave it to me and 
sometimes I can actually enjoy reading YM and my best friend likes 
Seventeen even though it annoys her sometimes. We'll sit down and flip 
through them when we get them and the first thing we'll notice (well 
besides the guys) is that all the advertisements show a girl and the first 
thing that comes to our mind would have to be the word "sluts." Well one 
thing I've noticed is that yes they do have white and black models now. 

But I'm still not seeing any Latino's or Indian girls. 

To conclude, I do share my opinion with many of my friends that 
they should not just stick to the trendoids and preps. If Seventeen and YM 
don't want anything to do with other groups, then they should make other 
magazines that can help with people like me and my friends.