The Bloggler

I was reading recently about how the sale of men’s and women’s magazines is declining due to the changing media landscape. We must now click through on-line magazines, blogs and social media to keep ourselves in touch with news, fashion, lifestyle, technology, etc. That’s all well and good but I do enjoy the process of ‘flicking’ through something that isn’t a screen once in a while. Years ago, before men’s lifestyle magazines existed, I often couldn’t resist looking through my wife’s magazines, at least until my eyes glazed over and I realised I wasn’t much interested in the content - more the graphics and the clues as to what made women tick. I was motivated to write a poem (something I never do) about Women’s Glossies around 1980 after it struck me just how glib and superficial they were, and that they seemed to demean women and undermine their self esteem. I’m sure they’ve improved since that time with more women editors taking a more politically and culturally correct approach....