An end to my life with Cosmopolitan Magazine...but far from sad!

Well,

I had a lot of fun tracking the life and times of the infamous Cosmo Mag--through all the lies, dishonesty, hurt, and misconceptions, It was still an honor to dig and find various stories of (very little) women's empowerment, playboy bacholers, and Cosmo deceiving more than one celebrity. Tis was a very entertaining journey, and as much as I despise (and love!) Cosmopolitan Magazine, I wouldn't mind being a contributor to the Mag. I know...I know...I'm a walking ironic contradiction, but c'mon, let's face it. That's where the big bucks are, and will probably remain...a woman's gotta do what a woman's gotta do. Having said that, I guess this is my "So Long" to my favorite trashy Mag--may you continue to steal and "whore out" the lives of women all around the globe--FAREWELL Cosmopolitan Magazine...muah!

-signing off,
xoxo,
<3 CoZmo Girl <3

CoZmo & well...porn

Authors Susanna Paasonen, Kaarina Nikunen, Laura Saarenmaa, of the book "Pornification: Sex and Sexuality in Media Culture" have a very different outtake of the impact that Cosmopolitan Magazine has on women. In this book, it goes on to say that in the 1960's Cosmopolitan Mag stressed the role of female sexual knowledge in keeping a man--the goal was for a single girl to marry. The success of Cosmopolitan lies in its ability to address a global audience. Cosmo also follows the general trend of womens magazines to offer difference without diversity. Hence the reason why I like to stress--from time to time--that Cosmo is no different from any other women's magazine. Today, Cosmopolitan Magazine's perception is very different from that of the way it was in the 1960's. Today, it's "200,1 way to please your man" rather that "How to be the best homemaker". Times have changed, for women, since the 1960's, and so have Cosmopolitan's objective in the live of women.