Lately I have been reading the teen magazines YM and
Seventeen and I've noticed one thing; they really annoy me. I
feel like they are just for preps and the trendoid freaks. Well
what about the other groups? The gangsters, punks, skaters,
bikers, or whatever. They should really give recognition to the
other people in our society. Maybe they want just the good
teenagers around. They are not going to get what they want.
Maybe they think if they print stuff up all about preps and
trends everyone will follow. Well they should guess again.
I for one, will not follow any of that shit they say.
They give some of the most whacked advice for things. Take
romance, I've tried to follow the advice, but my outcome has not
been successful. I know other people who have tried, and their
outcome has been the same. Take their quizzes, then tell me that
you do all that stuff. If you know me, then tell me how often I
wear bellbottom pants, or platform shoes, or pink make-up, or
little shirts that fit me. For those of you who don't know me,
I can tell you right now, I wouldn't be caught dead in that
stuff.
That takes me to the clothes the models sport. How many
girls in this society are actually that skinny? 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. Much of what is in these magazines is just plain sick.
If people disagree with my opinion, I respect their opinion and
hope they respect mine. 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.
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