Glamour's April issue is out and readers will find an entirely one-sided, 11-page Earth Day segment, "the woman's guide to saving the planet."
First, the magazine provides readers with the Top 10 easiest things they can do to stop global warming like switch to a hybrid car, ride a bicycle and use compact fluorescent light bulbs. Humorously, number seven was "Buy Energy-Saving Things." Apparently the words: appliances and electronics are too-big for Glamour, which makes me wonder how they managed "intergovernmental" in the introductory paragraph.
Advisers for the special section were a who's who of green activists from the National Resources Defense Council, Greenpeace, Environmental Defense, Waterkeeper Alliance, Earth Day Network, stopglobalwarming.com, and treehugger.com.
The most absurd part of the feature was a number of Q and A sections called "There are no dumb questions!"
One not-dumb question, according to Glamour: “If solar energy is so great, why don’t more homes have it?” The magazine’s answer was that solar panels are still “pricey” but “costs are decreasing.”
And of course, it wouldn't have been complete without a call for greater regulation: "Send an e-postcard to your congressional rep at nrdc.org/action asking him or her to back legislation on global warming."
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Perhaps BigTimer or Blonde ca
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 17:23 ET by bassndudePerhaps BigTimer or Blonde can elaborate on this for us. Me, being male, would not touch this with a ten foot pole. My wife reads what I post sometimes..:-)
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
I'll jump in, Bass
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 17:34 ET by RJI'll jump in, Bass. I'd like to know if this article is typical of the level of low brain wattage this magazine writes to. What absolute dimwits their readership must be! Wouldn't a poll be fun to see if readers lean liberal or conservative?
But you gotta love this beautiful setup line: Producing plastic spews "bad things into the air." Isn't that what Glamour does...produce plastic things?
Since you asked, here is
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 17:38 ET by Front_RangeSince you asked, here is their Circulation Statement. It is hard to believe that 898,000 men read Glamour.(IQ of readers not recorded. ;}
Subscription:
1,434,518
Newsstand:
814,443
Total Average Paid Circulation:
2,248,961
Ratebase:
2,250,000
Audience
TOTAL ADULTS
12,826,000
Total Women
11,928,000
Total Men
898,000
AGE
18-24
3,610,000
18-34
6,724,000
18-49
10,723,000
25-34
3,114,000
35-44
2,875,000
Median Age: 33.7
INCOME
HHI $100,000+
2,670,000
HHI $75,000+
4,233,000
Source: ABC Statement 06/30/2006; MRI Spring 2006 (Base: Adults)
Thanks, FrontRange-Think John Edwards reads Glamor?
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 17:43 ET by RJThanks Front Range.
But I'd still like to know how many liberals and conservatives are readers.
And even money says John Edwards is one of the men who reads it....
Let's just say that if I wa
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 18:02 ET by Front_RangeLet's just say that if I was still buying media I wouldn't buy pages in Glamour to promote any kind of conservative cause. The readers are very much more likely to be liberal or not even thinking about conservative issues. IMHO.
RJ..I have seen this rag in t
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 17:40 ET by bassndudeRJ..I have seen this rag in the Dr.s office. It strikes me as being written for brain dead, teenage, cheerleaders that attend Junior and High Schools. Articles are written on a third grade level, if that. And I think all of the models in the rag are made of 60% plastic and other materials. Still nice to look at tho...:-)
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Glamour & Energy-saving Thing
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 17:58 ET by JRI didn't realize women actually took this magazine seriously. It's fluff, not serious journalism. Although, I must confess that it's one of my guilty pleasures. I subscribe and enjoy the fashions, style and make-up advice, but only read it when I want to zone out. I also get a laugh out of reading their so-called serious articles.
I've got another one. Stop
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 17:25 ET by Dave in TexasI've got another one. Stop buying magazines. It will save trees, and think of all the greenhouse gases that won't be emitted due to the production and distribution of the magazine.
I wonder why Glamour didn't list that one?
Well, the old ticker won't take what I used to do for GW.
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 17:28 ET by acaiguanaWell, the old ticker won't take what I used to do for GW.
I'm on the waiting list though. If I make it through the 9" cut thingy, then we'll all have to lock our children (anyone over the age of 19) up and force them to walk only in the company of the other 'dogs'.
etc.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)
I have never once bought the
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 17:44 ET by bigtimerI have never once bought the Glamour Rag, or opened a page of one in a dentist or doctor office...but these leftists critters and their groups they mentioned are enough to start a war, because they sure as hell have in this country...they are all but socialistic communist...just do not know what else to call them..they have destroyed more jobs, made ghost towns out of once thriving communities with their law-suits...oh I could go on and on...what twittering nitwits that read these..let alone write it.
A magazine no less...that uses paper to put it's blathering leftist trash out their to help make young minds even more foolish with what they are already taught in the educational system...yeah cutting trees for this piece of waste is okay for them as long as they make money...hypocrites all.
Down girl! Those are some sha
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 17:46 ET by bassndudeDown girl! Those are some sharp claws you got there....:-)
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Oh.. BT, that's why women scare me... Big Time... ACA
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 17:54 ET by acaiguanaOh.. BT, that's why women scare me... Big Time... ACA
Don't hold back. Let us know how you feel.
This silly rag is one of those 300 page things that one has to thumb through for about 5 minutes to find the front page story...
Then reads all 6 paragraphs of the story...
Then forgets what one is doing and looks for another rag on the Dentist's table.
But, of course, the size and obscurity is designed to keep the Super Market reader confused.
I'm obviously not saying much more here...
Suicide was never a 'viable' option.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana Notes from the Bomb Shelter' (soon to be a movie at theaters near you)
Last I checked, the magazine
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 18:06 ET by JRLast I checked, the magazine was more than two-thirds ads. Glamour can save some trees by cutting out some of the ad space. Then again, I could possibly save some trees by not subscribing. But it costs less than a dollar a month, and I guess I have a little bit of bimbo in me...
Energy saving stuff.....Well,
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 20:00 ET by BlondeEnergy saving stuff.....
Well, I'll buy THAT. Stuff that saves my energy.
Like a great looking car with a V-8.
Like a heater for my pool.
Like a stainless steel fronted refrigerator that has an adaptable water gizmo to automatically fill the coffee pot.
Like a dryer that lets me know before it goes off so my clothes don't get wrinkled (saving me the energy of ironing).
Like actually having someone else do my ironing.
Energy saving stuff like that. I'm all for it.
They can take the Prius, and um, well, you know. Until someone can tell me how to dispose of the BATTERY....that's too much personal energy for me to expend, even thinking about it.
Or how about energizing thing
Tue, 03/20/2007 - 23:11 ET by Scout FinchOr how about energizing things like:
My air conditioner in my car and in my home when the heat is exhausting me.
My beautiful plasma screen TV that I watch my favorite movies and TV shows on when I'm relaxing at the end of a long work day.
Glamour magazine is quite possibly the shallowest, emptiest, silliest waste of money and time any woman could find. This is a magazine that contains recent eye-opening segments such as--Hints and suggestions how to have sex on an airliner (it'd be my luck to be seated next to this er, lively couple)--Exercise while you shop (by carrying your bags with both hands or doing stomach crunches while riding the escalator)--New ways to make your love life exciting (they actually suggest trying a threesome, ugh). Now they're going to save the planet! Yay! It's like "The View" in glossy paper form.
Shame on you Blonde for plann
Wed, 03/21/2007 - 09:24 ET by Dave in TexasShame on you Blonde for planning to purchase all those energy wasting devices. Where did you ever get the idea to purchase any of those things? It couldn't have possibly have been Glamour magazine. Surely they wouldn't run advertisements for those types of products?