Saturday, January 31, 2009

Women's magazines

I am tired of them.  I am canceling my subscriptions to Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Glamour, and others because they are all the same.  They are always about dieting - how to get a better body, lose weight, or whatever.  They tell us to be happy with the body we have, but then there are pages of weight-loss tips, diets, exercise, etc.  THEN, in the back of the magazine they have recipes for chocolate cake, cookies, etc.  WTF?  I am tired of being told I should be happy with my body the way it is, but then have to go through pages and pages of "before" and "after" pictures of happy women who lost weight and now feel like their life can begin, or feel like they have more self-worth because they are thin, declaring that they will never let themselves get like that again (gee thanks, I sure feel better about myself now that you have basically told me that I am gross).

I am going into therapy soon to try to figure out why I crave chocolate and sugary foods, why I have no willpower, and why I feel the way I do about the world.  I don't need these stupid magazines to make me feel worse.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh, you are SO RIGHT!!!

I don't subscribe or buy *any* of those magazines, but I sit at the hair stylist's, and if I forget to bring a book I always pick one up and am SO frustrated! You are so right:
1) how to lose weight
2) how to be happy without losing weight
3) how to make decadent desserts to gain weight

Throw in an article on cleaning the house or decorating the house.

SERIOUSLY, if given a choice, I will read the AARP magazine (I'm 41 years old) simply because it's much better reading!

Lynette