Which magazines do you subscribe to? - Page 3

Tulip · 11-13-2009, 03:14 AM

I get Time magazine, but I didn't subscribe it. My uncle subscribes it and gives me the magazine after his wife finishes reading them. Well, that's how it started in the beginning. Now, he just gives me the magazine when it arrives. His wife once asked me, "Do you understand reading that?" :p

limey · 11-13-2009, 03:43 AM

Now that the 2 years subscription to Good Housekeeping (yes, those of you who have seen my house may laugh at this point!) is about to expire I was just reviewing this question. No, I don't want to renew, and I don't want another magazine, either.
Online I "subscribe" to Knitty and a couple of similar titles ...

Juniper · 11-11-2009, 05:22 PM

My mom paid for something like 3 years in advance of Family Circle and Woman's Day, so I'm getting the rest of her subscription. Just didn't seem worth the effort of canceling it, and it's a reminder of my mom.

I find most women's magazines kind of dull - feature articles are like "duh . . . most sensible people already know that," you know? And they're recycled fluff, what the industry calls "evergreen" articles because they're always in demand. That's one reason why I quit writing freelance feature articles; it felt disingenuous because the only type of articles I was really qualified to write based on life experience were in magazines I didn't want to read! Well, that and the fact they're really rude to writers and don't pay shit.

I get Time and Reader's Digest on the Kindle. Also get Writer's Digest in print. WD went downhill for a while catering to amateur fluff, but has improved a lot recently.

My son gets the Lego magazine, Boy's Life, and USA Wrestling. Daughter doesn't want anything regular but sometimes gets some teen girl type mags from the school library. Husband doesn't read.

There are lots of mags I'd get if I had more time to read them. The New Yorker is one, also I really dig Mental Floss.

11-13-2009, 03:43 AM	#2
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11-13-2009, 03:14 AM	#1
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	I get Time magazine, but I didn't subscribe it. My uncle subscribes it and gives me the magazine after his wife finishes reading them. Well, that's how it started in the beginning. Now, he just gives me the magazine when it arrives. His wife once asked me, "Do you understand reading that?" :p

11-11-2009, 05:22 PM	#3
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	My mom paid for something like 3 years in advance of Family Circle and Woman's Day, so I'm getting the rest of her subscription. Just didn't seem worth the effort of canceling it, and it's a reminder of my mom. I find most women's magazines kind of dull - feature articles are like "duh . . . most sensible people already know that," you know? And they're recycled fluff, what the industry calls "evergreen" articles because they're always in demand. That's one reason why I quit writing freelance feature articles; it felt disingenuous because the only type of articles I was really qualified to write based on life experience were in magazines I didn't want to read! Well, that and the fact they're really rude to writers and don't pay shit. I get Time and Reader's Digest on the Kindle. Also get Writer's Digest in print. WD went downhill for a while catering to amateur fluff, but has improved a lot recently. My son gets the Lego magazine, Boy's Life, and USA Wrestling. Daughter doesn't want anything regular but sometimes gets some teen girl type mags from the school library. Husband doesn't read. There are lots of mags I'd get if I had more time to read them. The New Yorker is one, also I really dig Mental Floss.

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