Puerile drivel... (New Woman)

Member Name: indychick_uk

Product:	New Woman
Date:	06/11/01 (124 review reads)
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Advantages: ummmm, good for lining my cat's litter tray

Disadvantages: Mindless drivel, Couldn't find one article to hold my interest

...and that's being kind! I bought this on an impulse whilst queueing to pay for my petrol last night. I'd have been better off spending my £2.55 on a firework - at least I'd have got 10 seconds of pleasure from that.

New Woman is supposedly aimed at the professional woman in the 25-35 age bracket. Well, I'm a professional woman (that is, I'm a woman with a profession, my profession isn't being a woman) and I'm 32 - so I'm right slap bang in the middle of their demographic - this should be the perfect mag for me....

I couldn't find one article I wanted to read. This particular issue seems to revolve around your office party - what to wear, how to do your make-up, how to behave....all in order to get a shag, basically.

The entire magazine seemed completely sex oriented actually. There was a rather pointless piece which involved 16 "members of the public" who had agreed to be photographed naked (with strategically placed pieces of tinsel & baubles) and then these photos had been shown to a panel and they wre asked whether they thought the body on display was sexy or not. There were 8 men & 8 women and the photos were printed with a caption showing the percentage that found them sexy and the percentage that didn't. There were also two comments with each stating a "for" and "against" reason ie "Her boobs aren't really big enough for my taste". So what did we learn from this piece? Men like big boobs and women like muscles - BIG WOW!!!

Other articles included, how to make your own porn film with your partner to inject some excitement in your sex-life, suggested positions for having sex if you've got a hangover (after your office Christmas party presubmably), a betting slip to run a sweepstake on which of your colleagues is most likely to photocopy their bum, or snog each other in the stationery cupboard.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'
m not a prude by a long chalk. I've got a very good sex life thanks very much (well I've only been married for about two months...!) but I would like to see some articles about something else in a magazine.

There was a piece about a receptionist who had spent £144,000 on a cocaine habit telling how she nearly ruined her life, and the obligatory holiday reviews at the back. On the cover there was a picture of Tamzin Outhwaite promising an article about her, but somehow I realise I didn't even see that when I was looking through the mag last night so it must have been impressive.

The layout of the magazine is a little annoying, loads of little boxes with "www.newwoman/..." all over the place, promising you something and then leaving you dangling with "read the whole story on our website..."

I don't think I'll bother.

I'm going back to Cosmo!

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