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Fashion! Beauty! Celebs! Sex!
A Look Inside the World of Teen Magazines
By Kelly Burgess
CosmoGIRL!
Newsstand price: $2.99
Cover Celebrity: Mary Kate and Ashley Olson
Features: Be the Girl Everyone Loves. The Art of Giving in to Parents. How to Raise Your Grades. The first one was silly. The second two were very well written and offered excellent advice to girls who are getting old enough to realize that they need to start taking more responsibility for their relationships with the adults in their lives.
Health: All about birth control pills. Hey, they probably ought to learn about them somewhere. If they're too embarrassed to ask their parents this is as good a place as any.
Funniest article: Are You a Pain in the Butt? A cute quiz.
Dumbest article: Best Beauty Products for Your Sign. Does this mean my daughter (Leo) and I (Virgo) can't share our eye pencils any longer?
Web site: http://www.cosmogirl.com
My recommendation: Mature 15-year-olds.
Seventeen
Newsstand price: $3.99
Cover Celebrity: Beyonce Knowles
Features: The one that actual girls would probably find most informative was "Bad Trips to the DMV: What to do if you fail." Most of the others were either fluff or contained information I really don't feel my daughter quite needs yet, such as how to get birth control pills without telling her parents. Lots of pretty detailed information about sex.
Health: Tips on going vegetarian. The teen yearsare a common time for girls to choose vegetarianism – it's good to encourage them to do so in a healthful manner.
