I finally took picture of the magazines I have collected that I am now planning on selling. I sat down and read through some of them, and my first reaction was, “Damn, I can’t believe how much has changed in five years.” Another reaction was, “Why the fuck did I read this shit?” Most of the magazines are women’s interest magazines, and if that’s true that this is what women are interested in, then women are interested in shit.

Fashion? Way to feed a bunch of women’s low self-esteem and spending addictions by telling them how much useless stuff they gotta have. It’s like Pokemon for women in their 20s and 30s. Fashion trends. Gotta catch ‘em all! P.S. Most of it is ugly.

Sex? Yes, it matters, but the way they talk about it? Oh, really? Please tell me 100 other ways for me to please my man (which by the way for the women who don’t have one, what a way to make them feel an even bigger need to have one). Honestly, the amount of space in women’s magazines on how to please a man is always much larger than the amount in men’s magazines on how to please women, and quite honestly men are the ones who need more help because if you wanna know how to please most men, two letters: B and J. Read an article on deep throating, and you’re good to go. Pleasing a woman? Even women need seminars on how to please themselves!

Celebrities? Okay, yes, all of my magazines I kept because of the celebrities, but usually it was for the pretty pictures or the keepsake value. Most of the articles are full of the same information even if the cover says, “Stuff You Didn’t Know About Blah Blah Blah.”

Beauty? Uh…is in the eye of the beholder. Half the shit they tell you to do will only make things worse. Most of the high price products they tell you to buy don’t work on most people. It’s like medication: works different on everyone. Gotta try ‘em all!!!

Health? Here’s a health secret they don’t tell you: mind over matter. Mental health has a great effect on physical health. Fat? Need to lose some pounds? Reading shitty magazines directed towards women with a little pocket change and low self-esteem clearly won’t help you feel good about yourself, and if you don’t feel good about yourself, you won’t be able to look good either. Also, you probably aren’t fat, and if you are, those dumb exercises and health tips won’t do shit except make you feel worse about yourself.

Yes, these magazines are shallow, but when you’re young and naive, you’ll look to anything to tell you how to live your life. I’m still young and naive, but I’d like to think I’m becoming a little more cynical every day.