Hi, everyone!
How do you spend this holiday?
Magnolia, we are lucky to have met such nice class teacher, and you, too, were lucky, weren't you.
Thanks to that teacher, you could develop your English talent, I see.
From TIME this week: Global business
‘She (Cathie Black) is responsible for 19 titles, including such flagship women’s magazines as the 122 years-old Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan and O: The Oprah Magazine, her most recent blockbuster hit.’
‘Given her success in the male dominated world of publishing, Black is surprisingly silent in her book on the subject of discrimination. It never affected her “in any way that was life-threatening,” she tells TIME. “Because I have a strong and forceful personality, I could either see it coming or do a sidestep so it didn’t have to happen.”
I wonder who publishers of women’s magazines in Japan are. They may be all men. I think it will soon be the time for woman looking after oneself. By the way, do you have any favorite women’s magazine? I only browse them in a bookstore lately, in spite of those fatnesses.
So, see you later, bye!
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Dear Cherry and friends,
Hi. Cherry, thank you for the interesting information about a woman publisher. Isn't it surprising that seemingly different varieties of magazines are the work done by the only one person? I feel it's scary.
I like to read magazines, but I don't buy magazines recently. I read them at beauty parlors, banks, and post offices. We know which magazines target for which group of people, don't we? For example, the “Very” magazine is for women in their 30s or the “Story” for 40s and so on. But the publishers of magazines assume your lifestyle or the kind of family you have. I am sometimes annoyed when I feel it. And I often feel alienated as a reader. Another thing I don't like about Japanese women's magazines is that they stereotype images of some people. I'm tempted to see “josei jishin” or “shukan josei” at banks to find very lowbrow gossips. However, I don't like advertisements on the back pages of magazines. These magazines clearly assume their readership is limited to those who always want to lose their weight or to remove their wrinkles. How can we avoid feeling obsessed with the idea to become more beautiful or keeping young?
By the way, can you tell the difference between “josei jishin” and “shukan josei”? I would not be surprised if I'm told that they are published by the same person. Maybe it's part of Japanese culture.
Enjoy the rest of the holiday.
November 24, 2007 23:05 JST
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