Cosmo Girl Magazine

Pros: A nice magazine if you're looking for "fluff".
Cons: Mixed messages given teen girls.

So, could a magazine with the name Cosmo in it be a magazine that would be appropriate for young teens? Could Cosmo actually produce a magazine that would be inoffensive to parents and adults yet be interesting for teenage girls? Well, my answer has to...

Pros: Can help teen girls understand different aspects of life and not feel alone
Cons: Some things are not appropriate for young teens and may send the wrong message

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About 2 years ago I received a postcard in the mail to try out a free issue of Cosmo Girl and filled it out and sent it in just out of curiosity. Well curiosity and the fact that it was free! :o) I used to get Cosmo Girl before I...

Pros: Better than it used to be!
Cons: Still mixed messages for teens.

Being a magazine lover myself, I was always checking out magazines marketed toward teens myself before my girls got their hands on. Teen magazines are not what they used to be 30 years ago and many are just filled with things your 12-15 year old just ...

Pros: It is in simple enuf English for my pityful brain to understand.
Cons: It makes me want to buy stuff.

So, one day something arrives in the mail at the house in which I live. And this something is an issue of Cosmo Girl. Nobody knew why it arrived, but my sister was the first one to get at it and she put dibs on the Josh Hartnett stickers before...

Pros: none
Cons: This magazine is helping to create a society of Cosmo women and that is bad.

In todays world I find magazines like this one to be nothing but trash. Young women don't need to know about how to get a boyfriend or what clothes to wear. Young women, actually young girls need to learn how to love themselves for what matters, what is...

Pros: good for a younger audience
Cons: too young for me

I bought this magazine cause I had read everything I had and basically because it was something new. This magazine didn't appeal to me. It seemed like it was for pre-teens or early teens. It is a great magazine for that age, but not for me.

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Pros: actual articles appealing to teens
Cons: ads as usual, but not too many

It's not often you can find a WONDERFUL magazine, let alone a teen magazine. Well, look no further. Despite its name, Cosmogirl is nothing like Cosmopolitan. It does not project the idea that women have to have sex to be sexy. In fact, it encourages ...

Pros: solid information about teen topics
Cons: it's terrifying to see what is a teen topic

Do you remember the first time you picked up a "Cosmo" and read the articles in it? The racy stories, what to do if you think he has the clap, how to juggle your husband and boyfriend, and all the naughty things in the back? It was like...

Pros: Unique sections such as: free stickers, *lots* of beauty tips, and even a Cosmo Girl comic.
Cons: Not a lot, sometimes they could cool down on the boyband stuff.

"It's really awesome, get it. I just got a subscription to it.", said my friend about Cosmo Girl when we were wandering through the magazine rack of a News Stand not really intending on buying anything. I guess what I noticed about it was the...

Pros: lots of cool stuff
Cons: none

This is the most interesting teen magazine out there. It is jam-packed with lots of good stuff. For example, there is always:
Ouch:These are embarassing moments. There is always a particular subject. For example, embarassing driving moments...

Pros: It does have a section on high price look-alikes, and good beauty tips
Cons: The ads are very sexual and provacative, with overly thin models.

I subscribed to this magazine for a year, and I did not renew it. I found that the magazine had very bad ads, men and women, posing in the latest styles while sprawled on top of each other, or women and women on top of each other. I thought that this was...

Pros: good advice and tips on make-up, fashion, dating, and health
Cons: Not quite as mature subject matter as I would like, but better than most.

First, you should know that I am only 18-years-old. This may affect the way you judge my opinion. But remember that I actually read these magazines and know what I'm talking about.

Cosmogirl! is basically a Cosmopolitan magazine for teens. It...

Pros: Talks about things that are to embarrising to talk about with parents.
Cons: Doesn't come out every month just every other month.

Every 2 months, I head down to the store to pick me up a issue of Cosmo Girl. I can't wait to get home and read it. Every issue is packed with info about celebs and everyday situations.
In it has Embarrising moments, which I enjoy reading to...

Pros: practical, realistic, often helpful information
Cons: condescending tone and excessive teenybopperness

One of my weaknesses happens to be teen magazines, and despite my general disdain for their worth and quality, my favorite is actually Cosmo Girl.

Once you get past the hideous, "I have an age/identity-crisis" style of the writers and editors...

Pros: Fresh, stylized and funky new mag for teens
Cons: Sometimes trips over the line between "girl" and "woman"

As a college student and former model, magazines are part of my world. Not quite the cornerstone, but definately a block in the arch of my monthly entertainment. So when my younger sister started begging me for a magazine called "Cosmo Girl", alarm bells...