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BlueIris

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5. What's sad to me is that Seventeen used to be quality reading material.

Reply to redqueen (Original post)

Wed Feb 1, 2012, 12:20 PM

Feb 2012

When I was 15. Around age 18 or so, I noticed that the writing style had...changed. A lot. Like, minus 50 IQ points and with an obnoxious pseudo-urban bent. Also, a lot of the more interesting article topics had disappeared. I think what happened to Seventeen is what happened to most mainstream media in the mid-90s--it was made as commercial and pro-corporate as possible and consequence lost its relevance.

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Not-So-Sweet Seventeen [View all] redqueen Jan 2012 OP

Believe it or not, I used to write for Seventeen, way back in the late 70s. MineralMan Jan 2012 #1

isnt that interesting. i read cosmo for a while, really young. cool thing to do. seabeyond Jan 2012 #2

Sylvia Plath once published a story in Seventeen. . . Stargleamer Jan 2012 #3

I never really read magazines growing up. Neoma Jan 2012 #4

What's sad to me is that Seventeen used to be quality reading material. BlueIris Feb 2012 #5