Drugs, depression and dealing with embarrassing parents: Girlfriend November 2013
Girlfriend and Dolly can be commended this year for taking strong stands on alcohol and drugs. This issue of GF is no exception, with ‘The High Life’ exploring the harms of smoking marijuana. When celebs boast about it – such as Miley Cyrus posting a photo of herself smoking pot with the caption “High as […]
Newsflash: 75% Girlfriend readers not sexually active
Results of Girlfriend’s sex survey GF cites their reasons: Waiting to be in love (56%) Not wanting to have sex (37%) Feeling too young (31%) No particular reason (26%) Waiting to be married (17%) Waiting to be the legal age of consent (14%) Waiting for their boyfriend/girlfriend to be ready (8%) Not being interest in […]
Girlfriend: hot boys and recycling gender stereotypes
Girlfriend’s November issue is about boys. Sort of. It’s more about ‘hot’ celeb boys and recycling gender stereotypes. What do girl readers learn about the opposite sex? That they are, disgusting, fart, pee standing up and aren’t just “good for pashing”, they can also be “quite useful” (“they can fix all the things you accidently […]
Girlfriend body image survey: dire findings
But is positive self-talk enough? The story of most significance to the health and wellbeing of girls this issue is the reporting of results of a survey of 1000 of Girlfriend’s readers who were asked how they felt about their appearance. Among the findings are: 25% don’t like what they see in the mirror Only […]