the list

My recommendations--

Fluff: "Cheaper Than Therapy" in the July issue of Marie Clairemagazine. An earnest, if surfacy, look at how five modern career woman have turned away and then toward religion. While more of a glance, rather than a hard look, at how Catholicism, Buddhism, Islam, Judaism and Protestantism provided the answers these woman were looking for, a commendable attempt by a consumer magazine to delve below the shallow waters of eyeshadow shades and hemline lengths.

Smut: Intouch magazine's zillionith article about Lindsay Lohan's fluctuating weight and sexuality. One redeeming factor: brings up interesting game to play by yourself in your head while waiting in line at the DMV or having blood drawn. Li.LO and J.LO are not the only ones who get a cool two-syllable moniker. It works for everyone! Mo.MO, J.WO, Phi.NA, Li.RI. Go ahead, try it with your own name and then with the name of every person you've ever known. You know you want to.

Culturally Relevant: Spent by Geoffrey Miller, an evolutionary psychologist who explains the burgeoning connections between evolution, sex and human consumerism. Marketers and snobs take heed: reading this book is the equivalent of someone throwing cold water in your face.

"Crazy Talk: Oprah, Wacky Cures & You" in the June 8th issue of Newsweek. Weston Kosova and Pat Wingert call Oprah out on the flimsy, often downright inaccurate medical advice spewed forth by the guests on her show. It's. About. Time. Most intelligent article I've read in Newsweek in a looooong time. Check out, too, the publications new layout, which makes it look like The Economist or The Atlantic, though it still reads like its usual left-wing, watchdog fodder.

New finds:
Best Life : A magazine about "what matters to men." Useful for women who were afraid that their husbands and boyfriends were secretly like the men who write and edit Maxim.

Engagement 101 Magazine: The Magazine to Read BEFORE You Get Engaged (emphasis mine). I'm split as to whether I should throw up or applaud this brilliant, if shameless, marketing move by the publishers.

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