Yes, I still read magazines and my preference is to read the physical magazine vs. an online version of it. I know, I need to just jump headfirst into reading online, and I might as the subscriptions renew. When I was still working, I'd read magazines on my lunch hour while sitting at a restaurant or fast food place eating. I passed the time and I could tune out all the people around me. :)
My MIL gets Vogue and usually passes it along to me. Most of the pages are advertisements but I enjoy the cover feature article. Magazines were a HUGE part of my childhood/teen years and I'd love to bring back the habit if there are any that are worth the cost. My mom recently got my kids a subscription for Ranger Rick!
I used to subscribe to a number of hard-copy mags ... Mad Magazine when I was younger, Sports Illustrated as a young man, and later when I was older (and somewhat wiser) it was National Geographic and eventually, The Atlantic.
Today is just ... different. As a Substack writer/essayist, I now focus on spreading my own stuff while subscribing to about 20 other Substacks. I still get briefs from the WaPo and NYI, but it's not the same as holding real newsprint in my hands.
I do! Magazines feel like such a treat, and they've been so cheap in the last few years. I remember growing up begging my mom for a sub to YM or Seventeen, and I can't remember how much it cost, but it felt like such a luxury. Now I subscribe to a ton of magazines because they're literally $5-$10/year.
Magazines were pure magic to me when I was a teenager. I would buy from the grocery store checkout line copies of “Teen,” “Seventeen” and “YM” and then read, and reread, and reread them for years on end, until I had them just about memorized. When I was 16, I discovered Vogue, which led to my lifelong love of fashion. I had a subscription to that one for a few years. I’ve been buying back copies of the issues I used to own (they are much more expensive now, haha) and I can still instantly recognize the editorials, the ads, everything I devoured as a teen. I subscribe to National Geographic and Vanity Fair today to give myself something paper I can pick up during those interstitial moments when I would otherwise mindlessly scroll through on my phone. I used to subscribe to Elle, but today’s fashion mags don’t give me the same thrill Vogue did when I was 16.
Your first paragraph resumed my teenage years! I think reading magazines is the main reason I pursued a career in fashion as soon as I graduated from school. (I did my internship at Grazia and yes, as all, I was obsessed with TDWP). However these days I find myself just like Samantha Irby said in one of her essays; that it takes her 4 months to finish a magazine. I've started to take them with me to lunch breaks tho, and that works for me!
I really enjoy reading print magazines, and find the online versions almost annoying - they just don't have the same spirit and sincerity (for me at least) as having the pages between my fingers to flick through. I buy UK Vogue a few times a year, and others here and there as they take my fancy, like Harpers Bazaar, but I get a copy of Red every month and thoroughly enjoy the eclectic features which actually feel like they add value and inspiration to my life ✨ would recommend!
I was a magazine subscriber - to many monthly publications - for years. Some of the magazines I loved, including Gourmet and La Cucina Italiana, are gone. RIP. I kept many issues, too sad to recycle. They’ve moved with me and will be boxed-up to move again soon. I still get a few print magazines but the quality has diminished over the years. What excites me are the independent publications; they’re more expensive, but clearly so much more work and effort goes into their production. I don’t mind supporting these creative endeavors and hope that many of them will succeed for years to come.
I used to love cosmo and elle and things like that. I feel like they were a real go to guide when I was a teen. More recently, I did subscribe to a mag over here (UK) called oh comely, it is a slow going mag I’d say with lovely pieces, lots of book recos and lots on wellbeing mindfulness etc i loved it, I just can’t justify the price of them any more. I have a stack in my house somewhere I was thinking just recently of getting out and rereading. (There’s also the fact I tend to hoard these things and don’t have space to store them which is why I read so much online as well.)
I'm also a big magazine girl from my Seventeen days. At one point in my youth I subscribed to both People AND Us, back when Us was a monthly (that's why they call it Us Weekly now!). EW, Premiere, Glamour, Mademoiselle. O, Allure, InStyle and Real Simple for years (I also resubscribed to RS, I swear I thought it had gone out of business). I also used to rotate between Vogue, W and Town and Country, currently have Elle and re upped to T&C. My husband subscribed to Vanity Fair for decades, he let it go a few years ago when he no longer knew who the people on the cover were (sad but true).
I tried really hard to get my young adult children into magazines, but no go. After the American Girl/Zoobooks ages, they weren't interested. And unfortunately, they aren't alone, which is one reason for the state of the magazine business.
I used to read every fashion mag I could get my hands on. Vogue, Glamour, In Style, Harper’s Bazaar, etc. When we moved when I was in high school my mom discovered my stash in the attic-hundreds! Stacked neatly by date. And the Sept issue of Vogue, my bible. Sadly, haven’t picked one up in years. I miss them. You have inspired me to go pick a few up!
I still love print magazines. I read Garden and Gun and Southern Living and the occasional House Beautiful. I'm also in the process of building a collection of old Sassy magazines (oh, how I loved these!) from the resale sites. They hold up!
Love this post! I’ve been a magazine junkie since I was a kid. While I still subscribe to a few (but really miss InStyle and Lucky) I’ve found a few I love for my tween. We like Anyway and Kazoo.
I've subscribed to Garden & Gun since they launched...incredible writing, beautiful photography, and recommendations that are spot on. Makes me smile every time I see it in the mailbox!
Yes, I still read magazines and my preference is to read the physical magazine vs. an online version of it. I know, I need to just jump headfirst into reading online, and I might as the subscriptions renew. When I was still working, I'd read magazines on my lunch hour while sitting at a restaurant or fast food place eating. I passed the time and I could tune out all the people around me. :)
My MIL gets Vogue and usually passes it along to me. Most of the pages are advertisements but I enjoy the cover feature article. Magazines were a HUGE part of my childhood/teen years and I'd love to bring back the habit if there are any that are worth the cost. My mom recently got my kids a subscription for Ranger Rick!
I used to subscribe to a number of hard-copy mags ... Mad Magazine when I was younger, Sports Illustrated as a young man, and later when I was older (and somewhat wiser) it was National Geographic and eventually, The Atlantic.
Today is just ... different. As a Substack writer/essayist, I now focus on spreading my own stuff while subscribing to about 20 other Substacks. I still get briefs from the WaPo and NYI, but it's not the same as holding real newsprint in my hands.
I do! Magazines feel like such a treat, and they've been so cheap in the last few years. I remember growing up begging my mom for a sub to YM or Seventeen, and I can't remember how much it cost, but it felt like such a luxury. Now I subscribe to a ton of magazines because they're literally $5-$10/year.
Magazines were pure magic to me when I was a teenager. I would buy from the grocery store checkout line copies of “Teen,” “Seventeen” and “YM” and then read, and reread, and reread them for years on end, until I had them just about memorized. When I was 16, I discovered Vogue, which led to my lifelong love of fashion. I had a subscription to that one for a few years. I’ve been buying back copies of the issues I used to own (they are much more expensive now, haha) and I can still instantly recognize the editorials, the ads, everything I devoured as a teen. I subscribe to National Geographic and Vanity Fair today to give myself something paper I can pick up during those interstitial moments when I would otherwise mindlessly scroll through on my phone. I used to subscribe to Elle, but today’s fashion mags don’t give me the same thrill Vogue did when I was 16.
Your first paragraph resumed my teenage years! I think reading magazines is the main reason I pursued a career in fashion as soon as I graduated from school. (I did my internship at Grazia and yes, as all, I was obsessed with TDWP). However these days I find myself just like Samantha Irby said in one of her essays; that it takes her 4 months to finish a magazine. I've started to take them with me to lunch breaks tho, and that works for me!
I really enjoy reading print magazines, and find the online versions almost annoying - they just don't have the same spirit and sincerity (for me at least) as having the pages between my fingers to flick through. I buy UK Vogue a few times a year, and others here and there as they take my fancy, like Harpers Bazaar, but I get a copy of Red every month and thoroughly enjoy the eclectic features which actually feel like they add value and inspiration to my life ✨ would recommend!
I was a magazine subscriber - to many monthly publications - for years. Some of the magazines I loved, including Gourmet and La Cucina Italiana, are gone. RIP. I kept many issues, too sad to recycle. They’ve moved with me and will be boxed-up to move again soon. I still get a few print magazines but the quality has diminished over the years. What excites me are the independent publications; they’re more expensive, but clearly so much more work and effort goes into their production. I don’t mind supporting these creative endeavors and hope that many of them will succeed for years to come.
I read a Dutch (I read it in German) magazine 'FLOW.' And 'The Simple Things.' a UK magazine.
I used to love cosmo and elle and things like that. I feel like they were a real go to guide when I was a teen. More recently, I did subscribe to a mag over here (UK) called oh comely, it is a slow going mag I’d say with lovely pieces, lots of book recos and lots on wellbeing mindfulness etc i loved it, I just can’t justify the price of them any more. I have a stack in my house somewhere I was thinking just recently of getting out and rereading. (There’s also the fact I tend to hoard these things and don’t have space to store them which is why I read so much online as well.)
I'm also a big magazine girl from my Seventeen days. At one point in my youth I subscribed to both People AND Us, back when Us was a monthly (that's why they call it Us Weekly now!). EW, Premiere, Glamour, Mademoiselle. O, Allure, InStyle and Real Simple for years (I also resubscribed to RS, I swear I thought it had gone out of business). I also used to rotate between Vogue, W and Town and Country, currently have Elle and re upped to T&C. My husband subscribed to Vanity Fair for decades, he let it go a few years ago when he no longer knew who the people on the cover were (sad but true).
I tried really hard to get my young adult children into magazines, but no go. After the American Girl/Zoobooks ages, they weren't interested. And unfortunately, they aren't alone, which is one reason for the state of the magazine business.
I used to read every fashion mag I could get my hands on. Vogue, Glamour, In Style, Harper’s Bazaar, etc. When we moved when I was in high school my mom discovered my stash in the attic-hundreds! Stacked neatly by date. And the Sept issue of Vogue, my bible. Sadly, haven’t picked one up in years. I miss them. You have inspired me to go pick a few up!
I still love print magazines. I read Garden and Gun and Southern Living and the occasional House Beautiful. I'm also in the process of building a collection of old Sassy magazines (oh, how I loved these!) from the resale sites. They hold up!
I still read magazines I get them from my library and always request subscriptions as gifts as their costs are a little too much for my budget.
There’s a quiet luxury to sitting down with a bunch of my favorite titles with a cup of coffee on my chair by the window …
Love this post! I’ve been a magazine junkie since I was a kid. While I still subscribe to a few (but really miss InStyle and Lucky) I’ve found a few I love for my tween. We like Anyway and Kazoo.
I've subscribed to Garden & Gun since they launched...incredible writing, beautiful photography, and recommendations that are spot on. Makes me smile every time I see it in the mailbox!