Seventeen magazine

Seventeen magazine
Young Adult Fashion Magazine
v. 68 no. 2: Feb 2009
132 pp.
Suitable 13+

Readers Annotation: This is a fashion and trends magazine aimed towards teenage girls.

Summary: In a nutshell, the magazine's goal is to give advice. There are many sections and subjects in how this magazine accomplishes that. There's fashion advice that covers clothing, accessories, hair, and makeup, not to mention different styles. There's a health section in either how to lose weight, to get and stay fit. There's even stories by teens such as spring break horror stories, a hookup report, and interviews by favorite teen celebrities; this month is was the singer Pink. The magazine also covers technology like the best songs to download. The advertisements are all teen related, whether its clothing, a drivers-ed ad, and even tampons. This magazine is pretty much aimed towards girls only and its style depends on the month and season of the year.

Critical Evaluation: The magazine is exactly how it sounds, for teenage girls, specifically older teen girls. While the subject matter deals with relationships, clothing, and real life stories, its nothing shocking and a teenage girl and her mother can very well sit, read, and discuss without any awkwardness. It's all in good taste and the fashions are not meant to be provocative but cute. The stories may deal with hookups but this is nothing new for teens and it is not too graphic to be uncomfortable. Even the ads are teen girl related; nothing is out of place and nothing is meant to be uncomfortable. The writing is simple and too the point, usually a short paragraph or two. Teens are more interested in the vast amount of photos instead of the writing. But if its an interesting story or tagline, the writing will be in a bright, eye-catching color. All in all, this is about advice to make a teen girl feel comfortable, not jealous, though this is coming from a guy's perspective.

Booktalking Ideas:
1) Fashion
2) Trends
3) Advice
4) Teenage girls as focus

Challenge Issues:
There are no challenge issues found in this magazine.

Why Included:
I needed to change my blogs up a little and found this magazine at my library. It is what it is, let's just say that.