I stopped buying magazines a couple of years ago...
I realised that the ones I was reading were full of boring celebrities, advertising and girls who all look the same and I didn't want to waste paper or pennies on them any more (except sometimes Dr Who Adventures when it has a reeaalllly good free gift or Sew Hip Magazine for the patterns).
946,430 billion magazines were sold in the UK last year!!http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090126112301AAdXUPt
So instead I read online zines and blogs and communities, which have much more variety and no paper to recycle when I've finished reading.
Here are some of my favourites...
http://www.neetmagazine.com/
http://www.bust.com/index.php
http://galadarling.com/?pg=2
http://www.thesassyminx.com/
http://www.pink-world.co.uk/
http://www.thelostprincess.com/
http://1000awesomethings.com/
http://whitehottruth.com/
http://www.ttrp.co.uk/
http://icanhascheezburger.com/
http://cuteoverload.com/
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/
http://www.independent.co.uk/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
http://community.livejournal.com/craftgrrl/
http://www.craftster.org/
http://dallasclayton.com/page/3/
I've been on a magazine "diet" for a while too. I only buy Bust occasionally. I bought one issue of Missbehave. I'm really sad that Jane has been discontinued, but I'm saving tons of money and trees. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Drea,
ReplyDeleteIf they sold Bust in this county I'd have to reconsider my view on magazines! We never had Jane either *sigh*, at least lack of good magazines means lack of temptation! :D