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Originally posted by astroAPhi
You know, it's this crap like "How to be popular!", "How to make him like you!" and now, "How to become a [horribly and unfairly stereotyped] sorority girl!" that made me quit reading that damn magazine.
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Actually (I know we had this discussion in another thread) Seventeen is probably among the best of the teen girl-oriented magazines out there -- certainly better than YM. Seventeen actually addresses the concept of birth control, pregnancy and STDs (whereas most teen girl magazines send out the conflicting message of "Make him like you!" "How to be a great kisser!" "Center your life around boys!" and fill their pages with super-skimpy clothing while still preaching abstinence-only), does articles on political issues and other serious things interspersed with their "How to tell if he's crushing" quizzes. And Seventeen is actually the only teen magazine that I know of that has ever done pro-sorority articles.