# Patrick McEvoy-Halston
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Dr. Blank
17 November 2004
large, brightly coloured fonts to grab your attention and interest. Indeed, there are bright, bold
colours to be seenthroughout the magazine-especially pink, red, blue and orange. The
looking either satisfied,delightedor sexually aroused. Toward the end, and as the magazine
tampax, birth control and cold sore advertisements. Some of the advertisementsalso feafure
goup of peopleout at the cabin (threegirls, two guys: delved into this one). Though images
good stuff.
The imagesencounteredby readerslikely do not reflect how they (reader$ look or feel
6bout themselves,for otherwisetherewould be no enticementto buy the productsproffered in
article on "cool party snacks." As well, a cold sore advertisementshortly follows a short article
to get their kicks from being perpetualparty poopers.) Feminists,however, ought to be careful
not to be too eagerto condemnit. Yes, a legitimate argumentcan be made that while the
on products,but we should not too quickly skip over how wornen are portrayed in the magazine.
They are not portrayed as demurebut rather as sexually active and assertive.The magazine
woman. And the magazineclearly doesnot suggestthat women are to be contained,that they
The cover girl exemplifies how women are portrayed throughout the magazine. She
displayby her dynamic inner spirit. So endsmy ideological critique. (592 words)
Work Cited
White,Kate,ed. Cosmopolitan.December2004.