In this way, the magazines relieve isolation. There are also as many negatives as positives. There isn't a political awareness in these magazines about issues, and much of the content is shallow and narcissistic. I often feel less insulted reading Playboy, because it's put together from the stance of a consumer who's not being consumed. In Cosmo and Glamour, it's more about sex, how to be an airbrushed, cookie-cutter object with tube top and spike heels.
Cosmo feminism is all about the fun, none of the struggle.
From other women. Conversation is a major force in women's lives. There's more talk about spirituality. Now we're into the ethics of it, how to make it meaningful. You found that middle-class white women make up the most sexually informed group.