Critque of "Cosmopolitan" Magazine
..., sidebars, and usually expert advice or a quote from a reader. Cosmo is a very colorful magazine. There is not a single page without a picture and absolutely no white spaces or long text columns. The fonts in use are generally large and open, usually artistic or unorganized in nature. Advertisements in Cosmopolitan range from hair color to make-up, to perfume and shaving creams. They are directly targeted toward women. The advertisement either has a beautiful women using the product, an encounter between a man and a woman, or in many cases, a man barely dressed(or not at all). For example, the shaving cream ad has a side view of two men, naked, bent to form a heart with their bodies. The phrase is "Love Your Legs." Another ad, this time for Noxzema, shows a girl walking past a boy smiling, and him turning his head to watch. The catch phrase? "The use of Triple-Clean may cause a double take." Cosmopolitan articles report on relationships or real life issues for women. The September 2002 magazine has eight cover stories, four of them about relationships, the other four include fall fashion tips, stress management and the secret lives of supermodels. "The #1 Thing He Craves in Bed" takes up most of the page and claims to "make his pulse pound hard (better brush up on your CPR)." Looking at the Table of Contents, which comes after fourteen pages of ads, you can find the story on page 186. "The One Thing He Craves Most in Bed" turns out to be a woman who’s not afraid of her sexuality and proceeds to tell the reader how to "unleash" themselves to become "sexually spirited". Using tips ...