5 Quotes:
- "In the mid-1970s feminist attention to girls' and women's magazines saw the magazines as exemplifying oppression. The glossy advertisements did nothing but convince readers of their own inadequacies while hooking them into the consumer culture on the promise that they could buy their way out of bodily dissatisfaction and low self-esteem."(McRobbie, 1997)
- "They try to convince their readers that there is nothing more important than sex and having a boyfriend and that alongside this only the world of shopping and consumption offers opportunities for leisure and enjoyment." (McRobbie, 1997)
- "Gayle Letherby has discussed the issue of ‘the self’ in feminist research, describing how feminists ‘insist’ that the researcher cannot separate themselves from their ‘emotional involvement’ in their work and that subjectivity must therefore be embraced" (Norval, 2011)
- "for many readers, women's magazines are a genre that helps pass empty time, that are easily put aside when other things need to be done and that sometimes offer stories or information that may strengthen the reader for a while" (Hermes, 1995)
- "Readers are, on occasion, empowered by magazines, which may provide them with the opportunity to imagine 'perfect selves. " (Hermes, 1995)
- McRobbie, A. (1997). Back to reality?. Manchester [England]: Manchester University Press.
- Norval, E. (2011). Research into Women's Magazines and the Social Construction of Womanhood. [online] p.9. Available at: http://media.leeds.ac.uk/files/2011/12/Emily-Norval1.pdf [Accessed 2 Jun. 2015].
- Hermes, J. (1995). Reading women's magazines. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
5 locations/places:
- Newsagents/news stands
- General stores/supermarkets
- Waiting-rooms
- Television
- Billboards
- Tea Rooms
5 Websites:
- http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/
- http://www.womenshealthmag.co.uk/
- http://www.lady.co.uk/
- http://www.cyber-heritage.co.uk/women/
- http://www.graziadaily.co.uk/
5 relevant/inspiring images:
5 Sketches:
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