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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: When Cosmo strikes...(c. Cosmoparody)
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Date: Tue, 18-Sep-84 04:10:34 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 18 04:10:34 1984
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>...Unfortunately, I can't say it's harmless; I know enough
>women who swear by it.  Sigh.  I did a huge research project in
>Communications last year on the effects and methods of Cosmopolitan,
>with depressing results.  However, I wouldn't move to remove it 
>from the newsstands; feels too much like censorship, ugh!

Nor would I want to censor it...if it's stupid enough, it will die for lack
of market.  If enough of us are stupid enough to buy it anyway, we deserve
what we get.

But I saw the best reply to Cosmo about two weeks after I saw the issue
that prompted my original posting--it's called "Cosmoparody".  Some of the
cover leads were things like:

	How to shed those excess brains

	How to fake orgasm during masturbation

	Guide for the single bride

(Of course, in keeping with my original superficiality, I only read the
titles and didn't look inside, so I don't know whether I can really
recommend it:-)
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...Never offend with style when you can offend with substance.