OK, mea culpa, it's a bit of a dumb name but, for this show, it had the right self-referential vibe: eye-catching, overblown, and slightly inaccurate.
Are we getting the media we deserve? When advertisers are in charge, and opinions are left in the hands of focus groups and check boxes, and we accept it, this is what we're going to get. It's a shame, because there are some powerful brands out there that are in a perfect position to push boundaries and make people think, a lot more than they are now.
Here's Al, below, after the show.
Note: Al writes for Cosmo, as have I, among many other mags, so we are in this up to the elbow and bear some responsibility for the situation. Al also writes for Scarlet, as again have I, which is an honourable new exception to lot of what we've been going on about. Sadly, the editor, Sarah Hedley, couldn't make it, but we're sure to be having her on the show sometime in the new year.
We had to mention Zoo magazine's boob job prize. Check out the variety of comments. Perhaps this is the much younger generation talking, but the idea that your boyfriend entering a competition to win you a pair of bigger tits is somehow sweet, because 'at least he was thinking about you', beggars belief.
Back in the day, I got some of my earliest sex education from She magazine, which had acres of tasty problem pages. By now, however, there must have been approximately 18,672 Ways to Orgasm! documented in the women's glossies to date, but I just don't count whether that special cat-shaped satin cushion is supposed to be placed at 90 degrees to your bits, or 180, as a distinction. And a scented candle is not a position.
The podcast will be out very soon, and we'll be back on Sunday 18th December for the Christmas show. It's gonna be dark. I mean really this time. ;-)
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We're the 18th most popular podcast download on yahoo! One day, maybe, we'll we allowed into iTunes...
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Posted by: ro781ck | July 04, 2007 at 05:22 PM