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RELATED RESOURCES
First of all,
don't miss the bonus discussions and interviews section
which includes extra articles and discussions that don't appear in the book.
Then, see these
links to elsewhere on the Web...
Theory.org.uk
The website all about media, gender, and identity
Theory
Trading Cards
Gotta catch 'em all
David
Gauntlett
About the author, with links to further relevant material
PopCultures.com
Another major resource centre
Reading
into magazines
Ross Horsley's site about his research into men's magazines
ArtLab
New ways of exploring people's relationships with popular media
THREE
MEN'S MAGAZINES TO CONSIDER...
FHM
The most popular men's magazine in the UK - purely neanderthal,
or leading men to think about their place in the world? You decide!
Compare the US and UK
sites.
Maxim
The most popular men's magazine in the USA.
Similar to the FHM formula.
Compare the US and UK
sites.
Men's
Health
It's actually the magazine for men that's most like the magazines
for women - it's all about looking good and eating well ... and being a good partner.
Compare the
US and UK
sites.
THREE
WOMEN'S MAGAZINES TO CONSIDER...
Cosmopolitan
The popular women's magazine - is it empowering? You decide!
Compare the
US and UK
sites, and see also CosmoGirl.
Glamour
Another successful women's magazine, with similar mix of confidence,
sex, success, and appearances.
O
- The Oprah Magazine
Supposedly shunning the emphasis on consumerist beauty ideals,
emphasising inner beauty instead. Does it work?
OTHER
"ROLE MODELS" LINKS...
Role
Models on the Web
Finally something to believe in?
Buffy
the Vampire Slayer
Girl power!
Britney
Spears and Destiny's Child
Positive role models ...?
THE
BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS...
Gay
and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
Helpfully keeping tabs on positive and negative representations
of lesbian, gay and bisexual characters on US television.
The
Commercial Closet
'The World's Largest Collection of Gay Advertising'
American
Family Association ...and Family Research
Council ...and Morality in
Media
Terrifying conservative organisations that want less diversity
in the media (USA).
Antidote,
the Campaign for Emotional Literacy
Aims 'to create an emotionally literate culture, where the facility
to handle the complexities of emotional life is as widespread as the capacity
to read, write and do arithmetic' (UK).
SELF-HELP...
WOULD THESE PEOPLE MAKE YOU HAPPY?
Men
are from Mars and Women are from Venus
Surprisingly backwards self-help from John Gray.
If
Men Could Talk
Pleasant and sensitive self-help for men from Alon Gratch.
Dr
Laura
Strange mix of fiesty, confident self-help advice, and conservative
beliefs, from Laura Schlessinger.
Dr
Phil
Tough but kinda liberal advice (he's Oprah's best friend) from
Phillip C McGraw.
See also the discussions
on this mini-site, or go back to the main page.
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