Yep. Plz don't buy it new...ask someone anyone! Unless you must have it! And then maybe give a think about why? Need and want r not the same my friends
loved this! think about the return of digital a lot, especially with magazines. i subscribed to seventeen all throughout high school, and i have such fond memories of admiring each issue on the floor of my bedroom; it was a monthly ritual for me. now seventeen and other fashion and beauty mags are entirely online and no longer in print, and i think there's something lost there. not only in the quality of content, which by the nature of it being online-only means that they have to churn out content constantly, which then means that you get articles covering something totally ephemeral and meaningless, like a celebrity posting an instagram photo with a new hair color. whereas in physical magazines, if a celebrity changed her hair color, it would be put into context as part of a bigger trend, with tips on how to try it yourself, all packaged beautifully in a curated layout. the ephemeral was given meaning through context in physical magazines and i miss that!
I absolutely agree with you. Magazines and outlets don't have to cover every little thing that happens on a social media. I miss the time when journalism used to be about critical analysis and cultural commentary. I hope with the way internet is changing drastically, we go back to quality over quantity.
I agree. Like..I subbed to print v fair just for the cologne samples!! Then I thought am I stupid? But then I realized that I just love em soooo much!! And the content is still OK I guess. Idk.....but I know im glad print is coming alive..not that it died it was only asleep like rip van winkle
I'll never forget finding a copy of an old seventeen in my attic. It was my sister's. It had a sweater in it that she had ..in the issue..which was also in said attic. It was like a gift from the Gods
I love this and find it so relatable. I feel like in addition to what you said about being able to own the material and the possibility of it disappearing from streaming platforms, it's also a cheaper alternative, with all of the streaming platforms continually raising prices. I need to embrace the slower paced lifestyle more than I do and transition from the fear of missing out on thing to the joy of missing out on things, so that I take time to really appreciate and enjoy the things I do have in life, and not always looking for something else.
ooh interesting perspective. i knew slow living was a response to capitalism's labour exploitation. maybe it is also a response to the cost of living crisis. food for thought. thanks for sharing.
i'm this close to purchasing a portable dvd player and i've definitely made my return to physical books. what helped me make the switch was buying books from local publishers whose books aren't available in e-book form. i get to support local authors AND spend time away from my screen!
The desire to own something is so incredibly true, despite so much access and ability to “buy buy buy” nothing feels like it’s truly ours unless we can hold it sometimes! Loved this piece, thank you for including me 🙂
This has been on my mind constantly the past few months. I used to love getting magazines in the mail, I could read my teen vogue while my mom read her Essence, it was a shared activity. Silence in the mornings that could be warmly interrupted with a “look at this”, as we pointed to whatever we found interesting on our respected pages. I was able to feel a glimpse of adulthood that specifically catered to me, and thats something that is lost when everything is online. There is a lack of intentionality in regards to younger “content” these days, they have to skip from child to twenty something, completely missing out on the fun, awkwardness, and adventure that comes from the preteen to teen time period. The people I used to watch on Disney and Nickelodeon were MY celebrities, and the music i listened to was whatever my mom played in the car on the way to school and whatever Disney adjacent pop stars were popular at the time. It’s unfair to constantly have conversations around younger generations listening to raunchy music or inappropriate shows and videos when we’ve damn near limited all the physical access they could have to something different. They don’t have the magazines we had when we were younger that provided such a clear separation from the “grown up” world or the experience of checking out CDs in line at Justice. As I get back into the physical I’m starting a collection along the way for my future children to be able to grow up without skipping stages.
I had no idea that people were using the expression JOMO - never heard it before! Maybe because I'm a millennial born in the 80's 😅. But love it! So good.
The best way to get physical again is to thrift.
Yep. Plz don't buy it new...ask someone anyone! Unless you must have it! And then maybe give a think about why? Need and want r not the same my friends
loved this! think about the return of digital a lot, especially with magazines. i subscribed to seventeen all throughout high school, and i have such fond memories of admiring each issue on the floor of my bedroom; it was a monthly ritual for me. now seventeen and other fashion and beauty mags are entirely online and no longer in print, and i think there's something lost there. not only in the quality of content, which by the nature of it being online-only means that they have to churn out content constantly, which then means that you get articles covering something totally ephemeral and meaningless, like a celebrity posting an instagram photo with a new hair color. whereas in physical magazines, if a celebrity changed her hair color, it would be put into context as part of a bigger trend, with tips on how to try it yourself, all packaged beautifully in a curated layout. the ephemeral was given meaning through context in physical magazines and i miss that!
I absolutely agree with you. Magazines and outlets don't have to cover every little thing that happens on a social media. I miss the time when journalism used to be about critical analysis and cultural commentary. I hope with the way internet is changing drastically, we go back to quality over quantity.
I agree. Like..I subbed to print v fair just for the cologne samples!! Then I thought am I stupid? But then I realized that I just love em soooo much!! And the content is still OK I guess. Idk.....but I know im glad print is coming alive..not that it died it was only asleep like rip van winkle
I'll never forget finding a copy of an old seventeen in my attic. It was my sister's. It had a sweater in it that she had ..in the issue..which was also in said attic. It was like a gift from the Gods
I love this and find it so relatable. I feel like in addition to what you said about being able to own the material and the possibility of it disappearing from streaming platforms, it's also a cheaper alternative, with all of the streaming platforms continually raising prices. I need to embrace the slower paced lifestyle more than I do and transition from the fear of missing out on thing to the joy of missing out on things, so that I take time to really appreciate and enjoy the things I do have in life, and not always looking for something else.
ooh interesting perspective. i knew slow living was a response to capitalism's labour exploitation. maybe it is also a response to the cost of living crisis. food for thought. thanks for sharing.
Yes!!!!! It's so so important. And also..what if something happens that we can't go online???? What then?
i'm this close to purchasing a portable dvd player and i've definitely made my return to physical books. what helped me make the switch was buying books from local publishers whose books aren't available in e-book form. i get to support local authors AND spend time away from my screen!
go get that dvd player, bestie!
Yep. My man found a stereo for me w cassette and turntable for my garage. Thrifted...ofc. estamos siendo pobres
The desire to own something is so incredibly true, despite so much access and ability to “buy buy buy” nothing feels like it’s truly ours unless we can hold it sometimes! Loved this piece, thank you for including me 🙂
It was a pleasure talking you, Anna!
Yes that has great value too. Precious memories can attract good energy I believe
This has been on my mind constantly the past few months. I used to love getting magazines in the mail, I could read my teen vogue while my mom read her Essence, it was a shared activity. Silence in the mornings that could be warmly interrupted with a “look at this”, as we pointed to whatever we found interesting on our respected pages. I was able to feel a glimpse of adulthood that specifically catered to me, and thats something that is lost when everything is online. There is a lack of intentionality in regards to younger “content” these days, they have to skip from child to twenty something, completely missing out on the fun, awkwardness, and adventure that comes from the preteen to teen time period. The people I used to watch on Disney and Nickelodeon were MY celebrities, and the music i listened to was whatever my mom played in the car on the way to school and whatever Disney adjacent pop stars were popular at the time. It’s unfair to constantly have conversations around younger generations listening to raunchy music or inappropriate shows and videos when we’ve damn near limited all the physical access they could have to something different. They don’t have the magazines we had when we were younger that provided such a clear separation from the “grown up” world or the experience of checking out CDs in line at Justice. As I get back into the physical I’m starting a collection along the way for my future children to be able to grow up without skipping stages.
yes we need more age appropriate content for age groups
I had no idea that people were using the expression JOMO - never heard it before! Maybe because I'm a millennial born in the 80's 😅. But love it! So good.
JOMO is real. I won't blame you though, the vocabulary is changing at lightening speed.
What's jomo she sez while opening goggle on other fone lol
Omg this gives me hope