tigerrouge
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Flicking through the digital mag, this issue seems to be 102 pgs. I like the choice of content, I found the articles interesting, and that Kirsty Hume editorial is simply lovely.
The editor's letter about her anti-aging agenda is preceded by an ad for a "line-erasing night serum".
I believe the editor believes in the things she says - but she's driving the wrong vehicle to get where she wants to be. It's like a grad student calling for immediate action on climate change, while their education is being funded by the petroleum industry.
The continued existence of Allure is underwritten by advertising revenue from companies who want to sell us solutions to issues like aging. When confronted with an anti-aging agenda, at best, these companies will repackage the same products using whatever buzz words are currently fashionable, removing any explicit reference to age. But the same promise of 'change' and 'improvement' will still be inherent in what's being sold.
And that's before we consider the customers, and the basic human desire to want to look younger, which has existed long before the printing press or any other form of mass media.
The editor's letter about her anti-aging agenda is preceded by an ad for a "line-erasing night serum".
I believe the editor believes in the things she says - but she's driving the wrong vehicle to get where she wants to be. It's like a grad student calling for immediate action on climate change, while their education is being funded by the petroleum industry.
The continued existence of Allure is underwritten by advertising revenue from companies who want to sell us solutions to issues like aging. When confronted with an anti-aging agenda, at best, these companies will repackage the same products using whatever buzz words are currently fashionable, removing any explicit reference to age. But the same promise of 'change' and 'improvement' will still be inherent in what's being sold.
And that's before we consider the customers, and the basic human desire to want to look younger, which has existed long before the printing press or any other form of mass media.
