As I was reading the article for class, Inventing the Cosmo Girl: Identity and Girl-Styled American Dreams, I was intrigued, and somewhat shocked, by the low standards for which the magazine held its audience. It may be the same way now, but it wasn't a concept I had considered before.
I looked up past Cosmo magazine covers to see if these concepts were portrayed in their cover girls. I don't know that I found what I was looking for, but the timeline of covers is very interesting. For one, I actually think that Cosmo has become more conservative in its old age! I'm not saying that the cover girls of today are covered head to toe-they are clearly using their sex appeal. However, they wear more than, say the June 1976 cover girl who is clad only in a lei.
It's neat to browse through all the covers and see the trends through the decades.
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