Allyson sounds like she's talking about a Bust/Budget Living mashup to me.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 57 Varieties
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Mar 28, 2008 5:44:46 pm PDT #8088 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Steph L. - Mar 28, 2008 5:44:51 pm PDT #8089 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Man, I loved Sassy. *Before* Jane left, it should go without saying.
But the magazine I miss most of all is the dear, departed Mode. No other magazine for plus-size women who want actual fashion instead of muumuus comes close.
t edit This cover, more than anything I can think of, exemplifies MODE in its glory days: [link]
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Amy - Mar 28, 2008 5:48:09 pm PDT #8090 of 10001
Because books.
Man, I loved Sassy. *Before* Jane left, it should go without saying.
Oh, YES.
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2008 5:48:45 pm PDT #8091 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Budget Living sounds cool. Is it anything like Real Simple? I almost fell for that magazine.
Window box flowers/herb gardens for apartment living.
You can get that upside down tomato one. You know what else you should have? Infomercial/product of the week--you know the sort of product. Nothing normal like air fresheners, but instead something like Shamwow! where it's like they're selling you a whole new technology that you just can't continue to live without.
Jesse - Mar 28, 2008 5:49:34 pm PDT #8092 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Real Simple is infuriating. Budget Living was cool.
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2008 5:50:51 pm PDT #8093 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Real Simple is infuriating.
Tell me more.
Jesse - Mar 28, 2008 5:53:51 pm PDT #8094 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, I've only looked at a couple issues, but it seems like all "buy this $300 cardboard box, and your crap will be transformed!" and "how to prepare for your trip to Nice this year: step one, fly first class."
Tom Scola - Mar 28, 2008 5:56:34 pm PDT #8095 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
"how to prepare for your trip to Nice this year: step one, fly first class."
Well, doy.
Amy - Mar 28, 2008 5:56:43 pm PDT #8096 of 10001
Because books.
I like Real Simple because it's so clean. Really spare design, easy on the eyes, and good recipes. Also, organization porn! If you're into that.
Jessica - Mar 28, 2008 6:12:38 pm PDT #8097 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Really spare design, easy on the eyes
Oh god, I *hate* Real Simple's design. Their random-ass use of negative space makes me want to roll the magazine up and use it to beat the crap out of their layout department. It's friggin' unreadable.