Magazines that you miss. (cover, children, teenage, writing)

[jtur88]

I used to love the staid old Scientific American, before it got glitzified for the modern era of readers. Philip Morrison wrote the book reviews, in such beautiful conciseness, that I think I learned as much science from his summaries as I would have if I had read the book myself. Martin Gardner was still writing "Mathematical Games", before he disappeared and the feature was renamed "Computer Games".

The thing I thought was totally cool about Scientific American was that the explanatory captions under the illustrations ran several lines in length, and even the bottom line was always justified right, neatly filling out the block of text. I used to wonder if anybody else noticed that.

I also loved subscribing to the weekly Saturday Review, when Norman Cousins had built it into a serious literary success.

As a child, I subscribed to Highlights For Children, back in the 40's. How that has changed. And later on, Uncle Ray's Magazine, in the 50's, sort of like a young reader's Discovery or Nat Geo. They both had an unforgettable indluence on my life.

[Yzette]

The ones that used to employ me.

[8635angelvalley]

Tina Brown's Talk magazine and Connoisseur.

[summers19]

Cottage Living and Brainchild.

[PNW-type-gal]

Gourmet - or any other cooking magazine that assumed a basic level of competence and doesn't involve ingredients entirely out of a box or a can. And, most particularly, that isn't 50% big pharma advertising.

The old version of The Atlantic, particularly before they started letting Megan McArdle write economics articles.

[fleetiebelle]

I miss Budget Living. I used to love it, and no other "home" magazine is as fresh and unmatronly.

And the teenager in me still misses Sassy a little bit.

[summers19]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

I miss Budget Living. I used to love it, and no other "home" magazine is as fresh and unmatronly.

And the teenager in me still misses Sassy a little bit.

Ohhh, I used to LOVE Sassy! My mom would frown upon me purchasing it. Which made me want to purchase it even more!
I think this must have been in the late 1980's.

[Nick99]

Esquire Magazine before it became a slightly more sophisticated Maxim clone.

[jtur88]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

And the teenager in me still misses Sassy a little bit.

My wife ordered Sassy from a door to door salesman for my 9-yo stepdaughter. At first I was horrified, but I grew to really respect and appreciate the magazine, and I though it was a very positive thing for her. I encouraged her to read it, and we talked about articles in it. She grew up to be a wonderful woman.

[Megafoxy]

Seventeen Magazine.