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Memo To: Dear Women's Magazine Editors: Please Stop It With The Rich, Matchy-Matchy,
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<blockquote data-quote="sportsnut" data-source="post: 858"><p><img src="http://jezebel.com/assets/resources/2007/06/lucky0707cover.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><em>Glossed Over</em>'s vain and vitriolic blogger is taking her favorite target, <em><a href="http://jezebel.com/gossip/lucky/" target="_blank">Lucky</a></em>, <a href="http://www.glossedover.com/glossed_over/2007/06/luckys_taste_to.html" target="_blank">to task</a> for its unyielding -- and subsequently totally meaningless -- use of the word "rich" to describe various items (sandals, bags, blouse) featured in the July issue. Does "rich" mean "expensive" she asks? "Shiny"? "High-quality?" "Well-pigmented"? No one seems to know (although <a href="http://jezebel.com/gossip/gawker/lucky-magazine-readers-have-a-very-good-year-the-rest-of-us--not-so-much-264128.php" target="_blank">according to market research</a>, the word "rich" would best describe the women who read the magazine!) What we <em>do</em> know however, is that "rich" is one of those words or phrases that needs to be jettisoned from the product pages of <a href="http://jezebel.com/gossip/women.s-magazines/" target="_blank">women's magazines</a>, and pronto. Some other words we have in our sights: "matchy-matchy" (cutesy, annoying, redundant); "merch" (lazy, insidery). And of course, our favorite: "<a href="http://jezebel.com/gossip/ashley-baker/hating-the-word-lurve-251261.php" target="_blank">lurve</a>" (sorry, <a href="http://www.glamour.com/fashionbeauty/blogs/fashion" target="_blank">Ashley Baker</a>). </p><p><a href="http://www.glossedover.com/glossed_over/2007/06/luckys_taste_to.html" target="_blank">Lucky's Taste Too "Rich" For Us</a> [GlossedOver]</p><p>Earlier: <a href="http://jezebel.com/gossip/ashley-baker/hating-the-word-lurve-251261.php" target="_blank">Hating The Word 'Lurve'</a></p><p><a href="http://jezebel.com/gossip/gawker/lucky-magazine-readers-have-a-very-good-year-the-rest-of-us--not-so-much-264128.php" target="_blank">'Lucky' Magazine Readers Have A Very Good Year. The Rest Of Us? Not So Much!</a></p><p><a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/jezebel/full?a=NQVPIY" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/jezebel/full?i=NQVPIY" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></img></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://jezebel.com/gossip/memo-to/dear-womens-magazine-editors-please-stop-it-with-the-rich-matchy+matchy--merch-already-270012.php" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sportsnut, post: 858"] [IMG]http://jezebel.com/assets/resources/2007/06/lucky0707cover.jpg[/IMG][I]Glossed Over[/I]'s vain and vitriolic blogger is taking her favorite target, [I][URL="http://jezebel.com/gossip/lucky/"]Lucky[/URL][/I], [URL="http://www.glossedover.com/glossed_over/2007/06/luckys_taste_to.html"]to task[/URL] for its unyielding -- and subsequently totally meaningless -- use of the word "rich" to describe various items (sandals, bags, blouse) featured in the July issue. Does "rich" mean "expensive" she asks? "Shiny"? "High-quality?" "Well-pigmented"? No one seems to know (although [URL="http://jezebel.com/gossip/gawker/lucky-magazine-readers-have-a-very-good-year-the-rest-of-us--not-so-much-264128.php"]according to market research[/URL], the word "rich" would best describe the women who read the magazine!) What we [I]do[/I] know however, is that "rich" is one of those words or phrases that needs to be jettisoned from the product pages of [URL="http://jezebel.com/gossip/women.s-magazines/"]women's magazines[/URL], and pronto. Some other words we have in our sights: "matchy-matchy" (cutesy, annoying, redundant); "merch" (lazy, insidery). And of course, our favorite: "[URL="http://jezebel.com/gossip/ashley-baker/hating-the-word-lurve-251261.php"]lurve[/URL]" (sorry, [URL="http://www.glamour.com/fashionbeauty/blogs/fashion"]Ashley Baker[/URL]). [URL="http://www.glossedover.com/glossed_over/2007/06/luckys_taste_to.html"]Lucky's Taste Too "Rich" For Us[/URL] [GlossedOver] Earlier: [URL="http://jezebel.com/gossip/ashley-baker/hating-the-word-lurve-251261.php"]Hating The Word 'Lurve'[/URL] [URL="http://jezebel.com/gossip/gawker/lucky-magazine-readers-have-a-very-good-year-the-rest-of-us--not-so-much-264128.php"]'Lucky' Magazine Readers Have A Very Good Year. The Rest Of Us? Not So Much![/URL] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/jezebel/full?a=NQVPIY"][IMG]http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/jezebel/full?i=NQVPIY[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [url=http://jezebel.com/gossip/memo-to/dear-womens-magazine-editors-please-stop-it-with-the-rich-matchy+matchy--merch-already-270012.php]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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