Intersectional Feminism and Social Justice in Teen Vogue

In this article, we argue that Teen Vogue has evolved to encompass aspects of intersectional, feminist activism that is particularly evident in the 2017 “Voices” section of the magazine. This evolution challenges previous research that has found that, historically, teen magazines focus heavily on heteronormativity, ideals of beauty, and consumerism. Our analysis of the content of this section of Teen Vogue in 2017 demonstrates that teen magazines can be reimagined as legitimate sources of intersectional activist feminist information for readers. Despite these positive changes, however, Teen Vogue continues to advertise clothing brands that many adolescent girl readers are likely unable to afford, thereby reinforcing superficial postfeminist notions of empowerment.

Conjunctive Relation in English Advertisement on Child and Teen Magazines

There are many previous types of research about semiotics, language style and image in analyzing advertisements. This study analyzes advertisements by conjunctive relations. This is aimed at observing how the conjunctive relation analyzing the advertisement and constructing the meaning to target readers. This study describes the use of conjunctive relation that results from different stages in the advertisement. The data used advertisements published from August – September 2018 in Junior and Teen Magazine. The method of this study is descriptive qualitative. This study used purposive based sampling based on the objectives of the study. In analyzing data, researchers use Systemic Functional Linguistics approach. This step of analysis uses a domain, taxonomy, componential and cultural theme analysis. The study finds out that the advertisement is structured by exposition genre and the message is delivered well to specific target readers; children or teenagers. Besides,conjunctive relation’s analysis finds the invitation meaning explicitly. In conclusion, the language and meaning are easy to understand both the target readers.

Shorn capelloni: hair and young masculinities in the Italian media, 1965–1967

In the period between 1965 and 1967, a series of acts of violence took place against Italian capelloni (young men with long hair). These attacks frequently ended with an attempted or actual cutting of these young men's hair. This article analyses how these incidents were represented in newspapers, teen magazines, and in the short film Il mostro della domenica by Steno (Stefano Vanzina, 1968) featuring Totò. Drawing on literature about the shaving of French and Italian collaborationist women in the aftermath of the Second World War (Virgili 2002), it explores the potential gender anxieties caused by young men's long hairstyles, as represented by the media. The attacks on the capelloni are interpreted as a punishment for the male appropriation of a traditionally feminine attribute of seduction: the cutting of young men's hair symbolically reaffirmed an ideal of virile masculinity in a moment of ‘decline of virilism’ (Bellassai 2011) in Italian society.

The impact of teen magazines on adolescent girls in North Cyprus

To understand the impact of teen magazines on adolescent girls from their perspective, we undertook a study in North Cyprus with 82 adolescent girls aged 12–17 years who were readers of several Turkish teen magazines. We conducted focus group interviews to determine the impact of the teen magazines on these Turkish Cypriot adolescent girls' perception of ideal beauty, consumption behavior, and body satisfaction, and to establish why they read the magazines. A narrative analysis showed that participants valued the teen magazines as a source of information and advice. They were influenced by the Western image of ideal beauty promoted by the magazines, were motivated to purchase and use fashion and beauty products advertised in them, and showed signs of body dissatisfaction. However, there was some evidence of valuing difference in defining beauty. Practical and theoretical implications of our findings are discussed.