Why Cargo Magazine Sucks
Mar. 18th, 2004 05:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
guywithmonstersI got a "charter subscription" to Cargo magazine. It's a men's magazine - sort of a cross between details and consumer reports. I got a charter subscription because I subscribe to a lot of magazines so I get a lot of new magazine offers.
I'm flipping through the first issue and it's OK. It's a little heavy on the heterosexual posturing, but I'm used to rolling my eyes at that. I figure I'll wait and see if they either come out or stop the dick waving.
Then I come across an article titled "Honey Does This Embroidered Shirt Make Me Look Gay?". That pretty much did it for me.
Does this email make me look gay?
God, I hope so.
A bit of straight boy posturing is pretty standard for men's magazines. Usually I'm bemused by how much reassuring straight men apparently need when they're reading about grooming or buying clothes. The first issue of Cargo laid it on pretty thick and I was willing to give you a few issues to find your level.
That, of course was before I stumbled onto an article titled "Honey Does This Embroidered Shirt Make Me Look Gay?" - you guys crossed the line here.
I know I'm not the first gay guy to voice that opinion, but you can be sure you're not the last person I'm going to be voicing it to.
Please cancel my subscription.
Thank you.
Joey Schweigert
It's not incredibly articulate, but really what else can you say?
I didn't have the heart to point out that half their models look like they're on their way to brunch in Chelsea. Or that straight men by these magazines because they want to look more like gay men.
Yeah, I'm stereotyping both sides but it's easy when you're pissed off. I'd riot, but there aren't any straight stores worth trashing that I don't already shop at...
I'm flipping through the first issue and it's OK. It's a little heavy on the heterosexual posturing, but I'm used to rolling my eyes at that. I figure I'll wait and see if they either come out or stop the dick waving.
Then I come across an article titled "Honey Does This Embroidered Shirt Make Me Look Gay?". That pretty much did it for me.
Does this email make me look gay?
God, I hope so.
A bit of straight boy posturing is pretty standard for men's magazines. Usually I'm bemused by how much reassuring straight men apparently need when they're reading about grooming or buying clothes. The first issue of Cargo laid it on pretty thick and I was willing to give you a few issues to find your level.
That, of course was before I stumbled onto an article titled "Honey Does This Embroidered Shirt Make Me Look Gay?" - you guys crossed the line here.
I know I'm not the first gay guy to voice that opinion, but you can be sure you're not the last person I'm going to be voicing it to.
Please cancel my subscription.
Thank you.
Joey Schweigert
It's not incredibly articulate, but really what else can you say?
I didn't have the heart to point out that half their models look like they're on their way to brunch in Chelsea. Or that straight men by these magazines because they want to look more like gay men.
Yeah, I'm stereotyping both sides but it's easy when you're pissed off. I'd riot, but there aren't any straight stores worth trashing that I don't already shop at...
