Organic Style

[Aura_Kitten]

... i picked up an issue today at the grocery store... i'd been meaning to flip through one for awhile, and today just seemed like the right time...

i'm a bit disappointed. it seems completely geared toward... well... people with money. lots of it.

one section is about wallet-friendly ways to buy organic food... and in one part it says to "think like a hippie." it also totally disses the long hair / bare feet / natural thing... like, you can only be cool if you shave and wear nice -- BUT ORGANIC -- clothes? you still have to be trendy?

i mean, i get that it's called "Organic Style" but still... the whole magazine seems a bit... pretentious?

has anyone else read it?

[siddie]

Yup, I totally agree. I found very little organic about it. Sorry I wasted my $4 on it.

[guestmama9924]

yep, It is about as "organinc" as Real Simple is simplistic. Some good recipies in Organic Style, but I quickly commit them to memory in the Wild Oats check out line :LOL

[Colorful~Mama]

i somehow have gotten a free subscription. I wasn't thrilled but the lady whos kiddo i babysit? she LOVED it. Very trendy.... very much about organic been hip and cool

eh. whatever. i'm getting it free. LOL
makes for good potty reading

[Aura_Kitten]

i got a free subscription to Latina awhile back... i wish i knew how stuff like that happened. i could take advantage of it more.

i agree: It is about as "organinc" as Real Simple is simplistic. i read Real Simple for a few issues... until i saw what they thought of breastfeeding.

[SoHappy]

Got a free "trial issue" and made them CANCEL and remove me from their list. Organic Style is definitely not my style!!

[Mere]

nak

yeah, i think the title is a bit off as well. however, i find that it makes for good fluff reading...doesn't everyone need some fluff to read every so now and then? i equate it to a fashion magazine, but geared toward people who hate the traditional fashion mags like glamour and cosmo.

[mimim]

I ordered a free trial issue from this mag, too. I got a bill before I ever saw a magazine, then a few weeks later I recieved the April and May issue on the same day. : The next day, I recieved a free cookbook as "a thank you for subscribing". I was sure they were going to hasssle me about paying, but when I called they just canceled my subscription. I wasn't impressed at all, so I probably would've canceled anyway. The whole transaction felt very manipulative though. On the plus side, some of the recipes in the cookbook sound really good!

[Aura_Kitten]

Mere ~ it's funny you would say that. this morning i was just glancing through it again and thought, "you know, this is like Glamour, but about organic stuff." :LOL

[TranscendentalMom]

I actually like this magazine....The subscription is cheap (about $14 a year), the articles are interesting and I've found a lot of good resources for things through their articles and advertisements. I really liked the article with tips on how to save money on organic food - what's wrong with that? They also have interesting articles on travel....places that you wouldn't hear about it a normal travel magazine. Yeah, some of the columns are stupid (like how to give a celebrity a "Green" makeover? wtf?) But I just flip through them and read the things that interest me. FWIW, I am not rich or pretentious.

[mountain mom]

Isn't Organic Style published and edited by the same staff that produces "Shape" magazine? They also do weight lifting and bodybuilding mags.

I don't appreciate all the darn ads!!!! IT is soooo mainstream, corperate organic, promoting too many low carb supplements.

Its redundant. Just my opinion.

[Aura_Kitten]

TranscendentalMom, the piece on saving money when buying organic was pretty good, but i don't like how they phrase some of the stuff (i.e., "your hippie cousin doesn't even have a paycheck and she manages to fill her net mesh market bag every week") ~

the subscription *is* cheap. i realized today that a 1 year subscription (10 issues) is $10 and a 2 year is $15! yet the newsstand price is like, $4.

HMM.

[lilmiss'mama]

My mom got me a sub. I think it is good fluff reading, but not what I expected. It has disappointed me a lot and yes, I think it caters to the rich people who eat organic. Definetly not me!