View Full Version : Glamour magazine's crap article
Pinups4DotCom
12-23-2006, 06:33 AM
i've been a loyal reader to glamour for awhile and i will definitely write a letter to the editor over this article.
gah!
explain how you're never reading COSMO and will not think favorably of the advertisers
Copy the letters and send to the advertisers too
Miss Diva
12-23-2006, 06:07 PM
I can’t believe this article. I just picked up the magazine today and was blindsided by it. I will be writing in a letter to the editor and encouraging everyone else to do so as well.
mina loy
12-24-2006, 12:59 AM
explain how you're never reading COSMO and will not think favorably of the advertisers
Copy the letters and send to the advertisers too
i read cosmo when i was 18-19 just for the sex tips. then i realized just how stupid that magazine really is.
sassfire
12-24-2006, 10:23 AM
I saw this documentary where feminist were striking against strip clubs. One of the strippers said something that summed it all up to me.
"Why don't they protest at that restaurant where the waitresses are making $3.35 an hour?"
Bella21
12-24-2006, 12:55 PM
i read cosmo when i was 18-19 just for the sex tips. then i realized just how stupid that magazine really is.
Seriously. That's why I read Glamour (when I even read a fashion mag). They have the same STUPID tips over and over again.
sing4u16
12-24-2006, 07:26 PM
Has anyone read the article in Glamour magazine this month (January) entitled "No one should have to be a stripper"? It's absolutely ridiculous...I'm writing a rebuttal. Anyone care to join?
BrunetteGoddess
12-24-2006, 09:57 PM
I saw this documentary where feminist were striking against strip clubs. One of the strippers said something that summed it all up to me.
"Why don't they protest at that restaurant where the waitresses are making $3.35 an hour?"
It's even worse here: $2.13/hour....:O
Bella21
12-24-2006, 09:59 PM
^How is that LEGAL!! OH MY GOD!
Lysondra
12-24-2006, 10:04 PM
^ Tips. They count tips as 'income'... some waitresses LOSE MONEY if you don't tip them because they give you min, wage, take 10% of the price of each meal you sell and ASSUME you'll get tipped at least that.
Oh yeah.
mina loy
12-24-2006, 11:51 PM
Seriously. That's why I read Glamour (when I even read a fashion mag). They have the same STUPID tips over and over again.
it's all about pleasing men. not to say that i don't want to please my partner or that my job as a stripper isn't supposed to be pleasing to men, but that magazine made it seem like everything i did was supposed to be geared to that idea.
while waiting for a prescription to be filled i leafed through a cosmo magazine. it featured a section about "chick behavior that baffles guys." it had quotes from guys who were irritated that their girlfriends left their tampon boxes out, had stuffed animals on their beds, and used weird devices to style their hair. how is that information going to help me? that i should rearrange my lifestyle just to snag a guy?
ugh!
ShellyBElly
12-25-2006, 01:38 AM
SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEET
Yah that definetly is rediculous, haha yes im sure every stripper wants someone 2 "save" them. Its funni cuz most strippers i kno r like the realest and strongest ppl ull ever meet. u kno wat i mean? i mean u gotta have a strong backbone in this industry so yah dancers r def. not victums and im here by boycotting glamour! im never gonna buy that magazine again, like seriously (Thank God that article wasnt written in Cosmo a.k.a my bible) haha
<3 <3
BrunetteGoddess
12-25-2006, 09:46 AM
^How is that LEGAL!! OH MY GOD!
Close to the Mexican border:-[ Minimum wage is $5.15/hour too...
Yekhefah
12-25-2006, 01:22 PM
I was a waitress for most of 10 years, and I made $2.13 at every single restaurant I worked at. That's the norm in the USA... tip your waitresses, people!!
funlatina82
12-25-2006, 03:35 PM
Damn, couldn't get past the first page of the article. I really hope they do publish some of our angry letters to the editor!! I've never been a reader of Glamour, but I want to look in the next issue to see if they publish any of our letters.
poca-sita
12-26-2006, 10:30 AM
i "joined" the JC'sGirls and posted a scathing reply in their forum. lets all join and write in. what a bunch of brainwashed idiots!
Bella21
12-26-2006, 11:03 AM
^Well, those people didn't do anything... I'm looking at their forum now... It's really small and sad. I found a thread about how this chicks newfound love of god has made her like veggies. ...?
EDIT: It looks like whatever you posted has been deleted? Ummm.... and "christian chicks who are on fire for christ chat here"?! Relgious people are so.... freaky.
Gypsy14
12-27-2006, 02:33 PM
Hey everyone--
I received the following letter this morning in response to my own letter:
Thanks for writing to GLAMOUR to comment on "No One Should Have to be a Stripper" in the January issue. We appreciate feedback, and I have forwarded your letter to the senior editors, including Editor-In-Chief Cindi Leive.
Thanks for expressing your opinion.
Sincerely,
Lynda Laux-Bachand
Reader Services Editor
...we'll see what happens!
Did anyone else get a response from them?
Bella21
12-27-2006, 02:56 PM
^No, I didn't. What did you write? Maybe it will get published! I can't wait to read the feedback section of their next issue.
BalletBaby
12-27-2006, 04:13 PM
I'm supposed to follow the advice of someone named Harmony Star Dust!?!
Gypsy14
12-27-2006, 05:42 PM
Here's my original response to the article. Looking back, I wish I'd spent a little more time on it because it's kind of all over the place, but I was going for the "strength in numbers" approach- submitting yet another response to accompany the ones that all of you had previously submitted.
"No One Should Have To Earn Minimum Wage If They Love To Dance Around Naked"
I have been a long-time fan of your magazine and have always held it in high regard because of its progressive outlook on women's issues. However, I found your recent article "No One Should Have To Be A Stripper" offensive and biased. While I understand that some women feel pressured and forced into the profession, I think it is important to recognize that for others, the decision to strip is made only after they realize that it is what they truly enjoy doing, and the benefits greatly exceed the costs.
I have been a stripper for a few years now, and in no way do I consider myself to be any of the stereotypes described in the article (those who lead a "soul-killing triple-X life", an "unhappy" life, or "spend their money on drugs, boyfriends, and expensive clothes"). In fact, I attend a prestigious university, I have ambitious career plans upon graduation, and I am highly involved in many other pursuits. I play to my strengths when working as an exotic dancer, because I have found that my intelligence, wit, and talents all help to sell dances where other women who rely on their beauty alone may fall short. In fact, I do wish that more women who feel comfortable with themselves and who are confident would consider such a profession, because there is a TON of money to be made by those who are assertive and smart enough to earn it. The current problem is that there are too many girls who feel forced into the career (such as Miss Dust herself) by abusive boyfriends or struggles in their childhoods, and these are the women who are keeping the negative stereotype alive.
Yes, there are negative aspects to the industry, as there are with nearly everything, but there are also plenty of great things about it that do not simply include money. How about a flexible schedule, or ample time for other pursuits? Or the opportunity for a young woman's own sensual exploration? Or even just the sheer joy of prancing around naked without getting arrested for public indecency? I do wish that Glamour would fairly publish a story about a stripper who loves what she does, and leads a healthy, beautiful, "normal" life.
I have informed many of my family and friends (all of whom who support my decision to dance) of this article, and all have agreed to boycott your magazine and spread the word unless Glamour issues an apology or publishes an article that examines the other side to the story. I don't think that I am alone here, either, and I think you have the potential to alienate a lot of readers by propelling the negative "stripper" stereotype in this fashion. I do not in any way feel "pressured" to do what I do. In fact, I feel as though I am a "woman of the future" because I am comfortable in my sexuality and in my skin, and I do not feel as though men are in control of what I do, in fact, it's just the opposite. I hope you will re-examine the way in which you've offended your readers, exotic dancers or otherwise.
Bella21
12-28-2006, 03:11 AM
^^Oooohhh, I'll bet the word "boycott" got them! :) F*ckers! :D
Gypsy14
12-29-2006, 12:28 AM
Yeah, that's the hope!!
Kabukicho
12-29-2006, 05:03 AM
^^ Very good letter, I can't wait to see if anything comes of it in the next issue.
sun child
12-31-2006, 11:44 PM
Glamour is being ridiculous. Sure they're not affiliated with Tyra?
Oh my god your sense of humor almost made me spit champagne out of my mouth. You are fucking hilarious. Thank you.
virgoamm
01-02-2007, 11:55 AM
Wow, I just checked my e-mail and I got a response from them too! This is what it said:
Thanks for writing to GLAMOUR to comment on "No One Should Have to be a Stripper" in the January issue. We appreciate feedback, and I have forwarded your letter to the senior editors, including Editor-In-Chief Cindi Leive.
Thanks for expressing your opinion.
Sincerely,
Lynda Laux-Bachand
Reader Services Editor
Holy Shmoley! :O
sophiemarie
01-02-2007, 12:04 PM
Christina Aguilara is from Pittsburgh, I had no idea she was a dancer. I am glad she is standing up for us.
sxybrat07
01-02-2007, 12:06 PM
Christina Aguilara is from Pittsburgh, I had no idea she was a dancer. I am glad she is standing up for us.
Huh? /:O
virgoamm
01-02-2007, 12:16 PM
^^ Pretty random, huh? Sophie, speak for yourself!!!! :D
Anyways, I'm glad that we're geting responses from them. It looks like enough of us wrote in that it is actually getting their attention! Yay, to everyone who wrote in-I'm really curious what they're going to do about it. Hmmm.../:O
ExoticEngineer
01-02-2007, 12:27 PM
Well, I keep checking, but no response from them on my end. I figure sometime this month, while standing in line to buy my booze (so I can make it through my day of horror as a stripper) I'll flip through the pages and see if anything came of our responses.
Classic'sMontana
01-02-2007, 01:24 PM
Sent this..... A little late to the thread...
Concerning, "No One Should Have to be a Stripper," January 2007.
I really hope that in the future you will include either an opposing view point in your magazine or offer an unbiased article. "No one should have to be a stripper" has offended me and many of my colleagues to the level of looking for beauty and fashion tips elsewhere, perhaps Cosmopolitan. I have always found your Glamour Women and Hero's articles inspiring and uplifting but, "No one should have to be a stripper" was, in my opinion a cheap "this will sell" story.
You can be happy, healthy, and successful in the adult entertainment industry without experiencing the fall out Harmony Dust describes in her editorial. Perhaps her experiences in the field of Exotic Dance are directly correlated to her messed up childhood. In my experience, people who have to overcome a difficult adolescence are stricken with a pessimistic attitude and a need to be validated by people other then themselves. I have seen girls fall to stereotypical behavior in every job I have ever held, not limited to Exotic Dance. I have also seen many articulate and educated women succeed in making enough money to provide for their own homes, children, and education. I have always held this publication to a high esteem and I am sorely disappointed.
Finally, congratulations to Harmony Dust for finding a good man to take care of you and for finding god, I hope you live a happy and productive life. As for your missionary work.... I will be on the look out for you and your friends, and if I should see you I will explain just where you can stick your lip gloss. (unless of course, it happens to be M-A-C.)
Classic'sMontana
01-03-2007, 11:41 AM
Dear Laura,
Thanks for writing to GLAMOUR to comment on "No One Should Have to be a Stripper" in the January issue. We appreciate feedback, and I have forwarded your letter to the senior editors, including Editor-In-Chief Cindi Leive.
Thanks for expressing your opinion.
Sincerely,
Lynda Laux-Bachand
Reader Services Editor
hmmmm/:O
colleen
01-03-2007, 01:43 PM
Nothing like a form letter to make you feel heard. Here's mine:
Dear Colleen,
Thanks for writing to GLAMOUR to comment on "No One Should Have to be a Stripper" in the January issue. We appreciate feedback, and I have forwarded your letter to the senior editors, including Editor-In-Chief Cindi Leive.
Thanks for expressing your opinion.
Sincerely,
Lynda Laux-Bachand
Reader Services Editor
I bet Lynda Laux-Bachand has been really busy cut-and-pasting all morning. :-\
britt244
01-06-2007, 06:33 PM
yup, same thing. grrr.
NipzncOOkiez
01-07-2007, 08:44 PM
Certainly no one was telling her to stop. Once, Harmony invited her mother to the club and got a supportive response. “Mom told me I brought art into the dancing,” she says.
HER MOM CAME AND WATCHED HER.....
NipzncOOkiez
01-07-2007, 08:52 PM
She had just finished her performance and was about to start tapping men on the shoulder for table dances when “Purple Rain” came on. “I stopped in my tracks. When I auditioned to that song, I’d said to myself I was only going to do this for a couple of months, and now it was almost three years.” Hearing that music seemed destined: It was time to stop.
"THE PURPLE RAIN MADE ME DO IT!" AHHHH Good to know that it wasn't the touching, grinding, or showing her puss to countless men for 3 years... it was the "purple rain" niiiiiice
By spring 2000, not only had Harmony earned her B.A.—magna cum laude—in psychology from UCLA but she had a happy, healthy relationship with a hip-hop singer and songwriter named John Dunkin, whom she’d met at church. “What made me fall in love with her was her heart,” he says. “Well, maybe it was her legs and her heart—that big, bumbling heart, full of love for friends and God and family.”
So she quit dancing and hooked up with a man that likes her legs... oh and of COURSE her heart. Good greif!
Katrine
01-07-2007, 10:04 PM
"THE PURPLE RAIN MADE ME DO IT!" AHHHH Good to know that it wasn't the touching, grinding, or showing her puss to countless men for 3 years... it was the "purple rain" niiiiiice
Motley Crue made me strip, all of those videos I watched growing up. I'm suing them for stealing my youth and innocense. Take back the night ladies!::)
ExoticEngineer
01-07-2007, 10:23 PM
Got my generic letter. I feel fantastic, even grateful that they took the time to e-mail me back....MmmmHmmm, I sure do....
So I grabbed a mag standing in line at the grocery store, and gave it a quick scan, but I didn't see anything that caught my eye in the way of "We are so sorry that we were so desperate for page count and story space that we insulted you all".
oh well.....
colleen
01-07-2007, 10:42 PM
I looked through the January issue at the store yesterday. All the Letters to the Editor were concerning the November articles. Didn't this come out in December? If so, we should look in the February issue.
Kalligirl
01-08-2007, 11:08 PM
I think in Cosmo 2 yrs ago there was a somewhat positive article about stripping titled "Why I strip" it interviewed 3 different girls, one from PEC, one from Tootsie's MIA, and I can't remember the third- just the girls giving different opinions on why they do it. I couldn't read the glamour article as well, made me want to puke.
LatinaRose
01-09-2007, 03:53 PM
I think in Cosmo 2 yrs ago there was a somewhat positive article about stripping titled "Why I strip" it interviewed 3 different girls, one from PEC, one from Tootsie's MIA, and I can't remember the third- just the girls giving different opinions on why they do it. I couldn't read the glamour article as well, made me want to puke.
I remember that Cosmo article! At least they had the sense to seek out 3 different opinions. I couldn't finish the Glamour article, I launched it across the room halfway through.