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If the screaming PINK and ORANGE cover lines with bold interesting headlines on mass-circulation magazines don’t get to you, the mixed messages about celebrities and their break ups and make ups inside will…well, that’s if you love magazines as much as I do. Which makes me ask myself just one question: What are the effects that magazines have on our relationships?
The other day I was reading cosmopolitan magazine and I realised just how blunt and harsh the journalist who write these stories are, it is so obvious that they don’t care about what they write about or who they are hurting as long as they make profit out of the article they wrote. Some may argue and say that’s the price one pays for being a celeb but my point is they don’t consider that what they write is a conflict on someone’s personal life.
It is so funny because a lot of people want their relationships to be the same as ones of celebrities…well, at least the good ones- not the Rihannas and Chris browns of this world who come with all that drama. Celebrities are presented as role models which readers can decide their own behaviour which in media is defined by Agenda-Setting,for example: "Love Quiz; are you a serial dater like Kim Kardashian or an uber-committed like Beyoncé" As much as I like my Cosmo I never ever do the so called ‘love quiz’ because I think it is ridiculous.
All I know is that journalists and magazine editors just want to do their job by selling copies and entertaining the readers. So, if you are going to sit there comparing you and your significant other to some celebrity couple, just remember that love is nothing like you see in magazines-every relationship is different…and THAT article, well it came in the cost of someone’s tears…don’t believe everything you read dear
Nice blog zizi :). the media has a huge impact in other peoples relationship hey and that must come to an end because we may see bo rihanna and chris brown and happy and what not we dont know whats happening behind scenes, so people must stop doing what the media tells us to do
ReplyDeletethanks thuli...yeah that really is true because we dont know what happens behind closed dorrs so why compare yourself and partner to all these relationships of celebs you know
ReplyDeletethat is true. we must be realistic about our relationships and that is why i dont agree when people keep on saying "that whos and whos type of love" NO get your own type of love!!!
ReplyDeletei LOVE THAT! Why should it be the Beyonce and Jay Z type of love instead of it being the Zizi and Tumi type of love lol u knw
DeleteReality and what we see in the media are two different things. we should learn to stop believing the things we read.
ReplyDeleteTrue girl and start making our own relationships what we want them to be...not what we saw on the magazine yesterday
DeleteI agree because media will ruine your relationship if you leave up to their expectations.
ReplyDeleteyep it will girl
DeleteI love reading mags and they are a joy in my life, it is my source of entertainment.
ReplyDeletei also love mags gal
Deleteso true,journalists dont really care wether they hurt someones feelings or not,their aim is to make money at the expensive of other peoples personal lives.
ReplyDeleteand at the end of it all they just want to sell copies
DeleteI love your blog Zee, well done!
ReplyDeleteI love your blog Zee, well done!
ReplyDeleteOh my word, how beautiful was this time in our lives.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blog till today