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We Read It So You Don't Have To: Instyle's Indoctrinations in the Strange Ways of "Chiconomics"

It was inevitable: in the November issue, InStyle has at last graced us readers with its guide to living fashionably in these hardscrabble times. How do fashion mags try to convince us we're being...

We Read It So You Don't Have To: Eva Longoria Parker Wants You to Know She Wears a Size Zero

Near the end of the “The Good Wife,” the profile of Eva Longoria Parker in the November issue of Allure, writer Judith Newman describes her subject this way: Longoria Parker becomes quite animated...

We Read It So You Don't Have To: What Jessica Biel Reveals in Bazaar

Jessica Biel landed the cover of the August issue of Bazaar—and inside, she’s the star of an eight-page feature that pairs her with five designers in a series of dance-inspired poses. I say...

We Read It So You Don’t Have To: Marie Claire’s Guide to Surviving Unemployment

So! Times are tough! The world is spinning out of control, and even Marie Claire is feeling the pinch—they couldn’t decide which of the four Sex and the City cast members to put on the cover, and...

We Read It So You Don't Have To: Reese Witherspoon Won't Discuss Her Shoes With Elle

This is how “Wild at Heart,” Elle’s interview with Reese Witherspoon (October), begins: She has class, sass, and a gorgeous…laugh. Reese Witherspoon is living proof that the South always rises again....

We Read It So You Don't Have To: Elle Pairs a Pop Star With a Primate

Okay, we say that we read it so you don’t have to, but really, no one should have to read “Wild Thing,” in Elle’s July issue. It’s only four paragraphs, but it just doesn’t make sense. Normally, we’d...

We Read It So You Don't Have To: Lindsay Lohan Gets Melodramatic in Allure

Some of the utter lunacy in Allure’s Lindsay Lohan profile, May, has already been making its way across the internet, but we only received our subscription copy on Saturday. And it was totally worth...

We Read It So You Don't Have To: A Bazaar Boost for Lindsay's Mom

Apparently, it isn?t enough for Lindsay Lohan and her pants-less exploits to be plastered across every tabloid and reproduced in high-res on every gossip website. Nope, Lindsay?s mom has to get in on...

We Read It So You Don't Have To: The Boring Things Men Do When You're Not Around

In case yesterday?s glimpse into the?secret language of men? wasn?t revealing enough, March?s Glamour offers a look at?The Secret Lives of Men.? Whoa?it?s not enough they speak a different...