Via Townhall:
Women’s magazines are an area that the conservative movement often overlooks. They’ve become political. And for many young, college-educated women in urban areas it’s their source of news. And yes, it’s entirely liberal. Cosmopolitan issued endorsements in the 2014 midterms, where they announced that they would only support liberal, pro-choice candidates.
Even if a candidate was pro-minimum wage hike, pro-universal health care, and pro-gay marriage, if they were pro-life—they’re out. Yes, par for the course, but these magazines are some of the most widely circulated in the country. Glenn Reynolds, (AKA Instapundit) wrote in 2012, about the need to conservatives to get into this market. I bring this issue up because Hillary Clinton used this medium to try and rehabilitate her image by guest editing the December issue of Teen Vogue, with stories entirely about herself. Now, I don’t read Teen Vogue of course, but The Wall Street Journal’s Jillian Kay Mechior gave a rundown and asked what the hell happened here:
Hillary Clinton expanded her already impressive résumé by guest-editing the issue that hit newsstands Dec. 5. It was a theme issue, with 36 pages devoted to a single subject: Hillary Clinton. That’s more than the 31 pages of ads in the 97-page magazine.
Mrs. Clinton commissioned several articles about herself. Staff writer Lauren Duca proclaims that “zooming out on Hillary’s 2016 loss reveals the broader contours of women’s oppression,” while Gloria Steinem says that when a woman is elected president, “she will be climbing steps that were carved out by Hillary.” The issue also features contributions from Chelsea Clinton and Betsy Ebeling, identified as Mrs. Clinton’s “BFF.”
There’s a two-page spread of “Love Letters to Hill.” Readers are assured they are “personal notes” selected from more than 100,000 post-election missives Mrs. Clinton received from young women, including singer Miley Cyrus and actresses Chloë Grace Moretz and Lena Dunham. The magazine helpfully advises: “Read with tissues in hand!”