Suitable magazine for a 14 year old girl?

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I said I'd get DD a magazine subscription with my Tesco CC vouchers and she asked for Cosmopolitan.
I have looked into Cosmo and think it might be a bit on the saucy side. Now I don't really mind DD reading saucy stuff and it's not like she can't get access to it anyway, but I'm not sure I am sending a good message giving it to her (if that makes any sense)
So should I just let her have it, or is there a more suitable magazine for her out there?
Maybe I'll get a copy for myself, just for research

I would say More is a slightly more teen friendly version of Cosmo

At 14 my DD's were reading shout and Mizz. Coxmo is not suitable for a 14 year old.

or even Cosmo!

My 15 yeqar old likes Elle and Vogue. And Horse and Rider. And the Saturday Guardian.

My DD 13 likes Kerrang and Flipside
Flipside is subscription only

Vanity Fair? Has some reasonable writing sometimes...

bruffin is Flipside an online magazine only? My DD would love that.

YOu can only buy it online as it is published by the IET. It is £29 inc p&p for 8 issues a year. DS 15 really likes it as well. Lots of fun facts and also reviews on films, books and games

Will look into that. I couldn't see where you can subscribe (apart from online) Thanks

There is a phone number here

I would say Glamour magazine is less racy, more fashion and beauty stuff...

Heat in this home for my 14 year old! We look at together and talk about the 'stories' but it's more tongue in cheek than the others.
Not sure I'd buy her Cosmo

I've always tried to steer DD towards NME and then latterly Vogue/ Harpers Bazaar. From about age 13-16 she bought rubbish celeb stuff, and Cosmo/ Company with own money every now and again.
She's now just turned 17, and rarely touches the rubbish stuff. She's into design/art/music/ modelling so the glossies/ Vogue thing works for her, I guess.
I've made tons of mistakes rearing my daughter, but the magazine thing is one area that I feel I've done quite well on.

When I was about 12 I read Mizz, at 14-15 I read Sugar, Bliss and Cosmogirl. If she wants a more adult mag less saucy than Cosmo then Company or Elle would probably do her.

IMO all of those carry anti-feminist messages though, the only womens mag I found that dosn't is Scarlet. However if your worried that Cosmo is too saucy you'll deffo want to give Scarlet a wide berth :o

If she wants a fashion oriented mag then InStyle is good - dd13 loves it.

National Geographic? That is what my 13 year old loves reading. May not be her cup of tea, but just want to point out not all teenage girls are interested in fashion and boys.

I was just lamenting the lack of a pre-teen mag like Jackie with friends the other night - there is definitely a gap in the market for something similar as the rest is a bit rubbish for that age.

I miss Smash Hits (veteran of the Neil Tennant era). And 2000 AD, and NME.

But I did also read Jackie etc, and it didn't totally destroy my feminist self-confidence.

Is Marie Claire not still going as no-one's mentioned it?
Rather like Cosmo with extra articles on issue of the month/travel destination of the month, likes to think it's feminist though not much better than the others.

I loved Readers Digest when I was 14, sadly defunct, and More, J17, 19, Company and Cosmo, sex and all. Mianly for the sex. :)

Just Seventeen was brilliant.

The agony aunt (Melanie?) was fab and there was a big emphasis on being your own person (at least that's I understood it).

It's a shame there's nothing similar around these days.

We all read Cosmopolitan too - first page flicked to was invariably Dr Delvin's Position of the Month

Ummmm, sorry op that's not terribly helpful of me. I hate the celeb magazines though and the obsession with weight and appearance and being famous for shagging footballers - I am sure magazines weren't like that in our day.

Thinking (way) back to the last ice age when I was young I got Jackie ( Iknow it is long defunct!!) until I was about 12 and then I got Sounds and occassionly Melody Maker.

Clearly they are not options!!!

I have lads who buy How it works, Focus and various BMXing type mags so I'm not much use there either.

Glamour is probably your best bet. I buy it now and then if I know I'm going to be sat in the car a while waiting on picking the lads up. Fairly interesting, fashion concious but not silly fashions, make up and relationship advice that sort of thing but not 'old' in a cosmo or Marie Claire way.

Maybe we should start a magazine of our own.

AIBU would be a fab regular feature.

AIBU to snog my bezzie mate's boyf coz she snogged mine?
AIBU to stick pictures of Duran Duran JLS on our fridge?
AIBU to do Shazza's maths homework in return for her collection of scented erasers?