Former editor of our favorite magazine, Cosmo, Helen Gurley Brown, passed away on August 13th. While we may not always give Cosmo much of a pass, she was a pretty cool, if anachronistic, lady.
Here, we explore how well her tome, Sex and The Single Girl, hold up today?
R.I.P. HGB.
This month, I’m pleased to introduce some sexy new elements to this esteemed space — the stodgy ol’ print industry has gone hip on us! Not only has Cosmo launched a men’s publication, but it’s iPad exclusive! We’re going mobile, friends. Hitting the road. And then hitting a tree when we cruise off the road during the middle of some poorly planned road-head.
Check out the article for some more good ol’ fashioned tearing apart of absurd sex advice.
Each month like clockwork, men’s and women’s magazines hit the newsstands, bursting with terrible sex and dating advice. And each month, we pick out the worst tips and mock them for your edification.
Ridiculous Sex Tips for a Miserable Life
“Buy your way out of woman trouble. Gone are the days when you could just say “I’m sorry” with a boombox serenade.”
An article listing the mistakes you might make, and the compensatory gifts that will help you recover! I’m going to try to write about this without harping on the stupid-if-not-insulting premise (men can trick women into liking them with gifts) in an effort to not be dull. Instead, I’d like to know if Maxim’s readers even know what a boombox is. The iPod came out over a decade ago. If you’re old enough to remember what a boombox is, you should not be reading Maxim. Fact.
