Seventeen magazine?

Question

i want to start getting seventeen mag...but my mom says it is too adult for me. its really made for people my age (13-15) ......so how can i pursuade her into subscribing for me??

Answer 1

I HAVE BEEN READING 17 WHEN I WAS 11. HEHE.

Answer 2

How old are you? I'm an avid seventreen reader, and it is a little bit adult. They cover topics that are a bit mature for younger teens. If you're about 14-15, ask your mom to pick up a copy at the newstand. Have her look through it, and tear out anything she finds innapropriate.

Answer 3

no i believe it is girls ages 16-24.

try teen beat or something along those lines.

Answer 4

idk how u can persuade her maybe when ur in a check out line at the grocery store turn to seventeen buzz it always has something positive and some sort of awarness going on like in aprils issue its saving the world how to go green things like that and be like see mom its not that bad lol ive been reading it since i was 13 and now im 19 hahaha so yea i love it. its really not that "adult"

Answer 5

You don't have to ask your mom for Seventeen. They're currently giving away 3 issues for free, no credit card required:

http://www.startsampling.com/product.iph...

and if that doesn't work, try

http://www.valuemags.com/freeoffer/seven...

If issues are lying around in your house anyway, your mom will probably just use them as bathroom reading and forget that she ever objected to it.

Or, in the unlikely event that she perceives it to have excessive sexual content (I assume that's what she means by "too adult"?), and you don't want to fight over something as minor as a magazine, try reading Teen Vogue instead. That's even more squeaky-clean than Seventeen.

And if your mother absolutely objects to issues in the house, you can always get a free digital subscription to Seventeen and read issues on the computer:

http://www.zinio.com/delivery?issn=0037-...

Magazines occasionally give out free subscriptions to raise circulation (so they can charge their advertisers more). Sometimes you'll have to check a box saying you're 18, but there's no credit card or ID required to confirm it.

Here's a website where you'll find current offers:

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Frankly, I'm surprised that your mother is censoring your reading materials like this. When I was your age, "too adult" meant that I was allowed to read it, but the content and vocabulary went over my head so I gave up (i.e., "War and Peace").

The only thing my mom didn't let me have was R-rated movies, though there was the occasional exception.

This did lead to the curious juxtaposition of being able to read "Interview With the Vampire" when I was 13, yet not being allowed to see the R-rated movie version until a couple of years later -- despite the fact that the book is a lot racier than the movie!

You want a corrupting influence? Go to the library and borrow "Exquisite Corpse" by Poppy Z. Brite, or "The Wasp Factory" by Iain Banks. Both available in the regular fiction section, and both so sick that it'll take at least three issues of Seventeen just to get the bad taste out of your brain! Better yet, get your mom to read these. It'll give her some perspective.

Answer 6

buy her a copy and let her read it and see what she does about it ...she might just change her mind

Answer 7

Suggest that she buys the magazine and allow her to read it so that she can see the contents.  Tell her that after she reads it that if she still feels its to adult for you then you won't ask her anymore.  You could then follow up by asking her at this point what age could you read the magazine at.  Also you might want to ask her what magazines she suggests if she says no.