GL: The Magazine for Girls is the quintessential tween magazine. It features fashion, movie stars, advice on friends and boyfriends, and cosmetics. The look is glossy and bright and a little reminiscent of Vogue. There are tons of advertisements for clothes, shoes, kotex, deodorant and milk. Most of the pictures feature skinny to thin girls and not too much diversity. Out of two issues there was one picture of an overweight person and 4 pictures of persons of color. Magazines are fun to sit and peruse and find your horoscope. GL fills that niche quite well. The magazine did not have any scantily clad girls or embarrassing body parts hanging out. Flipping through a GL is like spending and afternoon with a comfortable girlfriend.
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