While I have no problem with the editors of Essence finally getting off of their collective haunches to do something about it, I get the impression that they "discovered" this all on their own, and that they feel that this is a new thing. Where were they months ago when word of this first started to show up?
Oh. I know. Busy advising women on how to bash and alienate their men in yet another article that aped Cosmo and all the other women's magazines out there.
Feh.
Women's magaines are really appalling these days. Read the headlines on the covers and you'd think they were sex manuals or something. That, and the focus on looking pretty, diet, and fashion - nothing at all intellectual or practical. There's a few like Better Homes or Family Circle that actually have intelligent articles. I'd hate to think of a younger generation of women seeing this stuff and thinking that looking good is the only important thing is life.