Elle, July 1987

The Mag Hags are back! It’s July 1987 - aka Lucy’s birth month - and to kick off the new season she’s leading a voyage of “style with content” to Elle magazine! The contradictions of the late 80s are writ large: we’ve got innovation and progress (portable CD players!! Iced coffee!!!) alongside depressing accounts of workplace harassment and laborious tips for banishing cellulite. But the Hags are pleased to discover two reliable constants: the timeless women’s mag tradition of the “should you have a baby?” essay, and author Jeanette Winterson being iconic. Want more of these mags? Don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to see all the pictures, features, and adverts in full! Find us at maghags.substack.com If you are enjoying the show, why not buy us a coffee? Ko-fi is a super easy way to support the podcast with a one off donation - you can think of it like buying us a drink, or leaving a tip. Go to ko-fi.com/maghags. Mag Hags is created entirely by us – Lucy and Franki. So your support means the world to us and it’s what will allow us to keep doing it. Thank you so much! CHAPTERS 2:22 – Introduction to Elle, July 1987 9:15 – Working against fear: A somewhat unnecessarily long look at readers’ sense of their safety at work. 21:14 – *An ad break from 1987* 24:03 – Babies: hot or not? We’ve got one writer going full Samantha Jones, and another gives her eldest daughter’s future therapist a handy case cheat sheet 39:55 – Fashion and beauty tips from 1987 43:02 – Winterson’s Tales: Author of the moment Jeanette Winterson extols the joys of lesbianism against a tide of homophobia 52:10 – What's hot and what's not in 1987? -- Mag Hags is written and hosted by Lucy Douglas and Franki Cookney. Editing and audio production by Franki Cookney. Our theme music is Look Where That Got You, Mattie Maguire. Additional music: Leotard Haul, Dez Moran. Both courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.