As the Cookie Crumbles: A Taste of the High-Calorie Mag

re: As the Cookie Crumbles: A Taste of the High-Calorie Mag

Anne — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:13:35 GMT

This is why the Cookie should crumble and be swept away. Who needs it? Not me!

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Twintown — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:59:57 GMT

I excitedly subscribed to Cookie before the first issue even came out. I lasted three issues, then wrote a nice, long letter to the Editor cancelling my subscription and detailing the "why" behind it. It was just too TOO - kwim? Seemed more like it should be a local mag for Manhattan parents only.

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hongkongmom — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:47:45 GMT

I love Cookie magazine - it's so pretty and has such cool party ideas and a fabulous graphic design layout. But I'm with you - it's laughable how impractical much of the mag is - the travel section always kills me, it's clearly aimed at millionaires who can take their nannies with them on trips to the world's fanciest resorts. Like Momofbeans, I'm no scrapbooker, and the other Parenting magazines seem a bit too 1950s housewifey to me, but the Cookie lifestyle is way too bling for my checkbook.

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Manjari — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:41:54 GMT

I am with all of you on this. Just wondering, though - how is that different than so many of the expensive baby/kid clothes featured on droolicious?

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Terrierhead — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:11:47 GMT

There used to be a great magazine called Budget Living that I felt actually applied to people like me. They featured fashion spreads for kids showing what was new at places like Target and Old Navy as well as practical clothing from online retailers. After several months of putting out a great magazine, the Budget Living crew started to sneak in the occasional $500 coat or $200 pair of shoes. Then the magazine vanished.

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Leila — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:15:17 GMT

He he he, my thoughts exactly. All American women's magazines are just pushing these fake necessities on us - you MUST HAVE this $5,000 it BAG/DIAPER BAG! Look at this beautiful (not) designer bedding! I keep thinking, they sell those mags on supermarkets but they are only talking to women who make six-figure salaries. Why can't they mostly do fashion editorials with affordable items that you find at Target or Baby Gap? I don't even think those designer clothes are that much prettier or with such superior quality that would be worth a month of my salary.

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leahsmom — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:28:39 GMT

<i>"What you still get from this woman's glossy (aimed at mothers) is a punctured self-esteem, a sinking suspicion the rest of the world (and their kids) are happier than you (and your kids), and that you're the one frump in the world who thinks of clothes in terms of practicality.</i>

Which is the same thing I get from any other "women's" magazine. They ought to rename them the diet and cosmetics industry magazines, because they sure ain't doing anything for women. I'm done with the whole mess and just sticking to Atlantic.

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MomofBeans — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:45:10 GMT

My coworker got me and the other young mother in the office a Cookie subscription. I really, really want to like Cookie, but it totally bums me out. It makes me feel fat, tired, and broke...and I may actually be all of those things, but I don't like being reminded of it. I enjoyed the lunch ideas in this issue. It's fun to look at the clothes, even though I can't afford any of them. Seriously. I'm skidding into each payday with like $30 left in my checking account. We pay close to $300/week for daycare. If I bought a $300 pair of boots my husband would probably jump on me with all four feet. I really wish there was a magazine for young-ish parents who are flailing in the murkey waters of adulthood and need a flotation device tossed to them. Parents like me, who don't scrapbook, but also don't buy their children Burberry sweaters.