Thanks for all the suggestions; I think I'm going to try to get preview
copies of several of these, before I make a decision.
Kathy DeWeese Moore
Media Specialist
Marietta Middle School
Marietta, GA 30064
kmoore@marietta-city.k12.ga.us <mailto:kmoore@marietta-city.k12.ga.us>
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We are looking at our magazine list, too. During the past couple of years we
have moved from scholarly titles to entertaining and fluff titles. We are
going to get a hairstyle magazine. In researching titles, I noticed there
are titles which deal with hair and make-up targeted to black girls. Would
something like this fill your need? I'm sure it would be popular.
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I heard about blackgirl magazine on Oprah over the summer and ordered it for
my girls. They like it - and it's a NICE magazine - not skin and stars. I
have the address at school, so if you need it e-mail me at shaffem@ocps.net
tomorrow and I'll send it to you.
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Suggestions:
Teen Voices -- It's targeted audience is female & multicultural.
Description from the website (www.teenvoices.com): Women Express began in
1988 with a question: How can we help teen girls-particularly those
struggling to navigate obstacles such as racism, poverty, disability, sexual
abuse, domestic violence, single parenthood, and other barriers-realize that
each one has the ability to grow into a successful adult? We answered with
skill-based mentoring programs, resulting in the creation of Teen Voices
magazine and its companion Web magazine Teen Voices Online-educational
publications written by, for, and about teen women. Through Teen Voices,
Teen Voices Online and our mentoring programs, teen women have an
opportunity to speak out about issues that are directly affecting their
lives, and in doing so, create a forum where they are able to draw strength
from and give encouragement to other girls facing similar hurdles.
The teen women who produce Teen Voices and Teen Voices Online are a
multicultural, multiracial group of 100 at-risk inner-city girls who work
with Women Express to learn a wide-range of journalism, computer, and life
skills under the tutelage of peer mentors, adult mentors, and staff
(including a clinical case worker).
Hype Hair -- I can't find a web address for this one, just subscription
information. As the title shows, this is all about doing hair. At the public
library I worked at, this was a very popular title with the teens.
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Listen magazine is not so much aimed at African American kids, but is more a
healthy lifestyle and healthy choices magazine that interviews successful
teens and young adults. These are the people (stars) that kids look up to
in; basketball, ice skating, baseball, hockey, sports car and motorcycle
racing, etc.... MANY of these stars are black and latino, and provide
positive role models explaining WHY they advocate healthy choices. The price
is reasonable. Locate on the web by searching <<Listen magazine>>.
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We get Essence here, and the students seem to like it a lot. However, we are
9-12. Good luck.
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I'm in an 8th-12th grade school, quite an age range. We get both Ebony and
Jet (which are published by the same company). I like them both. I think Jet
is a good little magazine. It covers news of blacks around the world and
covers some important American stories, like the recent publicity about the
Emmett Till murder. It's got longer articles, illustrated, and short news
bytes as well as cultural features. It packs a lot in and is quite popular
with our African American boys. The only thing you might object to is that
it usually features a lovely young lady showing a bit of cleavage on the
cover, and sometimes inside. But the pictures are not offensive, not like
the awful and seductive ones Rolling Stone started featuring. They are
pictures of women who respect themselves (the ones in Jet). I'd suggest that
you go look at a few issues at a public library in your area so you can
decide.
I've seen a couple of issues of Essence and Vibe and found them
sophisticated and probably good for young men in their late teens and up.
Again, you should try to see them for yourself. My feeling is that they're
not what you want.
I wish I knew of such a magazine targeting teens in an acceptable way.
Maybe there's a need out there. Please do post a hit or tell me if you hear
of any good titles. And consider Jet.
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My suggestion would be for you to call the publishers and ask them to send
you a sample copy or copies for you to evaluate.
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I would not recommend Vibe for any school library! I had a student who was
carrying around a personal copy, and just having the cover out disrupted the
class!
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