I work at a Newsagents in the UK and I noticed something rather...shall we say strange on a magazine which I'd say is marketed towards 9-11 year old girls called "Top of the Pops Magazine" (why this magazine still exists when the show has been off the air for quite a few years now I don't know) but anyway TO WHAT I SAW!!!
On the back there were a few photos of the boys from JLS (like, sooooooo dreamy....NOT) posing on a white bed. That's bad enough when you think about it but what was worse was the caption "We get under-COVERS with the JLS boys" or something like that. There were also a couple of arrows pointing to the boys faces saying things like "Cuddle me" and "Snuggle up". Unfortunately I didn't get a picture as I'm not allowed my phone when I'm on the shopfloor and the magazine will be gone by the time I'm back there working (was on the returns pile).
Seriously...this is just odd. The band's a complete sell-out and markets themselves towards the Tweens but this magazine really takes the biscuit. There are a few jokes that can be made here about them all posing in a bed together but is this really what young girls grow up with? Pictures of cute boys posing on beds? Meanwhile of course the boys magazines are still about cartoons and "AWESOME" things...its rather surprisingly the huge difference between the Pink and Blue corners in the kids magazine department.
On the back there were a few photos of the boys from JLS (like, sooooooo dreamy....NOT) posing on a white bed. That's bad enough when you think about it but what was worse was the caption "We get under-COVERS with the JLS boys" or something like that. There were also a couple of arrows pointing to the boys faces saying things like "Cuddle me" and "Snuggle up". Unfortunately I didn't get a picture as I'm not allowed my phone when I'm on the shopfloor and the magazine will be gone by the time I'm back there working (was on the returns pile).
Seriously...this is just odd. The band's a complete sell-out and markets themselves towards the Tweens but this magazine really takes the biscuit. There are a few jokes that can be made here about them all posing in a bed together but is this really what young girls grow up with? Pictures of cute boys posing on beds? Meanwhile of course the boys magazines are still about cartoons and "AWESOME" things...its rather surprisingly the huge difference between the Pink and Blue corners in the kids magazine department.
