The magazine Cosmopolitan (remember that?) is being removed from the checkout aisle at Wal Mart. The "MeToo" movement is declaring victory over this I think, and the social conservatives are as well. Frankly, the real reason why they are doing this has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with money-magazines aren't selling anymore, and everything is going digital.
It's interesting to me though to see social conservatives and the MeToo feminists suddenly join hands. Of course at first, the two seem drastically opposed and that they'd have nothing in common. However both have always been uncomfortable with magazines they consider to be "pornographic". Seriously, name one other thing Andrea Dworkin and Pat Robertson had in common. Both were crusaders against Playboy, Penthouse and apparently Cosmopolitan. Which I've never read.
It's not a victory for either side, it's a defeat for traditional magazines. Digital content isn't even the future-it's the present and it's going to dominate the world in under ten years. Cosmo is fading away-and I'm curious as to if anyone under 40 even reads it.
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