Woman’s Day is Christian?
Sometimes something comes across my desk that I must post about.
This morning I got the following in my email:
Sometimes something comes across my desk that I simply must post about.
Who knew that a mainstream woman’s magazine like Woman’s Day had such religious undertones? Sure, the magazine exudes family values but not to the extent of many others. Ladies Home Journal, for example, has a monthly column by Rick Warren of the Saddleback Church.
The so-called “Seven Sisters” magazines — Better Homes and Gardens, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Ladies’ Home Journal, Redbook, Woman’s Day (McCalls folded in 2002)–have traditional women’s roles and traditional gendered vaules attached. But, are they all religiously inclined?
September 24th, 2010 at 3:20 pm
I’d like to know if they are supported by a religious agenda. If so I will cancel all my subscriptions immediately. I already have stopped patronizing all small and large businesses that have a religious affiliation. I’ll be damned if I’m going to support ANY business or corporation that pushes their bigoted and biased myths and fairytales into my life. Religion needs to be kept AT HOME and in CHURCH, not out in the mainstream where it OFFENDS the portion of the population that relies on logic, reason and critical thinking.
September 25th, 2010 at 3:57 am
Thanks, Sharon for your post.
Truly, I was surprised when I got the email. I thought, perhaps, it was from a religious organization co-opting the Woman’s Day logo. However, when I went to their site, I found that they’d been promoting this Faith and Action program for the last 2 years.
I don’t know if there’s been any study on religion in women’s magazines, but if there hasn’t been I think I might have found my next article topic.
February 23rd, 2011 at 11:12 pm
I am thankful for all these magazines that bring family values and the Word of God into our homes. At least is a balance from all the junk, sex, violence, promiscuity and empty values that the majority of the media supports. Why criticize Christian values and shut up when is about Yoga, buddhism, judaism,psychics, vampirism, spiritualist etc. If you dont want religious agendas, then inform yourself a little more and see how all around you is irradiated with religious ideas. Viva Womans Day and GOD BLESS AMERICA.
March 23rd, 2011 at 1:30 pm
I read my magazines that I get and if there is an article I don’t read it. They bring alot of good that one doesn’t get from alot of movies, tv shows and ect. To me a magazine is like eating chicken eat the meat and spit out the bones. Read and learn from the articles you like and let the items you don’t like BUT REMEMBER GOD CREATED OUR GREAT NATION AND WE NEED TO BE GRATEFUL FOE HIS FAITHFULNESS TO OUR GREAT LAND WE LEAVE IN. YOU COULD BE LIVING IN ONE OF THE NATIONS THAT ARE FIGHTING FOR THE FREEDOM WE HAVE BECAUSE OF THE GREAT SOLDIERS THAT GIVE THEIR LIVES FOR YOU AND ME. GOD BLESS AMERICAS
January 7th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
Three years ago my husband (yes, you read that correctly, I am a man married to another man), had a subscription to Metroplitan Home which went under. The Hearst Corp. saw fit to replace the remainder of our subscription with Woman’s Day without asking us if we would have preferred a different magazine. I have been trying to discontinue it since that time but it still shows up on our doorstep every month like an unwelcome relative. Is it Christian or overtly religious? YES. Is it offensive? Possibly. But only in that it enables people with the you’re-either-relgious-and-patriotic-or-you’re-wrong-and-dont-even-think-about-questioning-my-Constitutional-right-to-annoy-you-with-it attitudes of Yolanda and Patty.
January 27th, 2012 at 4:58 am
Thanks for your comment.
I read lots of magazines because I teach advertising and marketing. In reading, Woman’s Day during the Christmas holidays I was again struck by it’s religious content. Ladies Home Journal is even more blatant in it’s approach.
A well placed letter to the editor (or to their advertisers) might help you stop the monthly delivery.
Good luck.