March 2010 Archives

"Two Sides... All the Answers"

Many women's magazines, and even men's magazines, always try to tell readers what the opposite gender is thinking. Well, this website allows men and women to post questions and get answers from members of the opposite sex. There is a search bar that allows you to search for any topic and see what other people have asked and what comments people have left. There are also articles, videos, and contests. All questions and answers are public, allowing everyone to see and potentially use the advice given. This site mostly covers relationships and ways to attract the opposite sex, which is the function of many popular men's and women's magazines.

http://www.girlsaskguys.com/

"Revealing Everything While Still Leaving Something to the Imagination"

This is a relationship webzine/blog containing articles that share an experience and actually ask readers for their opinions at the end. All the stories relate to many real life events and feelings that many people will go through everyday. There are also topics that talk about things you might not be comfortable asking anyone about. All comments are public to everyone viewing the site. Many hardcopy magazines will give you advice because they know that some topics you just don't want to talk about out loud. This blog is very similar because it brings up and talks about those subjects while also allowing other people to put in their opinion, giving the reader even more information to consider.

http://www.nakedwithsockson.com/

"A Webzine of Astonishing Tales"

Flurb is a somewhat more specialized webzine than the Webzine. This webzine, which seems to come out bi-annually is for readers of fiction short stories. There are thirteen total stories in this spring/summer issue and all have pictures and a mini biography of the author at the end. This webzine also has an editor who starts off the site with an editor's note at the bottom of the home page. In many hardcopy magazines, articles will have a tiny section telling about the author and why they wrote the piece, similar to the mini biographies at the end of each story on this site. There is a comment button at the end of each story, but the comments don't seem to be public.

http://www.flurb.net/

"The Internet Magazine for the Better Sort of Person"

This is a very general webzine that is for people who enjoy reading the opinions of others on very random topics. This webzine can be related to a magazine in the aspect that there is an editor who seems to approve the stories that are posted on the website. This site is full of opinion articles and personal stories ranging on topics from the DMV, views of Robert Ringer, and feelings of insecurity. Readers have the opportunity to post comments on these articles or to read the editors person blog. However, it seems as if this magazine has died. The year on the most recent article is 2006.

http://www.thewebzine.com/