Teen Magazines Made Me Hate Myself

These periodicals did lasting damage to my journey into womanhood.

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When I was a young girl, I couldn’t wait for one particular rite of passage: getting my first subscription to a teen magazine. Having seen all those fresh-faced, beautiful teenagers on the covers of Teen, Seventeen, and YM, I couldn’t wait to start reading them and learning how to become like…