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ink_ling

Paper Periodically: Textual Ellipses

Feb 14, 2006 16:14

About ten years ago, I used to subscribe to several magazines. I used to love coming home and finding one in the mail. I'd settle in, put my few busy-nesses behind me, make coffee or tea, settle into a chair under lamp or window, and dive into what the editors threw at me for an hour or so.

I miss it. And am considering subscribing again. Here ( Read more... )

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slumberjack February 15 2006, 00:13:43 UTC

The last mag I subscribed to was The Utne Reader. It's a good digest sort of thing, if it's still around.

ogam February 15 2006, 01:03:28 UTC

Just what I was going to suggest, too.

ink_ling February 16 2006, 16:35:02 UTC

Yeah: I used to subscribe to that, too. My impression, towards the end, though, was that it was getting kind of New Age Oprah ... going more towards inspiration and uplift. It's been a decade since I had a subscription, though.

ubermunkey February 15 2006, 00:22:25 UTC

I love the sun. So many interesting things and such a different view than I am usually presented.

Be well
munkey

ink_ling February 16 2006, 16:36:06 UTC

Yeah, it seemed to balance critique with hope, image with text, tradition with experiment pretty effortlessly ... and seemed to have a truly democratic spirit behind it.

shawnsyms February 15 2006, 03:32:17 UTC

The Sun looks interesting.

I used to quite enjoy The Sciences. I was about to recommend it to you when I just learned that it is no longer in print.

ink_ling February 16 2006, 16:44:22 UTC

Mind if I ask why you enjoyed it?

(Science writing runs a risk of either boring me or angering me, especially when it's not tied to utility, culture, and ethics. I have enjoyed reading articles about the politics of food, environment, housing, travel, etc., that explain the science necessary to knowledgably discuss/understand such politics, though. That's just my taste, though.)

shawnsyms February 24 2006, 21:48:56 UTC

The Sciences was in many ways a "humanities" journal about science and scientific issues.

It felt philosophically engaged, it had fascinating and progressive articles about sex and gender, and all articles were illustrated with artwork: painting and sculptures with themes that related to the topics of the articles.

madknits February 15 2006, 03:48:49 UTC

Ma, tu legge italiano? Io non conosco. Eccelente, domani, tu ed io parliamo solamente italiano!

(Vede, Geografica Nazionale e' italiano!)

;-)

ink_ling February 16 2006, 16:45:17 UTC

I have a feeling I'd never make it through this serial! :)

madknits February 16 2006, 16:55:45 UTC

"But you read Italian? I didn't know. Excellent! Tomorrow we talk only Italian. (See, the National Geographic is in Italian)"

Actually, my construction is a little unrefined, but it gets the idea across.

I didn't think you knew Italian, but am curious why the picture of NG you included was in Italian.

LOL

ink_ling February 16 2006, 17:11:33 UTC

LOL Didn't even notice it was in Italian!

Chosen more for the cute monkey! :)

scream4noreason February 15 2006, 11:04:22 UTC

I found that once the internet came along in my life I stopped reading magazines,and I used to be an addict.

Now,I find myself addicted to comics(mostly DC),Juxtapoz and my new fave Atomic Ranch.

ink_ling February 16 2006, 16:47:40 UTC

I am totally different in this regard, I think. I far prefer reading print copies of articles to the internet. There's usually more meat, it doesn't strain my eyes as much, and I'm freer to roam. I've just gone a little lax on my current reading lately because I let these subscriptions slide.

And -- try as I may -- I've just never been a comics fan. Despite a number of friends' really digging them. :)