# What Magazines Do You Subscribe To? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 13, 2004, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912 "2004-05-13T04:52:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/21 "2004-05-13T18:26:54Z")
Let’s see here: Playboy Natural History - Not sure if it is a real magazine or just something the local Natural History puts out. Nintendo Power - Subscribed to it just to get the free Zelda disc (the one with all four console games) I want to subscribe to _Men’s Health_ and some kind of PC Enthusiast/PC Gaming mag but I’ve been to lazy to do so. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/22 "2004-05-13T20:37:05Z")
Jane Cosmo Glamour Marie Claire I admit it, I like my magazines to have no point besides entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/23 "2004-05-13T21:00:15Z")
_ **What magazines do you subscribe to and why do you subscribe to them?** _ GSA Today;comes with membership to Geological Society of America Time; won a free 2 year subscription Penthouse; Christmas present for the Mr. Road & Track;We like cars Car & Driver;same as above TV Guide; for the crosswords mostly now, the listings are crappy and don’t list what is playing on the channels I watch :rolleyes: Occationally pick up at the news stand: Backpacker National Geographic various tattoo mags if they look interesting Discover;for interesting science stories American Scientific;same as above ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/24 "2004-05-13T21:46:41Z")
With so much free porn on the net, I guess some of you guys let your subs to “Gash” and “Big Boobs Monthly” lapse, huh? ---
**Author:** ![eman77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@eman77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eman77)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/25 "2004-05-13T21:58:02Z")
FHM - Gotta have it, Even the articles are interesting Beckett Hockey Magazine - for my son though I used to be heavily into that stuff Thinking about GQ as I’m very actively turning into a metrosexual. ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/26 "2004-05-13T22:04:20Z")
Me, none, though I intend to resubscribe to PC Gamer. Husband: Playboy: It was cheap, but he really likes the quality of the magazine. It’s an awesome magazine that I also enjoy reading. Stuff: Free subscription. Magazine is barely tolerable, but hey, it’s free and it didn’t require a credit card to subscribe. Government Video: Free subscription. Rarely even open the package. Videography: See Government Video. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/27 "2004-05-13T22:05:51Z")
Better Homes & Gardens - I like the pictures Real Simple - Great Ideas (although often ridiculously expensive) Time - I have no idea. My husband ordered it. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/28 "2004-05-13T22:13:58Z")
\*Time \* and _Entertainment Weekly_ ---
**Author:** ![vix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a88e4f/32.png) [@vix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vix)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/29 "2004-05-13T22:22:15Z")
[The New Yorker](http://newyorker.com): I started getting this free at my last job and got hooked. [Self](http://self.com/): In my opinion, the best woman’s fitness/health magazine. [The Economist](http://economist.com/): A Christmas gift from me to **SuaSponte** , which I never get to read because he brings them to work and they go into some sort of black hole. [Outside](http://outside.away.com/index.html): A gift from my sister. Someday we will actually take one of those fabuous trips. [Paste](http://www.pastemagazine.com/): Each issue comes with a free CD! We buy these off the newsstand often enough that we probably should subscribe: [Entertainment Weekly](http://www.ew.com/ew/) [Discover](http://www.discover.com/) And I haven’t been able to give up my subscription to the [New York Times](http://nytimes.com), either. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/30 "2004-05-13T22:34:29Z")
Newsweek: Everyone else is doing it… Discover: Fun puzzles and interesting articles, especially Vital Signs (med. stories) Wired: Because I’m a nerd [Invention & Technology](http://www.inventionandtechnology.com/): Really good articles about… well, invention and technology [Mother Jones](http://mojones.com/): How else will I learn about the President’s evil [pro-sugar agenda](http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2004/05/04_400.html)? ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/31 "2004-05-13T23:01:09Z")
Chez Thorp, we get: **Harper’s** **The Nation** **New York Review of Books** We also plan to re-up for **Entertainment Weekly** and the **New Yorker**. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/32 "2004-05-13T23:33:42Z")
_[Scientific American](http://www.sciam.com/) [Technology Review](http://www.technologyreview.com/) [Wired](http://www.wired.com/wired/index.html) [Business 2.0](http://www.business2.com/b2/)_ 'Cause I’m somewhat of a technophile. I used to get _The Economist_, _Reason_, and _The Atlantic Monthly_, but I let them lapse because there was too much stuff piling up without getting read from month to month - aside from which, I tend to spend time reading news and opinion on the 'net, anyway. Oh, and I’ll cop to _Playboy_, as well as _Maxim_ and _Stuff_ - the former for both the pictorials _and_ the articles, the latter two for the hell of it (they’re dirt cheap, but even so I’ll probably let the subs lapse). ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/33 "2004-05-13T23:52:33Z")
Game Informer- I wanted to buy Super Mario 64 at a Gamestop, and they give you a discount if you sign up for their magazine. So I did. Natural History- Gift subscription from my uncle as a birthday gift. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/34 "2004-05-14T01:02:04Z")
discover, popular science, time, newsweek, us news & world reports ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/35 "2004-05-14T01:11:30Z")
[Readymade](http://www.readymademag.com/) [Budget Living](http://www.budgetlivingmedia.com/) [Bust](http://www.bust.com/) And somehow, I keep getting [Vegetarian Times](http://www.vegetariantimes.com/) each month, with no bill. I don’t know how that happened, but I’ve gotten some good recipes. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/36 "2004-05-14T01:28:50Z")
\*The New Republic Newsweek National Geographic \*mrs tpayne gets _Good Housekeeping_ and _Southern Living_. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/37 "2004-05-14T01:33:52Z")
_National Geographic_ - native boobs, nah, they really don’t do that much anymore, as T-shirts have penetrated most of the obscure points on the globe; _The Leading Edge_ - geophysical society mag; _Geophysics_ - ditto _World Oil_ - industry stuff; _Hart’s Oil & Gas Investor_ - I love this stuff; _AARP The Magazine_ - probably won’t resubscribe. Frequent newstand acquisitions are _National Review_, _Flight Journal_, _Aviation History_, _World War II_ and _Air & Space_. There’ve been threads like this over the years - perhaps I should search and see what I was reading a few years ago. For many years I got _The New Republic_, but I finally gave up on them. Let the _Smithsonian_ go, too. Oh, and, heh, my subscription to _Florida Sportsman_ just expired. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/38 "2004-05-14T02:41:41Z")
**Wizard** and **Maxim** ---
**Author:** ![Crescent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Crescent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crescent)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/39 "2004-05-14T03:37:24Z")
At home: Smithsonian and American Heritage At work: Decor and Picture Framing Magazine ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912/40 "2004-05-14T03:43:22Z")
Embellishments - a newer craft magazine that seems to focus on paper crafts and polymer clay (two of my favorite things to play with!) but also does a nice job of blurring the lines between “art” and “craft.” PolymerCafe - polymer clay, which I suppose is obvious. It’s quarterly, and mostly I subscribe because I know a bunch of the contributors. Great mag for beginners, though, because it presents many of the basics without being condescending to hotshots like me 🙂 Interview - I have no idea about this one, I just subscribed last week. I fell prey to a fast-talking door-to-door kid with a terrific attitude. I also get Better Homes and Gardens, because my mother-in-law subscribes and then gives them to me. I recently let my Readers’ Digest subscription lapse because no Girl Scouts came around selling it at the right time. The Terrible Teen gets New Moon (for beginner feminists - this was a gift from a well-meaning aunt whose heart was in the right place, but whose head was obviously up her ass) and Muse (Smithsonian’s kids’ magazine.) The WryGuy gets Consumer Reports, Money, The Motley Fool and Automotive Digest. He’s kinda boring that way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-magazines-do-you-subscribe-to/244912.md?page=3)