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MAGAZINE GOLDMINE:

"RUN AN ARTICLE ON QUEERS!"

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You and a little two-bit magazine have much in common. being something you just pass the time with waiting for a haircut, the popular mags are potent opinion-formers from way back. None of them merely present news as news any more than the general press does. All of them have their special slant; they only vary in the subtlety with which they present it. For instance, Life is highly circumspect in its pro-Catholic attitude and leans over backward trying to appear unbiased on the subject. Actually no apology is necessary yet Life, as do most magazines, wishes to attain a reputation for objectivity and disclaims all religious and political bias. This is hardly possible and their editors are naive to either wish for it or hope to appear unbiased. Their contents strip them bare. ONE, on the other hand, is the first to concede its own bareness. It has plenty of bones to pick. Many of them concern other monthly magazines.

On the following pages are summaries of articles on deviation as printed in representative magazines. The selection is in cross-section ranging from the quality mag down to the filthy cheapy all of which wield great influence with their many readers. It is interesting to note that tables of contents are generally quite consistent; the magazine which expresses prejudice in one direction will be found to be prejudiced in others as well. In addition, levels of appeal are strictly adhered to: every article will be equally bright or misinformed within certain surprisingly confined limits. Seldom do you find a brilliant article in an issue containing foolishness elsewhere, nor outstanding stupidity amid wisdom. Where ONE fits into this analysis is up to its readers.

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