Final thoughts

Hello everyone!  I hope you've enjoyed reading our blog.  Now that it is coming to a close, I want to take a moment to reflect on what I have learned, and what I hope you have learned.

I never read magazines or watched TV growing up, but now that I've seen the media that 13-15 year-olds are expected to read, I don't feel like I missed much.  Yes, we definitely had difficulty finding political topics to write about that were also age-appropriate, but we did find a lot of very impressive, influential female celebrities out there, many of whom are worth looking up to.  I was optimistic that, for young girls who are inclined to look further than the cover of Seventeen, there are many positive celebrity role models.  I think the media would be surprised to find that young girls are more interested in what their celeb role models have to do and say than just in the girls' boyfriends. 

Other thoughts:

• Writing style: It is easy enough to imitate the "cheesy" writing of celeb magazines.  Short and to the point is most engaging, especially when layered with photos/interactive media. 
• Content: Celebrities are very liberal, and this was a tough line to navigate (not be controversial while covering real political engagement by celebrities).  Celebs are more likely to engage in humanitarian work and social causes than actively in politics - perhaps to protect their careers?