[CALIBK12] SHARE: New Magazine for young women

[ladewig]

Perusing the magazine display at Barnes and Noble today, I just happened to
come upon a new publication geared to young women. I would say from looking
through it, it would be appropriate for high school and college age, perhaps
even middle school age. The magazine was celebrating its first full year of
publication. The title was "Muslim Girl." 

 

>From this website: http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=59295
<http://www.marketingweek.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=59295&d=254&h=260&f=3>
&d=254&h=260&f=3  "The title, published by the US company Execugo Media,
will target girls aged 14 to 18 years old. The alternate-monthly magazine
will be priced at £2.50.

 

It caught my eye and I was quite curious about it. I looked it over and it
seemed to be a helpful, and professional (as opposed to a religiously
produced) publication geared to assisting young Muslim women living in
America and Canada (despite the British pounds symbol in the description
above.) One of the column topics was about girls and sports. Several
mentioned that their families supported them in participating, while others
didn't. I do have some Muslim girls at my K – 6 school. However, I do not
have any Christian or Jewish (etc.) magazines, although I do have factual
books and story books from various cultures and religions (as appropriate
for a public school, and with positive professional reviews or
recommendations). 

 

So I was thinking, would this be an appropriate magazine for a public school
or not; and if so, would you "balance" the offerings with other similar
magazines and which ones? Since it is "targeted" to a 14 and up audience, I
wouldn't be subscribing for my students (I'm at a K – 6) but I thought I'd
toss this "in the mix" and see what your thoughts are since many of you are
at middle or high schools. 

 

BTW, LM_NET is currently running a thread on the proper disposal of Korans,
Bibles, etc. http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/LM_NET.html  Go down to
Current, then click on Thread sorting, page one. Thread begins with Disposal
of the Koran - Tish Carpinelli (02/01/08)

 

Joanne Ladewig  (A.K.A. "Library Lady")

Library Media Tech

Lawrence Elementary, GGUSD

Garden Grove, California

shatz at verizon.net

 

Comments are my own and may not represent the views of GGUSD

 

 

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