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    Ok, first thing's first, PTL MY BOOKS ARRIVED! Now I can start school, ALL my courses, so I'll be playing catch-up for awhile.

    Now on to my latest beef : After getting Breakaway for more than a year I am generally dissatisfied with the magazine's content. It is 50% sports and celebrity interviews… here's a breakdown of the last issue's content:

    2pgs – mail
    2pgs – spiritual (article about setting yourself on fire for God)
    3pgs – nonfiction (article about the holocaust)
    1pgs – celebrity (tobymac)
    7pgs – sports (2pgs baseball, 5pgs NASCAR)
    2pgs – comedy (funny story about outcast highschooler)
    3pgs – Q&A
    2pgs – workout
    2pgs – Other (article about safety on the Internet)

    That’s 24 pages total. Not being a big fan of sports in general, and pro sports in particular, one can easily see why the sports/workout articles are of no interest to me. Lose 7 + 2 pages, leaving 15. I don’t particularly care for celebrity interviews either, who cares what tobymac thinks? That leaves 14 pages of semi-interesting content. The article about safety on the Internet was mildly interesting, if that. That leave 12 pages of truly interesting content. 12/24… 50%. Not too impressive :P Now this is my personal likes and dislikes, but my brother (who is athletic) has about the same impression of the magazine… the general feeling I get from girls is that they love Brio, so I checked it out and I must admit the content quality is much higher (if girl-oriented ;P)

    So here's the question – does anyone know of another (better) Christian Teen magazine? (not necessarily boy-oriented, it can be generic)… and if such a one were to be found how many others would be interested in it?

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    Stephen Weber at 2005-09-19 06:53 | 4 Comments / Trackbacks
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