Has anyone else encountered this phenomena? It started shortly after I moved into my new place near the heart of this dear city that's now been my home for almost NINE years! I opened our mailbox to find a copy of Redbook, a women's magazine, addressed to me. This is the only magazine to come monthly (so far) and with its target audience being women who want it all - career, family, immaculate home, killer wardrobe, loads of time to contemplate self as goddess, with all being on their own terms - it's the one magazine that even comes close to being something I'd flip through from month to month.
The magazines, or solicitations for magazine subscriptions, have become increasingly more bizarre. I next received The Source, AKA The Bible of Hip Hop Music, Culture, and Politics. Then Ebony started sending me weekly letters asking me to submit payment for a subscription. I'm honored the people at Ebony think I am a cool-enough white girl to receive its publication - I just want to know how they heard about me. Later there was an offer for Guitar Player. And yesterday's selection? Latina!
Anyone think I should be worried? I can't imagine why anyone would steal my identity to send ME these magazines that, as far as I can tell, I haven't paid for. Those are great lengths for a stranger to go to provide me with a wide and wild variety of reading material.
Or should I take all these glossy pages as a message from the universe to expand my horizons and include handy casserole recipes, hip-hop, black empowerment, and Latin flavor? Perhaps my Christianity Todays, Runners Worlds, and Pastes are in need of new friends? Can The Economist, Marie Claire, and Real Simple be next?
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