Search a title or topic

Over 20 million podcasts, powered by 

Player FM logo
Artwork

Content provided by Franki Cookney & Lucy Douglas, Franki Cookney, and Lucy Douglas. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Franki Cookney & Lucy Douglas, Franki Cookney, and Lucy Douglas or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

Elle, July 1987

53:07
 
Share
 

Manage episode 488074030 series 3601774
Content provided by Franki Cookney & Lucy Douglas, Franki Cookney, and Lucy Douglas. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Franki Cookney & Lucy Douglas, Franki Cookney, and Lucy Douglas or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

The Mag Hags are back! It’s July 1987 - aka Lucy’s birth month - and to kick off the new season she’s leading a voyage of “style with content” to Elle magazine!


The contradictions of the late 80s are writ large: we’ve got innovation and progress (portable CD players!! Iced coffee!!!) alongside depressing accounts of workplace harassment and laborious tips for banishing cellulite.


But the Hags are pleased to discover two reliable constants: the timeless women’s mag tradition of the “should you have a baby?” essay, and author Jeanette Winterson being iconic.


Want more of these mags?

Don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to see all the pictures, features, and adverts in full! Find us at maghags.substack.com


If you are enjoying the show, why not buy us a coffee?

Ko-fi is a super easy way to support the podcast with a one off donation - you can think of it like buying us a drink, or leaving a tip. Go to ko-fi.com/maghags.


Mag Hags is created entirely by us – Lucy and Franki. So your support means the world to us and it’s what will allow us to keep doing it. Thank you so much!


CHAPTERS


2:22 – Introduction to Elle, July 1987


9:15 – Working against fear: A somewhat unnecessarily long look at readers’ sense of their safety at work.


21:14 – *An ad break from 1987*


24:03 – Babies: hot or not? We’ve got one writer going full Samantha Jones, and another gives her eldest daughter’s future therapist a handy case cheat sheet


39:55 – Fashion and beauty tips from 1987


43:02 – Winterson’s Tales: Author of the moment Jeanette Winterson extols the joys of lesbianism against a tide of homophobia


52:10 – What's hot and what's not in 1987?


--


Mag Hags is written and hosted by Lucy Douglas and Franki Cookney.

Editing and audio production by Franki Cookney.

Our theme music is Look Where That Got You, Mattie Maguire. Additional music: Leotard Haul, Dez Moran. Both courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  continue reading

14 episodes

Artwork

Elle, July 1987

Mag Hags

published

iconShare
 
Manage episode 488074030 series 3601774
Content provided by Franki Cookney & Lucy Douglas, Franki Cookney, and Lucy Douglas. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Franki Cookney & Lucy Douglas, Franki Cookney, and Lucy Douglas or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

The Mag Hags are back! It’s July 1987 - aka Lucy’s birth month - and to kick off the new season she’s leading a voyage of “style with content” to Elle magazine!


The contradictions of the late 80s are writ large: we’ve got innovation and progress (portable CD players!! Iced coffee!!!) alongside depressing accounts of workplace harassment and laborious tips for banishing cellulite.


But the Hags are pleased to discover two reliable constants: the timeless women’s mag tradition of the “should you have a baby?” essay, and author Jeanette Winterson being iconic.


Want more of these mags?

Don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to see all the pictures, features, and adverts in full! Find us at maghags.substack.com


If you are enjoying the show, why not buy us a coffee?

Ko-fi is a super easy way to support the podcast with a one off donation - you can think of it like buying us a drink, or leaving a tip. Go to ko-fi.com/maghags.


Mag Hags is created entirely by us – Lucy and Franki. So your support means the world to us and it’s what will allow us to keep doing it. Thank you so much!


CHAPTERS


2:22 – Introduction to Elle, July 1987


9:15 – Working against fear: A somewhat unnecessarily long look at readers’ sense of their safety at work.


21:14 – *An ad break from 1987*


24:03 – Babies: hot or not? We’ve got one writer going full Samantha Jones, and another gives her eldest daughter’s future therapist a handy case cheat sheet


39:55 – Fashion and beauty tips from 1987


43:02 – Winterson’s Tales: Author of the moment Jeanette Winterson extols the joys of lesbianism against a tide of homophobia


52:10 – What's hot and what's not in 1987?


--


Mag Hags is written and hosted by Lucy Douglas and Franki Cookney.

Editing and audio production by Franki Cookney.

Our theme music is Look Where That Got You, Mattie Maguire. Additional music: Leotard Haul, Dez Moran. Both courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com.


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  continue reading

14 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Copyright 2025 | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | | Copyright
Listen to this show while you explore
Play