Gloria Steinem, Journalist

"Most women's magazines simply try to mold women into bigger and better consumers."

It's a perfect ploy, and certain magazines whose names begin with “C” do it all the time. First, make women paranoid about how they look with articles about “How To Shed That Winter Lard” and “Are You Ancient at 25?” Then fill your pages with diet formulas and makeup and a hundred other things to make women lose their minds. No wonder there are so many Ally McBeals out there seeing giant babies and hallucinating on dates.