How are teenage girls presented in a selection of teenage magazines? Do magazines aimed at teenage girls provide for life?

To teenage girls magazines are very important along with television and the internet as it is one of the only ways that teenagers can keep up with trends, what make up to wear, who’s hot and who’s not. For example for the average teenager it could completely crush your “street cred” if when asked for example what you think of Justin Timberlake, and you reply “Justin Who.” To not be the first to know the latest fashion craze and what music is popular can be crushing, for at the very least their self confidence.
I myself am caught up in this gossiping craze for the fight for popularity. In order to keep up with the latest trends and music I started buying magazines at the tender age of 10 when everyone else started bringing them to school and I started to be left behind. Nowadays the younger generation are buying magazines much earlier, filling their impressionable minds with stereotypes. I now buy 4 magazines these being Sugar, Sneak, J17 and More. I have to limit myse...