chocolatedog Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Glam???????!!!!!! When shoveling chicken poo???!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Zoo? FHM? why would something about green living be in those magazines! I was thinking in a jokey fashion that perhaps that was why they wanted someone young and glam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I don't think it's anything so sinister, the demographic for this particular women's mag is obviously women between those ages. Fair enough, they obviously think their readers aren't interested in what people over 42 do, or non-glam women! He he he .... us ageing, scruffy hippies are having FAR too much fun to waste time reading glossy magazines! (although I do actually buy this mag from time to time - it has some real journalistic content, not just clothes talk). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N&J Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Wrong time of year to be interviewing people about keeping chooks and growing veg! Our chooks are knee deep in mud at the bottom of the garden and our allotment is bare at this time of year. Should have looked to interview us glam types in the 'summer' when we could have been wearing Cath Kidston tea dresses while harvesting our lollo rosso... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Should have looked to interview us glam types in the 'summer' when we could have been wearing Cath Kidston tea dresses while harvesting our lollo rosso... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I only read mags like this in the hairdressers! Can't afford them- have you seen the price of mags these days, & they are all full of perfume adverts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Oh damn and blast - this time next year. At the moment I@m not that glam and I have a few cabbages on the go. I also have loads of seeds and cuttings on the go ready to sell plants at the gate next year. I'm in the right age range though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Well I'm 33, can cover up my faults with a bit of slap & I've lost a lot of weight, so a bit of fame would be a chance to show off & a real confidence boost! Hubby doesn't fit into the age bracket tho, unfortunately! Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Well I'm 33, can cover up my faults with a bit of slap & I've lost a lot of weight, so a bit of fame would be a chance to show off & a real confidence boost! Hubby doesn't fit into the age bracket tho, unfortunately! Emma.x It says The women need to be reasonably glam, between 24 and 42. Doesn't mention men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I am out of the age bracket - bother - don't really do glam either! But I could try! I have a house that everyone describes as being like the one in the Good Life as well! Perhaps one of us oldies could lie about our age? I think kazaddress would be great for this - where is she? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I think that their request is completely unreasonable...as I thought by law you're definitely not supposed to write in an ad how old you wanted them to be as it's discrimination. Never mind. I certainly don't fit the bill!!! I'm 9 years too young and my parents are too old! Plus the garden is a mess currently and the veggie patch is practically bare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Well I'm 33, can cover up my faults with a bit of slap & I've lost a lot of weight, so a bit of fame would be a chance to show off & a real confidence boost! Hubby doesn't fit into the age bracket tho, unfortunately! Emma.x go on - it doesn't say anything about the husbands, just the woman! Someone's got to do this! I can't believe you lot are all so shy and retiring, I bet they glam you up for the photos anyway. Ubereglu - the 'age discrimination' laws only apply to employment - at the moment, at any rate. So as long as it's not a job advert, they can say what they like. Most magazines have a 'target audience' of gender, age range, income, social class etc. and their articles will be aimed at that target audience. I do agree though, wrong time of year to do a 'good life' article! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Maybe the article will be published in early spring so to make the most of the growing season, if the readers are so inclined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I think kazaddress would be great for this - where is she? When I first read the original posting I immediately thought of Kaz...........she's the obvious candidate . I also thought of Lesley, hugely unfair that she's out of the age range.......... our Lesley can be very glam and gorgeous I, needless to say, am also too old and nowhere near glam enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysia Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Well I fit the age bracket bracket Love the idea of self sufficiency we compost and recycle and did grow lots of veg but..... WE dug over the veg patch which was totally un fruitful this year and have cleared the way for a new lawn and veg area next year. I can;t believe anyone has a decent veg patch now also I am far from Glam except in my dreams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomaxsmith Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I'm in the age range (hair too unruly to be glam!) and gave up a successful career to live in the country. I gave up the career to have babies though, the chickens came later (instead of a third baby!) Unfortunately, I am very lazy and although I recycle, compost etc I drive a 4x4 on totally unnecessary journeys (school and playschool 4 times a day) so my green credentials are shot to pieces! Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tina C Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Just thought of someone else - Rhapsody where are you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I ish fit the criteria except for all the buts.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 ageist, sexist and downright patronising! - I'm glad I'm too old and def. not glamorous Now, if they were looking for fat, old biddies........... ..... but he/she is the one missing out on good stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gooner.girl Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Right age range but i am def. not glam enough!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Right age range but i am def. not glam enough!! Helen, I can't believe you just posted that . You're gorgeous , once you've s"Ooops, word censored!"ed off the chicken poo you could hold your own in the glamour stakes with the best of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Well I think us women are all glam and gorgeous underneath the wellies and chicken poo, and we all have something that somebody else wants. That silly journalist has just done him/herself out of a fantastic opportunity to meet some genuinely lovely people that are doing wonders for the environment and setting a good example. He/She doesn't deserve any of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 Well said Gina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted November 21, 2007 Share Posted November 21, 2007 I like the postive outlook Gina.....very good! Yes, we are too good for any magazine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
