April MEN’S JOURNAL Review

April MEN’S JOURNAL Review | Men’s Journal magazine

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True to its name, Men’s Journal is the magazine by American men and for American men. With a circulation of 700,000, it notably spreads its message about the environment, health and fitness, the outdoors, fashion, and style. It is custom-tailored for men between the ages of 18 and 35. Men’s Journal magazine is published by Wenner Media under Jann Wenner, the same person who brings us Us Weekly and Rolling Stone.

This Men’s Journal magazine is not for any American male; it is for sophisticated male. It costs $3.95 on magazine stands, and if it’s discount that you want, you can avail of a yearly subscription that costs only $9.95. With that, you can already have a 120-page Men’s Journal magazine that bears the mark of a man of style and intellect.

Men’s Journal magazine stands and bookstores have been infested by men’s magazines that speak mostly of sex, women, and more sex. Unfortunately, that speaks only of a little portion of a total man, and it’s a good thing that Men’s Journal sees the needs of a gentleman in full 360 degrees. If this is not a true value, then I don’t know what it is. I’ve browsed over the magazine, and I assure you that it indeed tackles the various interests of the male species – sports, gadgetry, travel, and the likes. Most often that not, other magazines only speak one and of the others; Men’s Journal gives us a total outlook others can’t give.

Now, if you think the literature of sleek and smart is similar to a thick doctoral dissertation, then Men’s Journal magazine gives a different notion to that. It is practically a light read for the busy, modern man, and not an intellectual paper fit for the universities.

Perhaps it is light reading that the crew of STS-114 Space Shuttle mission wanted when they tucked along with them to space an April 2005 Men’s Journal magazine issue with Robert Redford on the cover. So this magazine about fun and adventure has literally spread beyond the globe!

Exactly five years after the Robert Redford issue, another great actor makes it to the front cover – Gerard Butler. In the magazine he speaks of judging himself and relationships, and he is quoted saying that he appreciates the cosmic beauty of everything that has happened, he still spends much time judging himself. He also confesses that he is not a big relationship guy – he’s had two relationships in five years – and that one of his vices is being too wrapped up in himself whether in a good or bad way.

By the way, Butler is the star of such epic films as Phantom of the Opera, UK-produced Beowulf and Grendel, and 300, and he has just lend his voice in How To Train Your Dragon. The adventure that marks Men’s Journal indeed runs in this actor’s Scottish blood.

And because adventure is what man wants, it is adventure that Men’s Journal magazine surely gives. Reading the magazine is one simple alternative to roaming the world. Being a money-deficient travel-maniac, I find the articles on travel and adventure as very much interesting and informative. What I can never afford due to the high cost of travel is compensated by a $3.95 magazine.

So, if you want to live up to the standards of the male gender, the Men’s Journal magazine is for you.