I found an issue of a gossip magazine free for the taking....checking: Globe (12-12-22). I plan to look through it later with a mix of trepidation and curiosity to see why this is so popular.
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Joan the Vampire Slayer
Mostly, yes. Interesting enough, it also had an old internet bit circulating for years (presented as breaking news) of "time travelers in the early 20th century" (caught in photos, supposedly with an iphone taking pix, which makes me wonder, beyond taking a pic, would such phones even work back then?)
It even had more on Oswald (something about him having been a brutal wife beater). Though also current, there was a lot of gossip on celebrities from decades ago (one calling a celebrity "washed up" with an unflattering modern photo of her--it was generally about as mean-spirited as middle school, and didn't even try to hide it despite all the religious theme items they were selling in the ads). Heh, even when being fairly kind in their gossip, it was over the top, like calling one celebrity couple who broke up as cougar (older woman) and crooner, all easily imagined as whispered in your ear than respectable journalism.
Not that respectable journalism exists in even decent quantities today (unless you count only the profits it generates). But it was still a nice break from political BS, even if there was an article on why the Queen hated Trump, but even that sounded more like social gossip talking about his boorish behavior around her and some tweets so someone a hundred years from now might not have even realized he'd been President.
There was a "singles section" in which virtually everyone was about retirement age (I think one man was 81). It's possible that they were all older because younger people use dating apps, but I got a very strong feeling from the stories and all the ads that their target audience is that age. I wonder if Globe will survive that generation passing away...
I can't look anything up, I've already tossed it in the recycling bin and it's gone. At least my curiosity about its popularity is satisfied.