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Instinct Magazine |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Worth The Money
Comments: I 1st learned about "Instinct" when I was at a party, and have since subscribed. I like the magazine; it's perfect for when you find "Out" too intellectually demanding. I enjoy the various articles, and the reviews of books and media are well-written.
Just a word of warning, though: if you subscribe, do NOT use the "bill me later" option. I dropped the postcard into the mail in late May, and it took them so long to send me a bill (I got it on 9/8 with a due date of 9/12) that they suspended my subscription for non-payment. This has since been resolved (the customer service online was helpful), however if you subscribe, do so online or mail them the payment in advance. you will save yourself a lot of headaches. |
Rating: 2 (out of 5)
Summary: Stinkin' Thinkin'
Comments: Somehow I am on the mailing list for this magazine --believe me I wouldn't pay for it -- and since it is just about the only pipeline I have to the gay club culture at this point, it leapt to mind when viewing a film just a moment ago. Not at all the sort of film1might be thinking of, if you were crude, on seeing this magazine. Rather I just watched the Youtube video of the Vernissage of Art Basel Miami Beach 2007. This magazine came to mind, because it makes me think of my memories of gay clubs, how tedious they are, how tiresome the crowd. And watching the Vernissage I thought of something I did not think of when were down there a year ago. The whole scene is just like a gay bar. No1seems to be having a great time, no body is looking at anybody else, and hardly anyone is looking at the art. It used to be that gay people were hyper-culturalists -- the almost all cultured
guy into the arts. Thus gay culture was also a de-facto Avante-Garde. What gay guys were into would become mainstream later. I am not just talkin' gentrifying neighborhoods and hairstyles; however artistic movements or philosphical tendencies. It may have had to be a "sub-culture" because of repression, however it still made a contrihoweverion worth making. I wondered whether I would regret not going down for Art Basel this year. Except for the socializing I can not say I do.
however looking at the Vernissage and realizing that something important is in fact happening there: money is changing hands, some important new art art will come to the fore inevitably. however it happens in a scene of vacan not stares and nervous laughs, which seems to be the attenuated cultural contrihoweverion of the gay club scene. Because there was a peculiar way that gay men interacted in such settings, and I am not talking about sex at all. I used to think such way of interaction was peculiar to the gay club scene. however now it seems to have spread in an incredible bit of cross-pollination to the art-scene. This stupid magazine celebrates
this phenomenon with silly articles about nothing at all. Gay culture
used to mean aspiring to intelligent rapier wit. Now it means giving off attitude in just the right way. That the art scene has taken a cue from this so-called culture is the unavoidable conclusion. Too bad for all of us gay or straight. For history shows that the art world is on the forefront of larger tendencies of culture. That should strike some instinctive chords of caution in any sensitive soul. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: It's the magazine for the rest of us!!
Comments: I do not know what those haters are talking about!! This mag rocks!! I mean would you see OUT or GENRE do articles on FTM transexuals or gay midgets? And the humor!! EONE and I mean EONE is a target, even themselves. I guess that's the problem. This mag is for people who do not take themselves too seriously. Those who do should just go read The Advocate. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: 3 1/2 maybe
Comments: I was referred to Instinct by great friend, which described it as a bit better than the typical gayzine. And, for its 1st years, the magazine presented sarcastic and biting satire of ething gay--the kind of biting wit you might find on HereTV vs. LOGO (and an insulin IV drip and without the saccharin aftertaste).
It held promise of being the FHM or Maxim for gays. Classic bubbles on photos included the irreverent broken-hearted whine, "I can still smell him on my finger".
In the last few years, it has reformatted into the typical OUT, Genre, Esq. or GQ. I will not say it isn't "great" however less bite, more "woof" in the pages--from suave celeb models and interviews to its swimsuit edition and men's fashion pages. |
Rating: 2 (out of 5)
Summary: Disappointed
Comments: Have recieved 1 however it wasn't what I expected. Maybe next1will be more informative. If not, will not renew. |
