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What magazines do you subscribe to, and why?

I (will) subscribe to Adbusters magazine. It's a current affairs / social issues magazine that displays photographs, poetry, op-eds, faux advertisements, and other zine art activist content. Their pitch for the subscription reads:

Adbusters magazine is just one part of a global network of 85,000 social activists, educators, writers and artists all working together to bring about tangible, positive change. Through real-world cmpaigns lik Buy Nothing Day, Antipreneur, True Cost Economics and TV Turnoff, we aim to change the way information flows and the way we live in the 21st century.

It's a bimonthly distribution that I found at the University of Connecticut bookstore. I was looking for an alternative magazine to sit in the bathroom; the status quo was my housemates Maxim and Stuff magazine with an occasional Entertainment Weekly thrown in by the girlfriend of one of them. Strangely enough, this magazine doesn't offend the Maxim and Stuff crowd, despite its own particular offense with the pop-media. In fact, they don't run any advertisements other than an ad for blackspot shoes. Check out the ad yourself and see why. Their discussions and exposé typically engage the reader, and whether or not you agree with them, it brings social issues and concerns to mind.

I really like the coverage on the explotation of women and consumers as well as the general mission to detoxify the mental environment. Free thought, no matter where it leads, will be quicker and more stable than that governed by profits and insecurities.  Check it out.