Happy Blog Birthday to Us!
Happy birthday to us! Glossed Over turns two years old today. Okay, we’re going to be sincere for a moment—don’t worry, just for a moment.
During those not-quite-halcyon times in June 2005 after we launched the site, days would sometimes pass before a person other than us visited. It was impossible to imagine we’d still be doing this two years later. (Admittedly, those early posts weren’t exactly stellar, but fortunately, we’ve improved, we think.) Two years building a serious sleep deficit to stay up and read InStyle? Two years wherein we’ve developed a near-total inability to turn off our brain for a moment and just, you know, enjoy reading a magazine? Why are we still doing this?
Well, partly because our friends are sick of hearing us rant about women’s magazines. We can’t blame them—more than once, we’ve used the word “heteronormative.” But also, of course, because of you. Thank you. Thank you for reading, and thank you for letting us know we’re not the only ones frustrated and amused by these magazines. We don’t always have the opportunity to respond to everyone the way we would like, but thank you to everyone who’s written to us or commented here. Thanks to every blogger—big or small—who’s linked to this site. Hey, while we’re expressing gratitude, thanks to all of you Googling Bitten by Sarah Jessica Parker who choose this page to learn about the line.
To celebrate our passage into the terrible twos, we took a look at Glossed Over, Lowest Common Denominator-style.
2: Years we’ve been publishing Glossed Over
2: Magazines we’ve written about that have gone out of print since June 2005 (Vitals Woman and Shop Etc.)
409: Total number of posts
At least 12: Number of times we posted to announce we weren’t going to be posting/explain why we hadn’t posted
24: Posts mentioning Anna Wintour, our most-cited magazined editor
44: Posts about Jane, our most frequently discussed magazine
1: New category we’ve created for our favorite posts
18: Number of magazines we subscribe to
4: Average number of additional magazines we purchase in a month
14: Magazines on our kitchen table at this moment
2: Visits per week to our favorite newsstand
Nearly zero: Amount of reading other than magazines that we accomplish (sad, we know—we’re trying)
Approximately one dozen: Times we’ve referred to ourselves as “we” in real life
Tons: Amount we appreciate you reading this
Thank you for keeping up with this site for 2 years! I don't think I have commented before so I'm delurking!
Posted by: tanya | June 21, 2007 at 07:46 AM
Cool - I share a birthday with one of my favorite blogs!
Congratulations!
Posted by: The Brunette | June 21, 2007 at 08:19 AM
Happy birthday to you, Glossed Over!
Posted by: String_Bean_Jen | June 21, 2007 at 08:44 AM
happy blog birthday!
you're my hero - keep fighting the good fight
Posted by: behindbigglasses | June 22, 2007 at 12:46 PM
It's cool that you don't just make fun of this stuff to get a laugh or make a point; clearly, you love fashion magazines and want to make them better. You're like the Jon Stewart of fashion mags! Happy birthday and keep it up!
Posted by: J G | June 22, 2007 at 02:30 PM
Happy Birthday. This blog rocks!
Posted by: Dee | June 23, 2007 at 06:28 AM
Okay, we're way behind on showing our gratitude. Thanks, everyone! And happy belated birthday, The Brunette!
Posted by: Glossed Over | July 02, 2007 at 11:12 PM
Happy Birthday!
I miss Vitals-it was always free. I dn't really miss Shop,Etc(except they sent me a magazine I don't like as a subsitute)
Posted by: shan | July 04, 2007 at 04:16 PM