Women's Health Magazine Cover Analysis

The Women’s Health Magazine cover featuring Lea Michele, has a deeper meaning underneath what someone with a noncritical eye may observe at first glance. In the cover, she appears gleeful and is smiling widely. She has on a pink tank top that reveals some cleavage, and a short miniskirt with different designs and patterns on it. In large bold lettering, visible is the phrase “Lean & Sexy Now”. Right on top of the magazine title, “Your fast track to a flat belly” is written. “Slim legs! Firm butt!” Is written and even highlighted next to the image of her. Lea, with her toned body, beautiful dark brown hair and bright pink outfit makes her stand out. A person walking by a magazine racket, at a brief glance would actually praise this cover because a thin woman is depicted thus correlating with type of magazine it is. Although a profound analysis would make people believe otherwise as it reveals a stereotyped and sexist undercurrent. As it is a Women’s health magazine, it …show more content…
On a men’s magazine men appear unapproachable and a bit intimidating. Although it's a health magazine, you can not see anything actually healthy or talking about health in the cover. Not only are they portraying the typical image of a skinny woman, but they're going so far as to call it healthy. Instead of actually promoting health, the scheming message this magazine is giving, is actually making people, particularly, women have unhealthy behavior. Healthy for a woman means skinny, and not really muscular. It doesn't mention anything about going to the gym, or having muscular anything, besides the butt, which is something the magazine conveys as almost necessary. This means that women are limited to appearing thin and fragile and not muscular and strong. Women can't be overweight and considered healthy, they can't be voluptuous and be called fit. To be healthy means to fit within the confines of the media-driven