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 Good - but gets cheeky October 11, 2002
20 out of 24 found this review helpful
I have read and loved Vanity Fair for years, but dropped my subscription several years ago when moving and never renewed. Why? Because the magazine varies in quality so much from month to month. I hate the Hollywood and Music issues which play to Vanity Fair's weakness for celebs and telling already known stories of their lives. I love their real articles - focusing on world events or politics from a more human angle. I much prefer at this point to simply buy the VF's that look interesting on the shelf than subscribe and run the risk of being disappointed.
 Beware Vanity Fair Subscription Renewal SCAM August 3, 2005
Robertson G. Adams (Miami, FL USA)
20 out of 25 found this review helpful
I enjoyed Vanity Fair magazine for several years but I chose to not renew it in January 2005. They sent the usual renewal notices and I tossed them out, and the magazine stopped coming.
Now in July 2005 I got a harassing letter from "National Credit Audit Corporation" threatening me if I don't pay the $15 account. I did not renew this and I don't owe it, but the tone of the letter is serious.
With some research on the Net I see that Vanity Fair is using an unreputable firm to harass people into renewing.
Anyhow this is finally getting picked up by the mainstream media such as the San Francisco Chronicle, which reported that VF's sister publication, WIRED Magazine, is doing the same thing (they are both Conde Naste publications).
NOTE this is NOT related to Amazon.com, and I am not saying if you subscribe via Amazon that this will happen. It seems to be part of a certain low-rate offer that contained certain language about "auto-renewal" that nobody could possibly read, it's so small. I am writing a letter to the magazine, the credit agency, and the attorneys general of New York and Florida.
The magazine is great, the journalism is top rate. But just try to stop your subscription, you might face the same dunning.
What a mixed bag! September 9, 2004
Mark Coffey (Austin, Texas USA)
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
Vanity Fair is by far the most frustrating magazine I know of. On one hand, the brilliance of Christopher Hitchens, the glossy paper, the interesting articles about old Hollywood - on the other, the complete kissing-up to new Hollywood, the endless ads (think Vogue or Modern Bride - I mean, a BUNCH of ads), and the increasingly strident editorial stance. I used to get every issue, but the other day, I saw the new one on the stands...and I just passed it by.
 Something for everyone - young and old May 29, 2003
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I've been a subscriber for about 10 years now. I cannot WAIT until this magazine shows up each month. Vanity Fair is full of wonderful articles mostly of the rich elite, but it capitalizes on on how sometimes awful things can happen to people with money too. For instance, Dominick Dunne's diary of the Moxley murder and the Safra murder. I turn to Dunne's article first in every issue. Christopher Hitchens is sometimes a bit of a "windy" rebel. He sometimes makes a point a peppering a lot of words that you may have to look up in the dictionary.The lives of the rich and famous are a fascinating read. Truman Capotes Black and White Ball article a few years ago was great. The coverage in the Middle East has been cutting edge. I first heard of the Martha Stewart Imclone stock selling in the pages of Vanity Fair well before it became a scandal. In response to some postings on Amazon regarding the Hispanic comment: Dame Edna is a comedian. The Hispanic community should take his/her remark with a grain of salt and rise above it. I'm Polish, but I can still appreciate a good Polish joke. The well received sound of laughter is universal. In closing, I just love reading about casanovas from the 1920's, bi-sexual poets from the 1940's, outsider art from the 1990's, famous restaurants in the 1950's, the history of the corset dating from the 1800's, and cheezy billboard art on the highways of the U.S.A. Vanity Fair has it all.
Avoid unless you like to be told how to think April 17, 2007
Sadie Delaney (Arizona, but constantly moving around)
12 out of 35 found this review helpful
Unless you want the Editor's liberal political views SHOVED down your throat, avoid this magazine. It leans to the left so hard that you have to lie on your side to even read it. (And no, I am NOT a Republican or Democrat, but an Independent who looks at all sides). The Editor of this magazine has a huge agenda to get the Democrats back in power, he bashes Bush and the Republican party over the head with a 10-ton hammer on a monthly basis, yet worships eco-phonies like Laurie David and celebrities who want the rest of us to drive eco-friendly cars while they fly the world in their private jets. (I understand Laurie and her friends like Sheryl Crow ARE "trying" to wean themselves off this practice by cutting down on their private jet hopping trips a wee bit and using a huge gas guzzling bus that is criss-crossing the country instead, but that poor Laurie is finding this hard to give up. What hyprocrites these Hollywood folks are!) Though I am personally trying to do my bit for the environment, I hate when I read issues like the current "Green" issue where these so called eco-environmentalists really only want us "common people" to make the changes. This used to be a great fashion, entertainment and current event magazine with a lot of in-depth articles, but now it is only a political platform publication. I now will just throw it away as soon as it arrives when I receive it, until my subscription expires.
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