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If Men’s Health—a main competitor of the magazine here under review—strikes you as pandering to the average guy’s baser instincts, you’ll want to check out Men’s Journal.
The tag line to this magazine’s name reads ‘Adventure Life’. That’s a pretty good shot at the content, since it takes your average young rich guy’s (or no-longer-young-in-the-mirror rich guy’s) desires to live a little on the wild side and decks them out in luxury opportunities to do just that.
The writing is surprisingly good. We’re not talking the Atlantic Monthly here, but recent issues have easy-on-the-eyes features on the crisis in Darfur, the late Aussie croc-wrestler Steve Irwin, and the down-in-the-mouth financial situation of our National Parks system.
Like most magazines of the genre, the gloss, paper quality, and color make this an easy read in an airplane seat or an easy chair: Men’s Journal is pleasant to the touch, good for some mild distraction, and leaves no bitter aftertaste.
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