Blue Jean Magazine

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Blue Jean Magazine was a bi-monthly magazine written for and by teenagegirls. It was published in the United States from 1996 to 1998. The magazine was notable for publishing no advertisements and for being an alternative to glamour and beauty magazines that target teen girls. The best of Blue Jean Magazine was compiled into a book, Blue Jean: What Young Women are Thinking, Saying, and Doing (Blue Jean Press, 2001), which is now used in many schools and feminist studies programs across the United States.

Blue Jean was also published as an Internet website destination at Blue Jean Online, http://www.bluejeanonline.com, from 1999 to 2004. Articles and reviews from the website were republished in newspapers across the U.S. from 2001-2004. The founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of the magazine, website and Blue Jean book was Sherry Handel, a publishing consultant. Handel's website is http://www.bluejeanpublishing.com. Sherry Handel is also the Director for the Center for Women & Enterprise - Central Massachusetts. Since its founding in 1995, the Center for Women and Enterprise has served over 13,000 entrepreneurs. At offices in Boston, Worcester, and Providence, R.I., CWE provides education, training, technical assistance and access to capital to ensure that all women, regardless of their economic status, will have the opportunity to start and run their own businesses. http://www.cweonline.org.

Blue Jean is also the biggest music magazine of Turkey. It has been published since February 1987 by Hürriyet Media Group, one of the biggest media groups of the country. For more information: http://www.bluejean.com.tr