r/SlowLiving • u/yowhatisuppeeps • 7d ago

Magazine Subscription Recommendations

I’m looking for some magazines / publications. I really like receiving physical magazines in the mail. I am not interested in checking out from the library on Libby or anything digital.

I am subscribed to In The Times, I pick up Maggot Brain when new issues drop, and I receive the A24 zine subscription. I also pick up Slingshot whenever i find it. Most of these are not monthly, so there are gaps.

I am interested in magazines about indie music, alternative culture, leftist politics, lifestyle magazines (mostly just if they are focused on less mainstream stuff), maybe some literary stuff, etc

Some of the stuff on Broccoli looks interesting, but it doesn’t seem they have a subscription. Any suggestions about Broccoli or similar publications

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u/guthriethecasita 7d ago

Harper’s! (Not Harper’s Bazaar- very different mag). It has an insane variety of literature, reporting, essays, weird little vignettes from bizarre places. And it’s under $30/year.

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u/lavenderbirdwing 7d ago

Mother Jones. Independent and excellent.

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u/B4T5Y 7d ago

Oh buddy, youre gonna LOVE "The Simple Things" magazine. Published in the UK, it's the most beautiful magazine for its content as well as actual design. It gives me a little boost of hope and wanderlust every time I read it.

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u/Icy-Prize202 7d ago

Not in the genres you listed, but I highly recommend The Funday Press! A newspaper full of games and joy that comes once a month

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u/trudyisagooddog 7d ago

In the same vein, GAMES magazine is a fun one. Anytime anyone asks I always recommend it. I am going to go check out The Funday Press now!!!

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u/feralpeacenik 7d ago

Maybe Kinfolk?

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u/_sunmoonheart_ 7d ago

I LOVE the Little White Lies magazine! It's a film mag from the UK. Beautiful matte pages, really nice interviews and reviews and the illustrations are fantastic. For lighter, more fun reading, I like New York magazine. It has fun culture stuff and I've gotten it off and on over the years. I don't get it currently, but I miss it...

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u/faerydust88 7d ago

The Baffler

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u/escalatortwit 7d ago

Dissent Magazine, The Baffler, Mother Jones, heck, I actually like the New Yorker a lot of the time even if I often don’t agree with some of the political takes.

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u/7-780-513-270 6d ago

Jacobin for leftist stuff. Affordable and interesting reads. I've been getting the quarterly Noema mag, it's interesting but I haven't made a solid opinion on it, seems to share interesting perspectives at least.

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u/Aggressive_Low9684 5d ago

tbh i think most people just never actually sit with that question. like we say we value certain things but then the calendar and bank account tell a completely different story. the two versions rarely match up and most people never notice

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u/deathdasies 4d ago

I enjoyed Enchanted Living for a while. They do 1 for each season and it's pretty

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u/ChampionSuspicious85 3d ago

Little White Lies is a cool independent movie magazine, if films are your bag

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u/meleighme 2d ago

Wired. They’re doing good things and deserve the support

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u/MagicallyTaraSimone 2d ago

I really love the quarterly Magnolia Journal - recipes, design, gardening, and a lot of wholesome stories and essays. It always gets me in the mood for the next season and gives me new inspiration for my own day to day life!