Readings for my sabbatical

I am reading as much as I can published on fashion plates. I have expanded to information on womens' magazines. I am currently reading, A Magazine of Her Own: Domesticity and Desire in the Woman's Magazine, 1800-1914. In the introduction, the author states, "As a clever middle-class girl I was taught that I should despise women's magazines as silly if not pernicious". I have always loved women's magazines and am fascinated by their history. This author investigates women as consumers, readers, and the periodical as a feminine form. Alot of interesting ideas here.