{"id":4828,"date":"2012-09-03T09:05:54","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T01:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/singaporebrides.com\/articles\/?p=4828"},"modified":"2016-03-29T09:33:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T01:33:22","slug":"the-colour-purple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/singaporebrides.com\/articles\/2012\/09\/the-colour-purple\/","title":{"rendered":"The Colour Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Any girl past the age of 18 must have religiously bought and read at least two different magazine titles. I remember how I would always hover like a bee over the nearest magazine stand on the second week of every month to be the first few to buy the latest issues of my favourites. I especially love the smell of the paper stock fresh from the printers and the feel of the glossy magazine covers.<\/i><\/p><p><b class=\"special\">I<\/b>also remember having to save up a few days&#8217; allowance just to buy an imported copy of <i>Cosmopolitan<\/i>; this was way before magazines became digital and before magazine titles from the US and UK were so easily available here (am I revealing my age?). <i>Cosmo<\/i> was coveted not only for its fashion stories, but also for its sections on relationships and sex. It was <i>the<\/i> women&#8217;s magazine of my time, and the fact that it came sealed in plastic and a warning sticker made it all the more delicious to read.<\/p><div class=\"banner\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">OA_show(5);<\/script><\/div><p>But <i>Cosmo<\/i> hasn&#8217;t always been that way. It started out in the late 1800s as a family magazine before evolving into a literary magazine a few short years later. However, magazine sales started to decline in the 1950s and circulation dropped from its peak at 2 million to slightly less than 1 million by 1965. Then, Helen Gurley Brown came into the picture and reversed <i>Cosmo<\/i>&#8216;s fortunes. An outspoken advocate of women&#8217;s sexual freedom, the new editor-in-chief sought to turn Cosmo into a women&#8217;s magazine and provide young women with role models and controversial articles on how men and women are equals when it comes to sex and power. Her timing was perfect, and <i>Cosmo<\/i> became a medium for sexual revolution in the US. Helen Gurley Brown was editor-in-chief of <i>Cosmo<\/i> US for 32 years, then became international editor of all 59 international editions of <i>Cosmo<\/i> until August 2012, when she passed away at 90.<\/p><p>So it was no accident that last issue, we introduced <a href=\"http:\/\/singaporebrides.com\/articles\/2012\/08\/wedding-night-sex\/\">two<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/singaporebrides.com\/articles\/2012\/08\/how-to-make-honeymoon-sex-even-better\/\">articles<\/a> on sex, which made it to our Popular Posts in a very short time. I really hope to do more articles in this area, because sex is as much an emotional union as marriage is. As Helen Gurney Brown says, &#8220;If only one of you is in the mood, do it. Even if sex isn\u2019t great every time, it&#8217;s a unique form of communication and togetherness that can help you stay together with a good degree of contentment.&#8221;<\/p><p>In celebration of Helen Gurley Brown&#8217;s contribution to sexual equality, our colour theme for this issue will be Wisteria, a lovely shade of purple, which is a union of two opposites: red and blue, warm and cold. This mysterious and sensual colour is a favourite for weddings, and is also one of my favourite shades of purple.<\/p><p>Follow our Pinterest board \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/singaporebrides\/wisteria\/\">Wisteria<\/a>\u201d for ideas on how you can incorporate this colour into your wedding theme.<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  title=\"The Colour Purple\" src=\"http:\/\/singaporebrides.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Wisteria-thumbnail-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><p><i>XOXO,<br>Michelle Tay<br>The Editor<\/i><\/p><hr>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any girl past the age of 18 must have religiously bought and read at least two different magazine titles. 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