Real Simple Magazine May 2016 Issue: Discussion & Review

This is one of the magazines that I used to subscribe.  I cancelled my subscription because I have no space for magazines that I don't really read.  This magazine always has  a very attractive cover photo which is what enticed me into subscribing. Among the stacks of the old issues, I had only recently read one article so far in the "Life Lessons" section.  It was simply a waste of my 10 minutes.  I read it because I felt curious while I was unboxing my moving box full of Real Simple Magazines. 

I hear that the magazine pays $2.00 for every word.  But is "Life Lessons" a section that pays writers for the essay or it's a vanity section that lets writers  provide free essays in exchange for a by-line? Does anyone know?  I'm asking because I feel that I can write more interesting life lesson than the one that I just read. If you are interested in reading the essay that bored me, please click here.

Why did the essay bore me?  It's because I personally don't know most of the movie references that the article talked about, except for the movies: "The Imitation of Life" and "Doctor Zhivago".  "Imitation of Life" was one of my dad's favorites and he and I watched it over and over when I was growing up.  "Doctor Zhivago" was actually one  of my English Teacher's favorites and she just highly recommended it in class so I watched it.  I love both movies.  So these are the only two movies mentioned in the boring article that I know.  I have no idea what other movies are. But now that we have the internet, I Googled them and I realized that I had no interest of wanting to see any of them.

I have a feeling that I won't like the books written by the author of this article either, simply because I feel she has a very rare literary taste and her preference and opinions about  movies just aren't that mainstream.  I just don't share her unique take on movies. So I doubt I will  read her books.