Ironic Sementeen Cover Prompts Unironic State of Teen Boy Mag Discussion

Panopticist’s Andrew Hearst recently produced a mock cover for Sementeen — yes, that — a faux magazine for teenage boys. Never ones to leave a Sementeen unexamined, the Huffington Post wonders — without irony — who would edit such a magazine, and why magazines for teenage boys — even ones without “semen” in their titles — don’t exist:

“This is a demographic that’s simply not used to reading magazines — unless it’s the SI swimsuit issue,” said Men’s Health Editor-in-Chief and Rodale Senior Vice President David Zinczenko.

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