The girl who reads Star

Star Magazine ran for five issues in the spring and summer of 1973. Based in Los Angeles and directed at teenage girls, it covered rock stars, fashion (“How to get the rich hippie look”), dating advice (“How to get guys”), and interviews with rock icons like Marc Bolan, as well as features about groupie life.

From the site’s splash page:

I’ve decided to ring in the 2011 New Year with my own misguided version of public service: an online archive of a scandalous and short-lived 70’s teen magazine! The first issue of Star hit the stands in February 1973. With its over-the-top advice and irreverent coverage of LA’s teenage groupie scene, it wasn’t long before Petersen Publishing was feeling the heat from “concerned citizens”. Five issues and five months later, publication ceased. A sixth issue was planned but never printed. Such controversy along with coverage of “new breed” Sunset Strip groupies (Shray Mecham, Sable Starr, Lori Lightning, Queenie Glam) and glam venues like Rodney Bingenheimer’s English Disco cemented the mag’s later cult status among fans and collectors.

Now, all five numbers have been scanned and uploaded.

Incidentally, look at this Letter to the Editor they got in 1973! So much changed ever since! Oh, right. I stand corrected!

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