Woman, faishon and contentness

We are always been fed images of what we should look like as woman. It is funny that all women's magazines are full of heavily airbrushed woman, and heterosexual men's magazine are fully of heavily airbrushed woman. Where as gay men's magazine are full of airbrushed men. So for men- the images are always of those they hope to attract. Where as for woman it is what we should be..
What would an intelligent womans magazine look like? would it be the economist without the money? I pick up the typical female glossies- but more to skirt over and see what it is faishon and you can be finished with a magazine within an hour or so... But I still wonder is there really no alternative?