The Wall Street Journal debuted its magazine section this weekend (or, here in Chicago, a bit earlier than that). Gelf took a gander at a copy of the glossy insertour verdict? It's Parade for superrich investment bankers, rife with coverage of the rich and stylish and consumer goods you can't afford. If you were expecting, say, a rightward-leaning New York Times Magazine, look elsewhere.
The magazine also asks the tough questionsabout why "we" spend so much money on dogs. It has a home and garden sectionthat focuses on the "scaling down" of "trophy homes." It has an event listing, of the type that you'd find in any number of free weekliesexcept this event listing is global. If anything, WSJ is a comprehensive cultural guide for the so-called global elite, and its tone seems to imply that its readers are self-aware members of this group. The rest of us can just go read Parade.
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