Evaluation- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

 I believe that my media product represents individuals who have a strong passion mainly for music and art, and potentially photography. I think that people who are experimental with rock music, who stretch to different elements; punk, gothic, grunge etc. will be appealed to my magazine, as it is different compared to ‘mainstream’ magazines, which I have stayed far from. The social groups are reflected in both the music and the style, though of course there are people who may not dress in a certain way, but still may enjoy listening to this genre of music.
I have taken style inspiration from people such as Bam Margera, Kat Von D and Lacey Sturm from Flyleaf. Also from bands such as My Chemical Romance, 30 Seconds To Mars and The Used, who are stereotyped as 'emo', which may appeal to and represent those who are socialy dubbed as 'emo' or 'goth'; gothic style is often associated with emo.

There are, admittedly, not many real female artists that I have mentioned, but I am going to compare the similarities and differences between my cover model and Courtney Love, of course from Hole. I am going to use a picture of Courtney from the ‘90s, which was when she was pure grunge, reinforcing this social group.

Before the death of Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love was natural and beautifully scruffy looking, as shown above. In this way, bother her and my model on the right, are very similar; both with the messy blonde hair and pale complexion. Their style in the pictures is similar too; grunge-rock, though Courtney’s is more completely grunge; as Brooklyn is the lead singer in a more gothic rock band, her style is slightly less so. They are both wearing baggy tops, with very naturalistic make up, which is potentially iconic of the grunge style. Both Courtney and the band member, Brooklyn, went through a very destructive time in their lives, which you could say is portrayed in their music. A difference, however, is that Brooklyn picked herself back up; Courtney seemed unable to.
Grunge differs greatly from how it was in the late 80s/90s, originating from alternative rock, hardcore punk, heavy metal and indie rock, now branched into different social groups such as the rather modern stereotype 'emo' or even goth; grunge is simply more stripped down. Due to this, my media product is representative of these social groups, which is a broad range but related greatly as they branch off of each other.