Editing Cosmopolitan (magazine) (section)

==Today==
Since the 1960s, ''Cosmopolitan'' has discussed such topics as health, fitness, and fashion, as well as sex. The magazine has also featured a section called "Ask Him Anything", where a male writer answers readers' questions about men and dating.

[[File:COSMOPOLITAN magazine at The Brandery Summer Edition 2010.jpg|thumb|''Cosmopolitan'' stand at [[The Brandery]] fashion show (Barcelona, 2010)]]
The magazine, in particular its cover stories, has become increasingly sexually explicit in tone. In 2000, the grocery chain [[Kroger]], at the time the second largest in the US after [[Walmart]], began covering up ''Cosmopolitan'' at checkout stands because of complaints about sexually inappropriate headlines.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2000-01-17 |title=KROGER TAKES ACTION ON COSMO COVER HEADLINES |url=https://www.supermarketnews.com/archive/kroger-takes-action-cosmo-cover-headlines |access-date=2024-03-04 |website=Supermarket News |language=en}}</ref> The UK edition of ''Cosmopolitan'', which began in 1972, was the first ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine to be branched out to another country. It was well known for sexual explicitness, with strong sexual language, male nudity, and coverage of such subjects as rape. In 1999, ''[[CosmoGirl|CosmoGIRL!]]'', a spinoff magazine targeting a teenage female audience, was created for international readership. It shut down in December 2008.

There are 64 worldwide editions of ''Cosmopolitan'', and the magazine is published in 35 languages, with distribution in more than 100 countries making ''Cosmopolitan'' the largest-selling young women's magazine in the world.<ref name="hearst.com-aboutcosmo">{{cite web |title=Cosmopolitan: "Fun, Fearless, Female" |url=http://www.hearst.com/magazines/cosmopolitan.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826005506/http://www.hearst.com/magazines/cosmopolitan.php |archive-date=August 26, 2013 |access-date=January 13, 2013 |publisher=hearst.com}}</ref>{{citation needed|reason=2013 source is not current, and are the facts?|date=March 2024}} Some international editions are published in partnerships, such as licenses or joint ventures, with established publishing houses in each local market. 

During 2015, ''Cosmopolitan'' found popularity in a then-newfound medium, the "discover" section on Snapchat. At the time, Cosmopolitan's "discover" had over 3 million readers a day.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 14, 2015 |title=Cosmo is getting 3 million readers a day on Snapchat Discover |url=https://digiday.com/media/cosmo-says-getting-3-million-readers-snapchat-discover/ |access-date=September 25, 2018 |work=[[Digiday]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

In October 2018, [[Bauer Media Group]] announced that after 45 years, publication of the Australian edition of ''Cosmopolitan'' would stop due to the commercial viability of the magazine no longer being sustainable.<ref>Donoughue, Paul (October 16, 2018). [http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-16/australian-edition-of-cosmopolitan-magazine-to-close/10382338 "Cosmopolitan magazine to stop publishing its Australian edition after 45 years"]. ''[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]'' (Australia). Retrieved October 16, 2018.</ref> In March 2022 the Russian edition, ''[[Cosmopolitan Russia]]'', changed its title to ''Voice'' after Hearst revoked its affiliation following the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Pjotr Sauer
|title=Cosmopolitan no more: Russians feel sting of cultural and economic rift|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/20/russians-feel-sting-of-cultural-and-economic-rift-sanctions-ukraine|access-date=September 16, 2022|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=May 20, 2022}}</ref>

On the cover of its October 2018 issue, ''Cosmopolitan'' featured plus-sized model [[Tess Holliday]]. Some people, such as TV presenter [[Piers Morgan]], criticized this choice, arguing that it amounted to promoting obesity. Editor of Cosmopolitan [[Farrah Storr]] called the cover choice a bold stance in favor of [[body positivity]].<ref>{{cite news|last=O'Connell|first=Jennifer|title=Cosmopolitan magazine cover criticised for 'promoting obesity'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/fashion/cosmopolitan-magazine-cover-criticised-for-promoting-obesity-1.3616717|access-date=January 20, 2020|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] }}</ref> In December 2020, actress [[Emma Roberts]] became the first pregnant celebrity to appear on the cover of the magazine.<ref>[https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/emma-roberts-cosmopolitan-cover-scli-intl/index.html "Emma Roberts becomes first pregnant Cosmopolitan cover star"]. ''CNN''. November 12, 2020</ref>