Should women's mags be given an overhaul now?

They are grim. The Australian Woman's Weekly is much better with more interesting articles.
GH and the other one are always the same, inspirational stories of women who have recovered from problems or started their own business. Fashion that does not suit over 45s. Lots of health articles, many full of quotes from naturopaths and other people of questionable expertise. Airbrushed celeb cover women almost unrecognisable as themselves.
The celeb ones are nasty and misogynistic. Celebs either shown as looking implausibly perfect (having spent half a day in hair and makeup plus more airbrushing) or getting criticised for too fat, too thin, too scruffy, too sad etc

Depths were plumbed by OK last week with the D of Cambridge baby weight article after Kate was courageous enough to show off her postpartum tummy to the world the day after delivery. Dis - bloody - graceful.

www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/23451772

Agree with you When.
The only magazines I have on a regular basis are Private Eye, the Oldie and the Garden.
When I had the practice I struggled to find magazines suitable for the waiting room. The staff couldn't understand why I wouldn't have Marie Claire and Cosmopolitan but with titles like 'How to have 6 orgasms in 15 minutes' and suchlike on the covers I deemed them unsuitable for my child patients.
I remember going to stay with my aunt as a child and devouring her copies of She magazine - full of interesting articles about more than just domesticity.
Sadly it capitulated to the populist themes and I think it's folded now.
I don't think modern women's magazines reflect at all well on the aspirations of today's young women

I couldn't agree more when they are pretty abysmal. My Mother had Woman magazine, various relatives had a variety of other weeklies and they would all be passed around. When carried on but I don't think I've bought a magazine for at least 20 years. Maybe the sort of information they carried is available elsewhere more easily. I find the sight of magazine racks now profoundly depressing.