Welcome back to another edition of FishbowlNY’s Cover Battle, where each Thursday we throw two magazines in a pit of fire and see which lasts the longest. Sort of.

This week we have Town & Country versus Time Out New York. T&C went with a photograph of Lauren Hutton from 1968. There’s also a headline that reads “Hawaii’s Sexiest Secret: Bikini Island.” This confuses us, because isn’t a bikini considered standard clothing there? Maybe it’s a sexy secret because even dudes wear bikinis? And dogs! You’ll have to read the article to find out.

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Welcome back to another edition of FishbowlNY’s weekly Cover Battle. This time around we have The New York Times Magazine versus Mental Floss. The Times Magazine went with an adorable photo of a dog licking a chubby baby. It’ll be tough to beat this cover, because who doesn’t like dogs and babies? If you answered “me,” please know you’re a bad person.

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Welcome back to another edition of FishbowlNY’s weekly Cover Battle. Today we’re pitting Time against Women’s Health. Time went with an illustration meant to troll the hell out of anyone who sees it. But everyone knows that it’s not today’s youth that suck; all youth suck, and will forever suck, no matter what generation it is. It’s the Law of Suckivity.

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Welcome back to another edition of FishbowlNY’s weekly Cover Battle. This week we have ESPN The Magazine versus The New Republic. ESPN went with a photo of RGIII holding a deflated balloon in his mouth. Deflated like the Redskins’ future if he doesn’t recover well from his injury! Ha! That was… Well, that was an okay joke.

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Each Thursday FishbowlNY offers up its Cover Battle, but this week, there is no contest: Boston Magazine wins. Its May issue features a collection of Boston Marathon runners’ shoes. We know, the cover isn’t New York centric. But here’s what it is: Perfect.

Welcome back to another edition of FishbowlNY’s weekly Cover Battle. This time around we have The New Yorker versus Elle Decor. The latest New Yorker features a great illustration about travel in the future. As you can see, even when we’re capable of blasting people out of a canon, there are delays.

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Welcome to another edition of FishbowlNY’s Cover Battle. Today we have The New York Times Magazine versus Town & Country. The Times Magazine went with a photograph of everyone’s favorite couple, Huma Abedin and Anthony Weiner. They’re holding hands because if Weiner doesn’t have one hand occupied at all times, he sexts uncontrollably. Seriously, it’s like a nervous habit. A dick tic, if you will.

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Welcome back to another edition of FishbowlNY’s weekly Cover Battle. This week we have two music-centric magazines — Rolling Stone and XXL — duking it out. Rolling Stone went with a photo of Jon Hamm as his Mad Men character Don Draper, who is actually Dick Whitman. If that’s a spoiler you need to watch more TV.

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Welcome back to another edition of FishbowlNY’s Cover Battle. Today we’re featuring Vogue versus The Atlantic. Vogue went with a fantastic photograph of the First Lady, Michelle Obama. We have nothing bad to say about this because there is nothing bad to say about Mrs. Obama. Hey girl! Sorry. Ahem. Moving on.

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Welcome back to another round of FishbowlNY’s Cover Battle. This week we have The New Republic versus Complex. TNR went with an excellent illustration of two birds. Or are they dolphins? If they’re dolphins they sure have short beaks. Or are those snouts? Next week on FishbowlNY: 31 Things You Need to Know About Dolphin Noses. Don’t steal that, BuzzFeed.

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