Posted on March 1, 2010 by Emily
Two weeks ago, Mike wrote about the latest from Mattel’s Barbie collection: Computer Engineering Barbie. He lamented, rightfully so, the head-to-toe pink accessories, including a hot pink laptop. (Because, let’s be honest, girls can only write in C++ with a fuchsia computer).
Today, I read that the White House Project, who had teamed up with Mattel in 2000 [...]
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Posted on February 25, 2010 by Emily
A recommendation from the UK’s Royal College of Psychiatrists could lead to warning labels being attached to photoshopped pictures of models. The college cited research evidence that suggests the media’s role in the existence of eating disorders in girls. The group also called for a ban on underweight models in London’s fashion week.
The argument that [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2010 by Emily
As many of you know by now, this year’s Super Bowl featured an onslaught of sexist commercials, apparently geared towards men who feel ‘emasculated’ by the women in their lives. (For more on the word ‘emasculated,’ check out Mike’s previous post). One of the offenders was this Dodge commercial…”Man’s Last Stand,” which features a list [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2010 by Emily
I was on Facebook yesterday when I started noticing my friends posting names of colors on their statuses. “Beige!” some of them said. “Black,” and “Purple,” were other popular posts. And then there was one notable “Hot Pink!” paired with a wink face emoticon, that received about 10 ‘likes’ from male users. I had no [...]
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Posted on December 24, 2009 by Emily
I’ll admit it– I love the holiday season. Perhaps it’s simply good childhood memories warming my heart, but this feminist is no Scrooge. One thing about the holidays that I can’t stand, however, is being bombarded by ridiculous, cheesy, materialistic jewelry commercials.
Every year, we have to suffer through “Every kiss begins with Kay,” or “He [...]
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Posted on December 8, 2009 by Emily
My dad, ever the technologically savvy geekster, forwarded me this article about the ‘masculine’ advertisement campaign for the new Droid phone– the latest and greatest smartphone from Verizon that should encroach on sales of the iPhone and Blackberry. “Do you think this would be good for your blog?” he wrote me.
The ad campaign [...]
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Posted on December 3, 2009 by Mike
Many feminists hate PETA because of its sexist advertising campaigns. However, as I have written before, I don’t think there is much quarrel with its goal of eliminating abuse of animals.
Well, PETA has done it again. See the two ads below with Joanna Krupa (recently of Dancing with the Stars and on the cover [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2009 by Emily
For some lighter, weekend blogging, I dug up some old sexist advertisements. On one hand, the ads are so ridiculous that it’s pretty funny. On the other hand, its depressing to think that such sexist stereotypes were so prevalent.
First up, check out this TAB commercial:
Be a mind-sticker, ladies! Keep your shape!
The [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2009 by Emily
Since moving to New York City, I’ve caught quite a few TV ads for both Jon Corzine and Chris Christie’s campaigns in the NJ gubernatorial race. Jon Corzine began a steep uphill battle, due to NJ’s poor economic situation, as well as the July 2009 corruption scandal involving 40-something NJ officials, rabbis, and possible organ [...]
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Posted on October 14, 2009 by Emily
PepsiCo is known for being one of the very few Fortune-500 companies headed by a female CEO, (Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi, who also happens to be a woman of color). But the company has been in the news for far less feminist reasons. PepsiCo’s new iPhone App for its Amp Energy drink features different “scoring tips” [...]
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