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 [...]
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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 for the Droid [...]
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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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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 second [...]
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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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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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Via Jezebel: A viral marketing ad from Denmark’s Tourism agency has been pulled amidst public criticism. The ad features a young, blonde Danish woman, seeking the father of her baby. She talks casually about how they met when he was a tourist, and goes on to explain that this baby was the product of their [...]
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I recently posted about what I thought was a funny anti-feminist blog in which the blogger wrote that McDonald’s was providing “leftist propaganda” by including American Girl books in its “girl toy” Happy Meals. I also cited a positive blog that talked about how much “cooler” the boy toys were than the girl toys. I [...]
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I hesitate to give this blogger any publicity, but it was so funny that I want to mention it. I saw an anti-feminist blog in the “Macon County Conservative Examiner” titled “McDonald’s starts peddling leftist propaganda to children.” Apparently, McDonald’s has been including books from the American Girl series in its Happy Meals and the [...]
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Gardasil, the HPV vaccine with the catchy “One Less” campaign, is currently undergoing review for use on boys. On September 9th, the FDA will decide whether or not it will recommend that boys also get the vaccine. Although men are generally unaffected by the virus, they are carriers. Vaccinating boys in addition to girls would [...]
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