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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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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Hope Solo is the goalkeeper for the U.S. women’s soccer team. She is the best, or one of the best, in the world. She is probably most known by casual soccer fans for what happened in the 2007 World Cup. She had been the starting keeper during the entire year and the first round games, [...]
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There has been much discussion in blogs about the PETA advertising campaigns. Most of the blogs and comments say that the campaigns are sexist and objectify women. For example, see Feministe, Womanist Musings, and Feministing. I can’t say that I disagree, but I want to see how people feel about the article I discuss [...]
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My co-blogger, Emily, is all for animal rights but absolutely hates PETA because of its sexist advertising. I like the fact that PETA is so “out there” about what it wants to accomplish, but likewise am bothered by its advertising. I love The Onion. Here is its video on PETA titled “Advocacy Group Decries [...]
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While reading the discussion on feministing.com about the color pink, it reminded me of some recent encounters with pink. Last month, my wife and I were on vacation visiting our 6-year old granddaughter and her two mommies. I was informed in no uncertain terms by my granddaughter that she absolutely refuses to wear pink. That [...]
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