You are here: Home / Archives / 2009 / July / 15 / Mocking Gendered Advertising

Mocking Gendered Advertising

By Cara on 7.15.2009

Via both Sociological Images and Hoyden About Town, I came across this little clip from British TV show That Mitchell and Webb Look and felt absolutely compelled to share. It’s a short but sweet take on gendered advertising — not hugely different from what our favorite lady Sarah Haskins does, but as one commenter noted, with a focus more on overall messaging than on tactics:

Posted in , , , , | Tagged

Author: Cara has written 429 posts for this blog.

Return to: Homepage | Blog Index

10 Responses

  1. 1
    Betty 7.15.2009 at 2:59 pm |

    Awesome! I love Mitchell and Webb.

  2. 2
    Elyssa 7.15.2009 at 3:11 pm |

    Hahahaha that is the best thing I have seen in a very long time.

  3. 3
    FilthyGrandeur 7.15.2009 at 3:33 pm |

    you gotta love something that’s short, sweet, and to the point. and all under one minute.
    thanks for sharing this. it made my day!

  4. 4
    Mocking Gendered Advertising « The Nice Feminist 7.15.2009 at 4:58 pm |

    [...] Mocking Gendered Advertising July 15, 2009 at 4:58 pm | In advertising, humor | Leave a Comment I’m not necessarily going to make a habit of posing links to things or arbitrary whining about whatever Rush or Ann are up to these days, but I couldn’t resist sharing a link to this hilarious video. [...]

  5. 5
    Laurie in Mpls. 7.15.2009 at 5:24 pm |

    Brilliant!

  6. 6
    Ellestar 7.15.2009 at 5:37 pm |

    L.

    O.

    L.

  7. 7
    Azalea 7.15.2009 at 11:47 pm |

    LMAO!!!!!

  8. 8
    Tracey 7.15.2009 at 11:55 pm |

    Perfection. Loved the manicured hand on the guys chest.

  9. 9
    E.D. 7.16.2009 at 4:28 am |

    So true! :-D

  10. 10
    NicoleG 7.16.2009 at 8:25 am |

    “And your children’s clothes are filthy!”

    I love it. It’s like every episode of Target Women wrapped into a neat little ball.

Comments are closed.