Etsy
Via Mac I have discovered an eBay-esque site called Etsy where you can buy handmade items from all over the globe. I have decided that I will quite possibly keel over and die if I do not get my hands on this. Or this. And especially this. I really need to learn to sew.
...read moreThose Who Might Scorn It Are Invited To Kiss It
It looks like Nike is going the way of the Dove ads, even their new Nike Women website. Good? Bad? I defer to Jill. At least Nike is selling a brand of health (if you can overlook the sweatshop labor). via the comments at Twisty’s UPDATE Chuck weighs in with an excellent new slogan: Because [...]
...read moreTo Tip or Not to Tip
I always tip in restaurants, even if the service is crappy. Why? Because I know that service jobs really suck, that the waitperson is probably making less than minimum wage, and that they’re on their feet all day probably dealing with rude and difficult customers. But tipping is also awkward. What if you do get [...]
...read moreThe Dove ads that won’t end
Like nearly every other feminist blogger, I’ve written about the Dove ads before. And yet, I have more to say. These ads have created quite a stir, and not just in feminist circles. They’ve prompted op/eds in major national newspapers. They’re being discussed on blog after blog. And you can’t turn on the TV, read [...]
...read moreElements of Style
From the fashion pages… Shopping while black — even Oprah can’t escape poor treatment in department stores, as she was recently shut out of an Hermes boutique in Paris. The Voice has more. Feminist fashion: the petticoat, apparently. I’ll admit, I love long floaty skirts as much as anyone — I’m rockin one right now. [...]
...read more“Wow! She’s fat!”
At first, I was taken aback by the Village Voice article on the new Dove ad campaign, as it starts with calling the model “fat.” But what I like about it is that it admits that when many of us (myself included) see an ad with an average-sized woman, there’s a moment of shock. Then [...]
...read moreBody Impolitic and the Dove Campaign
Badgerbag pointed out an interesting blog that studies the Body Politic, aptly named Body Impolitic. See their picture galleries of beautiful unconventional nudes. One of the first posts on their blog today discusses the Dove brand “Campaign for Real Beauty,” a campaign that I was at first skeptical about. Looking at their site, however, has [...]
...read morePoise Pro-Choice Messenger Bag
For now the feminist ad network is on hold, scratched in favor of a person-to-person deal promoting an item I love, the pro-choice messenger bag. Bonus: when you buy one, Cinnamon donates $15 of your payment to your favorite pro-choice non-profit. Cinnamon Cooper, creator of Poise.cc is a handbag designer with a grand vision. Her [...]
...read moreCapitalist pigs, Thomas Friedman, and me
Due to various Net Nanny restrictions, I’m unable to get to most of the websites and blogs that interest me – Feministing, Alas, the Village Voice, AlterNet, even Slate are all usually blocked. I can trick it into letting me get to Feministe by clicking “refresh” seven or eight times until it gets tired of [...]
...read moreTake Back the Language of Empowerment
This is actually a real advertisement: Take Back Your Saturday Morning This spring and summer, Mr. Clean MagicReach™ is empowering women across America to free themselves from the tiresome task of household cleaning with the plea to Take Back Your Saturday Morning! Mr. Clean MagicReach is a new and innovative tool from Mr. Clean® that [...]
...read moreBuy Ford
Why? Because the AFA is boycotting them. The AFA, the nonprofit group run by the Rev. Donald Wildmon, criticized Ford for donating money to gay-rights organizations (Ford offers to give up to $1,000 to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination for every Jaguar and Land Rover it sells to a member of GLAAD, the [...]
...read moreBurgers, babies and Paris Hilton
First, Carl’s Jr turns out an ad featuring an animated baby in utero (and I say “baby” because this thing looks more like a three-month-old than a fetus or even a newborn) mouthing off to mama because she’s eating a spicy burger. Now, it’s bikini-clad Paris Hilton washing a Bentley and eating a burger. “We [...]
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