The manliest manly-man soda known to man
Have you ever hit “pause” on your romantic comedy, set your Diet Dr. Pepper down on the coffee table (cautiously, so as not to smudge your nail polish), and said to your vacuous, tittering girlfriends, “This diet drink isn’t doing it for me. I think I need a Dr. Pepper TEN”? And then a guy [...]
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Fat acceptance, circa 1957
Hell yeah, she can look just as pretty as her less generously proportioned friends. She can also be as happy as a hit with a rollicking beat, and she can have a tummy and still look yummy. And those dresses are really cute. But, um, Chubbette? What, was “Fatshionista” already taken? And yes, they are [...]
...read morePro-slavery propaganda from the 1800s USA
Oh. My. God. Thanks to LoriAdorable’s Twitter stream, I learn that in the early 1800s, pro-slavery authors reacted to the anti-slavery classic Uncle Tom’s Cabin by writing their own pro-slavery propaganda. I guess that makes sense. What’s really cool is that you can go ahead and read one of those pro-slavery books, in all its [...]
...read moreAwesome Size 12 Model Wins Silly American Apparel Contest
Recently, Jill wrote here on Feministe about Nancy Upton, the awesome size 12 lady who entered a silly beauty contest from American Apparel by taking awesome pictures of herself in foody positions. (You can find pictures by clicking here, or pretty much anywhere all over the Internet at this point.) Here’s the awesome part: Nancy [...]
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Meet American Apparel’s New Plus-Sized Models
UPDATE: Duh, read Nancy’s blog. She’s mocking American Apparel and the whole contest. So now I can 100% say: Nice work! I am behind it, ranch dressing cumshots and all. ___________________________________________ American Apparel is having a plus-sized model contest. The current front-runner is named Nancy, she is a size 12, and she is pretty hot. [...]
...read moreBebe launches “workwear”, assumes “celebutante” is actual job
Bebe, the clothing store best known for selling skin-tight minidresses and shirts with word bebe (strictly in all lower case) in rhinestones across the bust has decided to branch out into something they’re calling workwear. I freely concede that since I wear one of these every day, I might be less familiar with trends in [...]
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Welcome to the Dollhouse: Men and Beauty Products
Back when pretty much the only men wearing makeup were either rock lords or Boy George, I privately came up with the guideline that if any particular piece of grooming was something women generally performed while men generally didn’t, I could safely consider it “beauty work.” Nail polish and leg-shaving? Beauty work. Nail-trimming and hair-combing? [...]
...read moreCru cut
See also: 2 Live Cru, Grand Cru, J.Cru, Late-’90s Hip-Hop Group Cru More from the world of marketing: We won’t have the Campus Crusade for Christ to kick around anymore. Don’t get excited–they’re still going to be around, loving you whilst hating your sin, helping you pray it away, and harassing students who are just [...]
...read moreHail to the no.
Summer’s Eve has a new ad campaign out, and it’s epic. Sensational. It’s the 300 of feminine-hygiene product TV commercials. No more walks on the beach. Screw some flowy, white linen trousers. You are strong. You are powerful. You are the most powerful thing on earth, actually. … What’s that? Oh, wait, sorry, no, that’s [...]
...read moreBreaking: Blood is Red
Even when it comes out of your vagina. American menstrual product manufacturers have finally taken notice, and menstruators across the United States are thrilled to learn that they are not, in fact, freaks of nature because they don’t bleed blue.
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Dove: Visibly More White Beautiful Skin
So this ad actually happened: Start out as a not-skinny black lady, morph into a racially ambiguous brunette, end up a thin blonde! This body wash is magic.
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Two Girls One Cucumber
Oy, Peta, this is just getting sad. If vegetarianism / veganism is really the way to go, you should be able to convince people of that using rational argument and evidence. “Look, titties! Girls fellating a carrot!” is not the most convincing position. Also, last I checked, women were more likely to be vegetarian than [...]
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