Tag Archives: Advertising

Reebok backs that ass [claim] up

By Lori | Published: October 4, 2011
Tweet Imagine you are a Reebok ad executive facing flat sales and an even flatter image problem. Do you: a) design an ad campaign based on the product you were given and its proven benefits b) quit your job because it’s too hard c) spend the whole day watching episodes of Mad Men on Netflix [...]
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Transphobic ad campaign puts gender anxiety on full display

By Lori | Published: October 4, 2011
Tweet A really disturbing and transphobic advertisement showed up in Canada’s National Post the other day, pictured above. I won’t link to their website because they don’t deserve the traffic, but suffice to say it has “stop corrupting children” in the title. Because as we all know, trans folk, gender non-conforming people and allies are all [...]
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Quick hit: NOW NYC’s new tumblr targets offensive advertising

By Chloe | Published: October 3, 2011
TweetSometimes when I’m walking down the street or waiting on the subway platform, I see an ad that makes me want to whip out a marker and scrawl “This insults women” or “Sexism sells!” all over it. Then I remember that graffiti is a crime and that defacing public spaces isn’t a good idea. Luckily, [...]
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Restore your fragile masculinity with deep fried factory farmed chicken!

By Chloe | Published: September 9, 2011
TweetThis spectacularly subtle ad is currently airing on Australian TV, reminding men that their masculine identities are so fragile that they can be destroyed by one single sweater, and so insubstantial that they can be restored with a bucket of chicken. Yeah! Dudes! Manly dudes in t-shirts! Dudes eating fried chicken! Dudes denigrating vaguely feminine [...]
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Domestic violence: still not chic, artistic or cutting edge

By Lori | Published: August 31, 2011
Tweet The image pictured above is an ad for a hair salon. It depicts a woman with a black eye sitting on a couch in a dress with her hair done up, and her apparent abuser standing behind her, holding out a piece of jewelry (presumably to make up for inflicting the black eye). The [...]
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