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If these boobs could talk…

Transcript available at Shakesville.
They would probably say, “Fuck You Reebok.” Outside of the idea that ladies like to buy sneakers not to run and be active but to make their ass smaller – the talking titties really have to go. Presenting women as no more than disembodied body parts (most often sexualized body parts) is Feminism 101 – it’s dehumanizing and sexist. Also, it’s not clever or original. Remember this one?

By Vanessa • 14 years ago

Target Women: How to Get Hot Chicks

Some morning funny from our girl Sarah Haskins.

By Jos Truitt • 14 years ago

Clinton Global Initiative: Human Trafficking Press Conference

Today the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting hosted a press conference on human trafficking headlined by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Women’s Issues. I am very glad to see a focus on this incredibly important and too often ignored issue.
Mira Sorvino, who is a Goodwill Ambassador with a focus on human trafficking, framed the lack of knowledge about modern day slavery in the U.S. through her personal experience: “Like many Americans I thought slavery had ended with Lincoln… It’s this unbelievably subterranean crime.”

By Jessica • 14 years ago

Oh how far we’ve come

From the early 80s…

And now.

From the early 80s…

And now.

By Jessica • 14 years ago

Our Bodies, Our Shits

I’m not a player, I just shit a lot.
Can someone please tell me what’s going on with women and poop lately? Seriously, it feels like every commercial I see is the sisterhood of the fucked up intestinal tract. Let me be clear. I have no problem with openness surrounding women and bodily functions – it’s certainly better than the sexist women-don’t-poop thing or the hilarity that dudes find in women shitting (because it means we’re like actual people). But I find commercials like these, well…hard to stomach.

Ladies’ insides = The Perfect Storm. I’m fairly sure that men have stomach-related problems, so why is nearly every shit-product marketed solely to women?
Take the ...

I’m not a player, I just shit a lot.
Can someone please tell me what’s going on with women and poop lately? Seriously, it feels like every commercial I see is the sisterhood of the ...

By Jessica • 14 years ago

Barneys pulls murdered models window

Window displays at Barneys in New York City – featuring blood spattered mannequins who appeared to be fighting off attackers – were taken down after customers were horrified. (Inquiries from The Daily News didn’t hurt either, I’m sure.)
Simon Doonan, creative director at the department store, said the windows were done while he was away. “We encourage our display people to be creative. We give them a lot of latitude, but this clearly crossed the line.” Uh, yeah. I’d say so.
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By Vanessa • 14 years ago

Carl’s Jr. seeks “Hot Chicks Eating Burgers” on craigslist

Samhita linked to this campaign briefly last week, but we’ve got more to say about this.

That’s right, folks. A reader alerted us to this craigslist ad casting call from Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s burgers telling women that they could win $1,000 and a trip to Vegas if they submit a video of themselves eating one of their burgers and is “hot” enough for their marketing campaign.
Between Burger King’s recent sick tactics and Carl’s Jr. history of substituting women as meat in their ads, I don’t think I’ll be eating a burger for quite some time.
Carl’s Jr.’s tagline is literally “More than just a piece of meat.” So let’s send ...

By Samhita • 14 years ago

The Occasional Wife.

It is your official midday fluff post. But isn’t it funny?!

Oh wait this isn’t vintage, this company exists today. Sociological Images (which is increasingly my go-to place for great break-downs of visual sexism) has a great breakdown of their not-so-funny marketing claims.