December 2010
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November 2010
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Anonymous asked: Just curious did the link on the puma ad being a fake not come through? Or was not posting it some other comment? I mean I know this is just a blog and therefore not meant to be held to high journalistic standards, but it seems unfair to not present full information on something. I'm really not trying to argue here the ad is despicable and was so much so that it's authenticity was...
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“What was really interesting to me was how much these men have taken society’s...”
– Amanda Marcotte on Sexual Harassers Reflect Larger Social Beliefs. (via redlightpolitics)
Little more info on the puma ad
According to a reader:
TLDR: not real, blame the Internet not puma for them.
Oh, well, that makes it okay then.
byakkoyanomusume asked: I'm sure someone has mentioned this before, but I'm tired of seeing ads for garbage bags and cleaning sprays and vacuums and dusters and brooms and mops that show only women cleaning the house. Like it's their job, and that's just what they're supposed to be doing. I even remember an ad where a group of housewives or what have you, are *so amazed* and impressed by how well...
i-stole-all-your-acorns asked: Hey I really enjoy this site, although I do admit it makes me even more depressed to watch commercials/view any media now. I have a real hatred for stereotyping in any race, gender, or pretty much any in general really. this blog makes me feel like "oh hey at least someone else on this earth sees it too" (I also loved to watch Target Women with Sarah Haskins' so this is like a nice...
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Your body isn't disgusting, society is.
purpleferretspirit asked: I just went through all 15 pages and I must say, I love your blog =)
And because there's a picture of axe, I must assume you sprayed your blog with axe and must now make love to it. Thanks advertisement companies for lemme me know how the world works =)
And because there's a picture of axe, I must assume you sprayed your blog with axe and must now make love to it. Thanks advertisement companies for lemme me know how the world works =)
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stfusexists asked: Haha, I just always have to correct people because the boyfriend gets very defensive, he worked for NASA last year. :)
stfusexists asked: The NASA thing is actually a myth; the guy who developed the pressurized ball point pen did so with NASA in mind, but they didn't commission him to or spend money on research and development.
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/spacepen.asp
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Hooray!
Two things. Firstly, I have rent this month, so the donate button is gone.
Secondly I haven’t had the time to devote to the blog as of late, so I’m looking for two things. Firstly, more user submissions (yay!), and also I’m looking for someone interested in helping out with the blog (Helen doesn’t have the time for it and Lepas is often occupied with other things, such as...
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Anonymous asked: I work in retail as a cashier and about a month ago this little boy with his mom and dad came through my checkout line. The boy asked me to give his doll back to him after I scanned it. It made me really good when the kid told his parents "I can play daddy now" and his parents never said a word about how it was "for girls" or anything negative. Maybe there is hope for these...
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Quick update
I’m only $320 away from having rent this month. You guys are PHENOMENAL! I love you!
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Anonymous asked: OMG, something I said MADE IT TO THE INTERNET! I am famous now!
I dropped 20 bucks in the donation box. I hope that helps some. I just discovered your blogs a couple of days ago (someone mentioned it on the idle thumbs forums). Stupid game journalism and sexist ads are both worthy of ire and often overlap. We desperately need more mature people covering games and holding game...
I dropped 20 bucks in the donation box. I hope that helps some. I just discovered your blogs a couple of days ago (someone mentioned it on the idle thumbs forums). Stupid game journalism and sexist ads are both worthy of ire and often overlap. We desperately need more mature people covering games and holding game...
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HALP
Hi, it’s Ben again.
Over the last hour I’ve had a few emails and Asks telling me that if I’m in trouble there’s no shame asking for help. My favourite so far as been this one:
People who do valuable things need to be supported in their quests to do valuable things. That said, maybe you can recognize and lampshade any supposed allegations of hypocrisy (unfounded I’d...
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A quick reader survey
Hello, it’s Ben here.
I’m having some financial difficulties at the moment and it’s looking like if I don’t pull rent together by the end of next week, I may lose my apartment. Basically my situation right now is that my girlfriend and I are both unemployed. The job market here in LA is absolutely dire.
However unlike my other sites, I’m hesitant to put up a donate...
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teamtilde asked: You know, I fuckin' love what you're doing here, but I just can't get behind the whole Omni-Heat decrying.
You mentioned yourself that the situation was played out with both men and women, but someone - who I'm sure is a respectable individual with reasonable concerns - chimed in with the thought that this is something you can do with men, but that you have to be...
You mentioned yourself that the situation was played out with both men and women, but someone - who I'm sure is a respectable individual with reasonable concerns - chimed in with the thought that this is something you can do with men, but that you have to be...
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dr-grumbles-deactivated20110315 asked: I love your blog! I wrote the commentary on the "if your product were any good you wouldn't need sexism to sell it" photo that talked about the "sex sells" fallacy.
I'm currently working on research for a paper about gender in advertising and you have so many great* resources here that I can use.
*Great because I can use them, but...
I'm currently working on research for a paper about gender in advertising and you have so many great* resources here that I can use.
*Great because I can use them, but...
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“The first resistance to social change is to say it’s not necessary.”
– Gloria Steinem (via sarahgraham7)
Reblogging this for those occasions when people see this blog and say dumb things like “what you’re doing is admirable but pointless”.
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voxprincess-deactivated20110208 asked: Umm... I don't have a TV and prefer not to watch it anyway, so I've got to ask. How many of these ads are real? Most of these seem so ridiculously sexist that I can't believe they'd make it onto TV - like maybe they are "rejected" ads that got leaked or something. Am I out of touch with how acceptable sexism really is on mainstream television????!!
LOVE...
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Hello, potential new followers!
Getting reblogged by STFU, Sexists generally has two affects here. Firstly, it makes me feel important, like the three of us here are accomplishing something. Secondly, it gives us a traffic bump.
So: Hello, potential new readers/followers/etc.! Welcome to our little blog. We generally post commercials with sexist content, although there’s been a fair bit of discussion here these last two...
goodreasonnews asked: First off, I just wanted to say I'm a big fan of your blog. I think you're brilliant and I was very pleased to see Sarah Haskins defunct Target Women featured in a recent post.
That being said, I wanted to point out an aspect of sexism that doesn't always get attention. As a heterosexual man myself, I hate the way advertisers portray me. Power tool loving, big burger...
That being said, I wanted to point out an aspect of sexism that doesn't always get attention. As a heterosexual man myself, I hate the way advertisers portray me. Power tool loving, big burger...
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