April 2012
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Anonymous asked: Um, I don't have a video (there aren't any on Youtube as far as I can see) but there is Air Around the Clock, a Florida-based company whose pitch is "Your wife is hot! Better get your AC fixed!" They typically play on NBC during the news in South Florida. I just thought I'd share this.
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Outrage in India over fairness product for female... →
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The television commercial for the “intimate” product promises its “special pH-balanced formula cleans and protects the affected area, and even makes the skin fairer.” Fairness products are regularly endorsed by film stars and celebrities in India despite protests from feminists that they promote insecurity and discrimination amongst women.
Magazines and advertising agencies have...
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save the space between your legs for your... →
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Cracked.com - The 5 Most Insulting Ways Products... →
Great article - avoid the comments.
So much of this comes down to the idea that there is one specific way to be a man, when the only requirement is identifying as a man. These ads and methods are dangerous and cissexist.
That Dodge ad (Man’s Last Stand) was terrifying the first time I saw it. They used Micheal C Hall - Dexter - for the voiceover. So there’s an undercurrent of malice...
