You Have to Eat to Live...

No. You don't. Via atomicjeep @ Flickr Dear Corporate Food-Like-Substance Manufacturing Overlords, I’ve been seeing this commercial of yours a lot lately–it seems to be in heavy rotation on TLC and Bravo (Lady Channels, for ladies!)–and I feel the need to write and ask if you realized...

Woman’s Last Stand...

Feast your eyes and ears on this amazing spoof of the Dodge Charger SuperBowl commercial we hated.  I am having trouble embedding it here but I could not wait to share! Transcript: I will get up and pack your lunch at 6:30 a.m. I will eat half a grapefruit for breakfast. I will get the kids ready for...

What We Learned from the SuperBowl Ads...

That about sums it up. Via that_james @ Flickr Superbowl Sunday is as much–if not more–about the flashy, expensive ads as it is the outcome of the game.  A lot of the lead-up hubbub was about the Tebow “Abortions Murder Football Heros!” ad, but if one were an alien who landed...

Selling to men by insulting women...

Masculinity is a fragile thing. Even something as seemingly innocuous as foamed milk is capable of destroying it. At least, that’s what many companies and advertisers believe, which is why they appeal to men by tearing down women and anything associated with women (including men who relate to...

“I can have sex!”...

In recent months, due in no small part to the bloggular work of our own SarahMC, the fine ladies at fwd, and Melissa McEwan of Shakesville, I’ve become increasingly aware of how rights for women and rights for those with disabilities overlap and are intertwined, and what I can do–or not...

Holy Shit. “Bot Me”?...

EPIC HEADDESK. via libilou @ flickr I checked Jezebel for the first time in a long time this morning, since the awesome Kate Harding is guesting over there.  While reading her most recent piece, I was distracted half-way through by an ad on the side for Svedka.  If you’re not familiar with this...

Mothers of Invention?...

So there’s this gender-coded internet ad meme-thing that I’m seeing everywhere, and I just don’t get it. The ads, which I find in Gmail, in Facebook, and in just about every other ad-bar that pops up on the right side of my screen, run something like this: Don’t get Botox! A...