A1 is A-Sexist
Over at The Bilerico Project (who is up for the Best GLBT blog Weblog Awards), Bil Browning had a sweet turned bitter taste in his mouth when he spotted a vintage logo on the bottle of A1 steak...
View ArticleBed, Bitch & Beyond: I Do Not Scream For Viagra Ice Cream
This past week the London Paper brings us news of the September unveiling of a fancy (and expensive) new "Sex Pistol" ice cream cocktail at Selfridge's. Loaded with additives like guarana and argenine,...
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American Girl debuts new marketing strategy....err, doll.
When I saw the Jezebel headline "The Newest American Girl Doll Has A Secret" I couldn't help but click through. It turns out the Gwen Thompson, a "companion" doll to Girl-of-the-Year doll Chrissa, is...
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Douchebag Decree: geoGirl's Anti-Aging Makeup for Preteens
Have your preteen's looks suffered with age? GeoGirl can erase her wrinkles in time for that last year of grammar school!Wait...what?Alarming but true: the geoGirl makeup company from Wal-Mart (of...
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Mom & Pop Culture: The Grocery Game
I never understood how blissfully unaware I was of the whole "Grocery Game" until I had my son. Before having him, I would just zip in and out, grabbing the few items I needed, not paying very much...
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Thinking Pink: A History of Products "For Her"
Remember those BIC For Her pens that inspired hilarious customer reviews a while back? Well, they weren't the first pens to be marketed to small-handed, weak-fingered women. This 1962 ad has me...
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Douchebag Decree: Fujitsu's Feminine Laptops, Because Pink and Purple Pens...
Back in August, our web editor commented on the sexism of the "BIC for Her" feminine pen debacle. She opened her blog with the quip: "Thank God I'm typing this post on a laptop, because ladies like me...
View ArticleLady Liquor: Race, marketing and uneasy relationships
It's Thanksgiving, which means many things to me, one of which is that it's time, once again, to watch Snoop Dogg (um, back when he still was Snoop Dogg) making mashed potatoes with Martha Stewart. It...
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Don't Be a Dick: The Gender Dynamics of Marketing Comics
Welcome back to Don't Be a Dick, The Ladydrawers Comics Collective's in-depth look at comics and gender diversity, presented in partnership with Bitch Media.This is the fourth in a series of six...
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