After so many years of incredibly degrading, sexist, and sexualized ads, the ways women were represented in this year’s Super Bowl commercials, overall, were much less problematic and insulting. It sure seems like advertisers have been listening to what gender equity activists have been saying for many years. So this is great. Sexism in the Super… Continue Reading →
Everyone’s equal in “Glee.” Or not.
I am a sixteen-year-old girl, and a Gleek. At my school, at least, it almost seems the two are synonymous. The other night, I sat down with my brother to watch the Glee “Thriller” half-time episode. We were so excited about the show and had been living in suspense for days. The too-short ads, blasting… Continue Reading →
Kim Kardashian… further playing into straight male fantasy
Well, hetero male Super Bowl watchers, if you’ve ever fantasized about doing it with Kim Kardashian, there’s this commercial is for you. Look, she’s lying on her back! Oh, but then she’s breaking up with you… I mean her trainer. So she can spend more time with… her shoes? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQWG__N9so0[/youtube] Is it a commercial, or… Continue Reading →
Note: Use women as accessories more, Verizon NFL Mobile.
While we really can’t get too up-in-arms about this one, it’s important to notice how many times women are used as accessories. In this case, they’re kind of background props. They just threw 3-4 bikini-clad women in there for fun. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn7RfQU1MJg[/youtube]
And then, yeah, slamming Roseanne Barr with a log is funny too.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrf35qYeyTY[/youtube] This is just the teaser for now, but let’s put it this way: Telling someone he’s acting like a complaining (Jewish, male) comic (Richard Lewis) but then slamming the female one (Roseanne Barr) with a log is sorta… misogynistic? It’s a play on the Betty White ad from last year, which also struck us… Continue Reading →