Recently I sat down with Jennifer Berger, the executive director of About Face, a media literacy organization, helping girls and women resist harmful media messages. They currently have a campaign against American Apparel’s advertising. Related Links and Articles: About Face and visit American Apparel in their Gallery of Offenders. Views photos from an action About [...]

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Tags: About Face, Advertising, American Apparel, Bitch Magazine, Sexism

Created for and originally posted at Bitch Magazine’s Mad World Virtual Symposium Liquor ads capitalize on some of the worst (socialized) masculine traits, glamorize them, and sell these behaviours back to us – encouraging and promoting sexism. Related Links and Articles: Can’t Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel by [...]

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Tags: Alcohol, Bitch Magazine, Liquor, Sexism