June 29, 2010
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 [...]
Filed under: Interview
Tags: About Face, Advertising, American Apparel, Bitch Magazine, Sexism
June 22, 2010
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 [...]
Filed under: Advertising
Tags: Alcohol, Bitch Magazine, Liquor, Sexism
May 18, 2010
Created for and originally posted at Bitch Magazine’s Mad World Virtual Symposium The widely popular video game Bayonetta has had an advertising campaign that matches the on screen sexism of the game itself. In Tokyo a large billboard in the subway invited passersby to literally strip off flyers to reveal Bayonetta naked underneath. The campaign [...]
Filed under: Advertising
Tags: Advertising, Bayonetta, Bitch Magazine, Harassment, Playstation 3, Public Transportation, Sexism, Street Harassment, Video Games, xbox 360
April 20, 2010
Created for and originally posted at Bitch Magazine’s Mad World Virtual Symposium. Advertisers are tapping into some of the most misogynistic male fantasies when they use futuristic fembots to convince men to buy their products. They are selling a fantasy of control by turning women into obedient, mute, homemaking, sex slaves. Articles referenced in the [...]
Filed under: Advertising
Tags: Allan Johnson, androids, Bitch Magazine, Control, fembots, Heineken, Mad World, misogyny, Patriarchy, Philips, science fiction, Svedka Vodka
