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Kraft Rethinks That Whole Saggy Breasts Thing
The "You look smashing. But your chicken breasts could use a lift" ad has been taken down at Kraft headquarters. A spokeswoman said no one had directly complained, but noted that "a few employees may have expressed concerns online." [AdAge]How To Make Your "Viral Video" Relevant, One Cliche At A Time: Boobs
It's not that we disagree with the message of this Rock The Vote pro-health care reform video, however vague. It's that we wish they'd conveyed it with fewer forced, sexed-up cliches — cougars, tweeting, and "smoking hot Colombian chicks". More »WTF: The Amish Sell Electric Fireplaces In Star
Spotted in the back pages of this week's Star magazine: An ad for handmade Amish electric fireplaces. They're how the Amish keep warm while getting their weekly Kardashians fix! (Click to enlarge image.)Today's Prize For Fetishizing Virginity Goes To…
...this vintage ad for Love's Baby Soft: "Because innocence is sexier than you think," it reads, as she slides a hand up her skirt and contemplates sucking on that Lolita-esque lollipop. [Vintage Ads]New Freedom Maxi Pads Let You Watch TV On The Beach
Beware of New Freedom maxi pads: their polka-dot pouches will inspire you to go anywhere and do almost anything. Can you believe there was a time when un-pouched maxi pads kept us captive in our homes? [Everything Is Terrible]Introducing The Necky: The Snuggie for Your Neck
I was prepared to make fun of the Necky, a bib-like fleece garment that protects your neck from the cold in a way a scarf can't, but then they showed how it folds up in your pocket. Uh oh. More »Embarrassing Shake 'N Bake Ad Featured In Company HQ
There's an ad for Shake-N-Bake, a product owned by Kraft Foods, in the lobby of Kraft's Chicago-area headquarters. The ad is on a mirror, and the copy reads: "You look smashing. But your chicken breasts could use a lift." Hilarious? More »"She Can Take A Good Pounding In Any Direction"
Toyota pulled the winning entry in an online ad competition following complaints about its "incestuous overtones." The innuendo-filled clip shows a father speaking with his daughter's date, who assures him he will "have her on her back by eleven." [News.au.com]You Need A Hand Job
The company behind a new brand of jar-openers is counting on a double entendre and the internet to sell their otherwise run-of-the-mill product. I've actually seen SNL commercials that were worse than this, but ew, Uncle Greg! [YouTube]The Real Mad Men: The Convertible Is Your Mistress, The Sedan Your Wife
In an early Mad Men episode, Roger Sterling is asked what women want. "Who cares?" he replies. But the Sixties advertising revolution — invoking Freudian-influenced research — did care. And even more so when it came to what men wanted. More »Does This Make You Thirsty, Baby? Orangina Ad Leaves Bad Taste
We've discussed a lot of strange and "sexy" ads here, but Orangina's new panther-dominatrix clip may be the weirdest of them all. And as a bonus, it even plays sexual assault for laughs. More »Ladyblog Commenters Ruin Everything, Parts 2-3
1) AdAge: Method was "probably right" to pull "Shiny Suds" video; but stop "spotting offense under every rock" already! 2) AdRants: "Cause groups and feminist blogging should be outlawed." Who's the free speech police now? [Shakesville, AdRants]Burger King's Edgy New Idea: Girl In A Burger Bikini
Burger King UK's campaign promoting its new breakfast involves watching a bikini-clad girl singing via "the world's first guilt free showercam." You know, as opposed to surreptitious ones you kinda feel bad about. "Viral videos": Same shit, new platform? More »Sexism Sells
Hot on the heels of the "Man-Ifesto" comes this obnoxious ad. Because what's funnier than making fun of your servile wife, who only does boring shit like buy your clothing, while you, you handsome slob, watch TV? [SociologicalImages & Pandagon]"It's Not A Princess, It's A Robot"
Check it: the Motorola Droid isn't the kind of girly phone that wears lipstick or shops at the Gap, it's the kind of phone that saws bananas in half and throws rocks at mannequins. Because it's tough...or really stupid. [AppleInsider]The Dockers "Man-Ifesto": Pants, Pants, Devolution
As Jenna mentioned last week, Dockers is pushing a new ad campaign that's based around "trying to inspire men to be men." After reading the Dockers "Man-ifesto," I'd say all it does is continue the Bro-ifying of all things male. More »Ladyblog Commenters Ruin Everything
God, can you believe these party-pooping chicks? Everyone who counts loved Method's "Shiny Suds" video, until some "commenters on one blog" killed their buzz. At least, that's what you'd think reading between the lines of an Advertising Age account: More »Ladies: "Be Prepared This Festive Season" By Carrying Mace
Three new ads for Lynx Bullet body spray (the U.K. version of Axe) show snowy imprints of figures fornicating in dark alleys and parking lots, with only one set of footprints leaving. Should we "be prepared" for non-consensual sex? [AdWeek]Cleaning Company Pulls "Shiny Suds" Video, Apologizes For "Any Offense We Caused"
Cleaning products company Method has apologized for its controversial "Shiny Suds" video, which depicted fratboy-like chemical bubbles harassing a bathing woman, and has pulled the video from all "controlled sources." We've still got it, though, plus a statement from Method. More »Perfumes Are Usually Named Things Like "Lovely," "Happy" Or "Curious"
But "Alien"? Really? And "feel extraordinary"? Shouldn't it be "extraterrestrial-ly"? Or do they mean, "out of this world, and alluring to NASA employees"? I was so freaked out I ripped the page, sorry. Click to enlarge.11/22/09
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