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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]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]Tape Yourself Thin With "Instant Arm Lift"
"Instant Arm (and Leg) Lift" is strips of adhesive tape intended to pull up saggy or flabby skin on a woman's arms and thighs. It's suspicious, physics-wise, but it was made by a woman, for women, so it must work! More »"Maybe Even A Man Or Two": Gender Roles In The Laundry Room
Watch this Clorox commercial to find out who's been doing the laundry in Commercial-Land for the past hundred-odd years. Hint: women. "Maybe even a man or two" tried his hand, but he probably fucked it up. [Sociological Images]New Product Alert: "The Freedom Tray"
Tired of lugging fast food around in individual bags? Now with this exciting new product (a tray! or a trough, whatever) you won't have to! Silly product, silly commercial. Clip above. [Warming Glow]New Gap Commercial With Little Girls Is Yeah, A Little Gross
A tipster alerted us to the yuck-factor of one of the holiday-themed Gap ads featuring little girls dancing, and we agree with her: there's definitely something very Sparkle Motion/Little Miss Sunshine about it, especially at the :08 mark. More »Harder, Harder: You Missed A Spot!
Are women actually turned on by men doing housework? Pine-Sol sure hopes so. More »Diaper Ad Coins New Term For Poop Explosions
Regular diapers can take care of babies' number ones and number twos, but the Australian ad at left claims only BabyLoves diapers, "can handle a 'poop explosion,' or 'number threes' as we politely call it." [AdWeek via Jalopnik] More »The Cougar Cough-Drop: Surprisingly Icky
A bizarre, cougar-themed Halls ad is pissing people off and weirding others out: More »Daddy Issues
If only Margaret Sterling had cared as much about her father's heart health...Encourage Men To Focus Less On Your Words, More On Your Ass
The woman in the commercial at left has such a great butt thanks to Reebok EasyTone sneakers that the cameraman can't help but zoom in on her backside. She just smiles and takes his creepy ogling as a compliment. [AdGabber] More »Don't Give Your Money To A Stripper...
Give It To Charity! Although, the point of this German ad for the children-aiding Heart's Desire Association seems to be that they end up in the same place anyway, right? More »Sarah Haskins On Bizarre Beauty Contraptions & Why Marketers Don't Get Women
In addition to the latest hilarious Target: Women, there's an interview with NPR, in which Sarah Haskins talks about mocking badvertising and crappy marketing toward women: More »You Can't Teach Old Dogs New Tricks... Or How To Use A Condom
The Malaysian SPCA commercial at left has a clever explanation for why it's important to get your pet spayed or neutered: dogs don't know how to use birth control. Unfortunately, neither do many humans. [AdRants] More »Women Reward Unsuitable Behavior With Sex
According to the commercial at left, if a guy is wearing a suit from SYMS he can treat his date like garbage and she'll still have sex with him. After all, what woman can resist a crappy $99 suit? [YouTube] More »You Know That Annoying Progressive Insurance Lady, Flo?
Her real name is Stephanie Courtney; it takes an hour of teasing to get her hair like that; and she a played switchboard operator named Marge on Mad Men (spot her here and here!), an experience she calls "magical." [People]Are Wal-Mart Moms Single Moms?
A reader pointed us to this Wal-Mart commercial, in which a mom stocks her daughter's new dorm room with pink towels, a purple desk set, and an ugly rug. But where's Dad? More »Are Palm Pre Ads Creepy Or Calming?
Advertising experts say the Palm Pre commercials, like the one at left, should have focused on how the phone stacks up against iPhone since the ads are generating a backlash from people who find actress Tamara Hope's delivery unsettling. [AdWeek] More »Security Systems And The Culture Of Fear
There are many frightening commercials on television, but perhaps the most terrifying ads, at least for me, are the commercials for the Brinks/Broadview Security Systems, wherein women find themselves in terrifying situations, right inside of their own homes. More »Sarah Haskins: Husbands Can't Do Stuff
"Being a woman isn't easy," Sarah Haskins sighs. "We work, we take care of the house, we raise children… and we do it all without a shred of help from those lumbering manbeasts known as husbands." More »"If You Don’t Use Our Services You Will Be Just As Idiotic As These Black Women”
"No matter which angle you dissect this little thirty second spot from, only one conclusion is possible; the purposeful exposure of the so-called desperate ignorance of Black women." Also, does the ad pit blacks against Eastern Europeans? [Womanist Musings, Racialicious] More »