If fear is a great motivator, then hopefully this PSA for children's charity Fragile Childhood will get its share of alcoholic parents to stop drinking. The ad, created by Finnish agency Euro RSCG Helsinki, asks "How do our childen see us when we've been drinking?" and shows several terrified children being haunted…
This year, the California State Senate will vote on the CA Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, a bill that will provide previously unprotected domestic workers with overtime pay, an appropriate amount of breaks and safer living conditions (i.e. basic workers' rights). Among those voicing their support is actor,…
It can be so easy to get public service announcements wrong—to veer into the cheesy, trite, or overly terrifying. But this new PSA from a group called Refuge, which helps victims of domestic violence, is kind of genius. It uses YouTube makeup tutorial megastar Lauren Luke as its spokesperson, and in the video she's…
We'll let the press release for this make-up tutorial/PSA speak for itself (~~~ SPOILER WARNING AHEAD~~~) (Can an advertisement merit spoilers? You can never be too safe, I guess.)
How do you talk about Ke$ha when she is doing something that you can't make fun of her for? What do you say? Keep up the good work, buddy?
You guys, texting while walking is a big deal. You can get in other people's way, fall into a fountain, or even walk into traffic.
I've got to hand it to MTV: for a network that makes plot points out of their television stars questioning whether or not it's cheating if they were blacked out during sex, their "Sex Is No Accident" campaign is pretty effective (if not a little icky). The spots are short and to the point.
This school project by a kid could be one of the most effective anti-homophobia PSAs out there. On his YouTube page, he writes, "In 8th grade we had a PSA project. (Public Service Announcement) Don't Say Gay. I chose a funny way to present it. And thanks to my little brother for being the star!" That little brother…
The good folks who brought you the "this is your brain on drugs" ad with the egg frying in a pan and the ad with the crying Indian who was actually an Italian have unleashed a new round of ads on the American public. But instead of inducing racial speculation or cravings for McMuffins, this time around, the Ad…
In a commercial encouraging people to ask Congress to help stop the famine in Somalia, celebrities shout the (bleeped out) f-word, declaring, "Famine is the real obscenity." Of course, George Clooney and Bono are featured, but there are also surprise appearances from Idris Elba, the Bush twins, and Mike Huckabee.…
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We're pretty sure the point behind animated spot for French awareness group AIDES is that you can do lots of sexy, freaky things with your fingertips, including getting tested for AIDS. But with all of these sexually-explicit, cartoony images in our faces, all we can think is "You crazy, France."
After Glenn Beck graphically pretended to vomit on his radio show at the sight of Meghan McCain wearing a strapless dress in a recent skin cancer PSA, McCain is fighting back with an open letter to the notoriously douche-y pundit.
Were you aware that every day, thousands of Americans wind up bawling in a fetal position because they don't change the channel fast enough when Sarah McLachlan's ASPCA commercial airs? Finally, there's hope. Just call the number in this Ibish Comedy parody PSA to hear an apology from McLachlan and receive tools to…
Emma Goldman was an anarchist feminist boat rocking force to be reckoned with, and this afternoon, you can catch a one woman play about her life live from your computer.
This German ad against domestic violence has good intentions and delivers a sobering statistic (25% of German women are survivors), but seems "off." The design's too clever, maybe? At least it's not this bad, though. (Image via Copyranter.)
Look, this lady lost forty pounds! How, you ask? Uh, maybe giving birth had something to do with it?
Lauren Conrad's ironic PSA on "Fashion Fuck-Ups" might be funnier if it came from someone whose line wasn't this. And even then, her fat-guy jokes still wouldn't be funny.
