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more about #bbc you've got red on you: I've seen Selling the Sixties, and it's really worth watching if you can find it. I chuckled to myself when Don threw the Freudian report away--I thin... more » Piranha426: I have really high hopes for the "saladdressingasawayoflife" hashtag. more » alula: I read about this guy in Forever Barbie! He helped them with their very first marketing campaigns. IIRC, Betty Friedan talks about him in The Femini... more » dkissam: The whole "What do women want?" Roger: "Who cares?" basically sums up why I will fight to the death to keep Twilight from being dismissed, no matter h... more » OneTwoPunch: This is why marketers hate my Gen X ass—can't sell as well to us (plus we're not a big enough population group to justify spending ad money on), and... more » PaintedTrollop: So, men want to marry minivans and hang out with Miatas? more » Ailatan: I wonder how many cars Tiger Woods has... more » NotChoinski: Your station wagon would be your nanny. more » BetteD: Then I guess the Escalade would be...your 18 fuck buddies? more » nobodyr: How is deafness a disability for modeling? more » tundrababe: I use a wheelchair, and am offended that they didn't seem to put much thought into this show. This program isolates models with disabilities, which in... more » psychokitty: This post is one example of an issue that I think we really need to talk about. Why is it so important to create a world in which "everyone can feel b... more » Le Kangourou de Kataroo: "Don't patronize me! (Is that the right word?)" DISABLED MODDLES: JUST LIKE REGULAR MODDLES more » FashionZebra: The issue over what constitutes 'disability' on this show is extremely interesting to me. I'm legally disabled, but you wouldn't tell it by looking at... more » Tartan_Tart: There was an article I found via one of the Village Voice's now defunct sex blogs about "alternative models," disabled models, plus size models (Velve... more » DutchessOfDork: I went to Nuit Blanche in Toronto 2 months ago, and was pleasantly uncomfortable with an exhibit that had people with various disabilities in the nude... more » aimeeg: I saw this last year and it absolutely infuriated me. It's kind of like those Gok Wan shoes, or those 'What Not to Wear' type programmes. Sure, they m... more » KetchupFiend: The odd thing about the Nordstrom catalog is in the next frame the same model who was in the wheel chair seems to be standing up (you don't see her fa... more » BuffySummers: What bugs me about shows like this--those that are supposed to make people more confident despite something about them that isn't considered conventio... more » wooden_shoes: I don't know. I loved this show when it first aired, I thought it was great, but part of why I thought it was great was because I've grown up with peo... more » -
#badvertising
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 » -
#tvwatch
Britain's Missing Top Model Misses The Mark
The word "model," in and of itself, speaks of perfection. Model student. Model citizen. You'd think a show featuring models who are also disabled would be interesting, but it really isn't. Shocker: You can be disabled and pretty. More » -
#publictelevision
Upside/Downside
The news of a remake of the iconic Upstairs/Downstairs has been met with optimistic trepidation by the original's many fans. Will it be Pride and Prejudice-remake good - or Brideshead Revisited-movie-unwatchable? And will the soundtrack change? [NYP] -
#badvertising
Fetish + Tile + Bondage = Ad Fail
Italian tile company Bisazza recently drew the ire of the UK's Advertising Standards authority, which said the image implied sexual violence. The ad (pictured) has been banned. [BBC] -
#anchorwoman
BBC Searches For Older Broadcaster
After recently being faced with accusations of ageism, the BBC has announced that they are searching for a new newscaster, and they want a woman over the age of 50. More » -
#mystery
Jane Addiction
There's a new Marple in St. Mary Mead. The iconic spinster detective's brogues have been filled by such luminaries as Angela Lansbury and Geraldine McEwen, and now by veteran actress Julia McKenzie, who premieres in A Pocketful of Rye. [BBC] -
#lovehaterelationships
BBC America's You Are What You Eat Is Amazing, Horrifying
My lunch time eating has been forever transformed by Gillian McKeith and BBC America. By slotting the highly addictive show You Are What You Eat in at around noon my time, I look twice at everything on my plate. More » -
#livingdolls
Child Pageants: American Pasttime Exported Across The Pond
The latest U.S. export to land on foreign shores? Child pageants. The BBC3 documentary Baby Beauty Queens follows contestants in the first-ever Mini Miss UK contest, and, as Eleanor M. blogs for The F word: it's "surely a new low." More » -
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#modelbehaviors
Modeling And The Tragedy Of Karen Mulder
The news that '90s supermodel Karen Mulder was arrested in Paris for making death threats to her plastic surgeon could be written off as, at worst, a punchline, or at best, the latest expression of an unbalanced woman's erratic behavior.
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#criticalmass
Inglourious Basterds Is "No Masterpiece" According To Critics
Quentin Tarantino's long awaited so-called "masterpiece" Inglourious Basterds opened today at Cannes, and although reviews of the film are varied, most seem to agree that it isn't his best work. More » -
#bbc
No More Bonnets
The new guy at the BBC is phasing out traditional costume drama and literary adaptations in favor of "a grittier look at the period." We say: boo. [The Guardian]
