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more about #comicrelief more comments → La Chica Lucy: Honestly, with the amount of false alarms (I've researched this for my PD), if you want to prevent a break-in, you're just as safe as having an alarm ... more » marvel girl: RE: AJ... If he was at her house, how did he not realize she had a security system? And really, she probably would have let him into the house if he h... more » clevernamehere: Here is my alarm story. I was 14 and babysitting a two year old who did a runner while I was changing him. The door slammed closed behind me, but cl... more » GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11): A woman in LA was just murdered by an abusive boyfriend while the police were outside investigating the domestic violence call she put in to them. The... more » AlmostDream: I just can't get over how weird the setups are for these commercials. Don't normal robbers break into houses to steal from you? So wouldn't they be m... more » Little Bumble Bee aka:Alwaystheangel: This is one of the Best Target Women, thanks Sarah! #sarahhaskins more » Dakota_55: ah sarah haskins you are so funny. can you imagine how much she must be to drink with? did anyone else notice that she is wearing an engagement ring o... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Rape fables. Rables! Raples? #sarahhaskins more » pear.shaped.Sara: Y'all, here's a security measure I've taken recently that had never before crossed my mind and I thought I would share: I have a garage door opener f... more » valhalla_i_am_coming: Having worked for Brinks/Broadview years ago, I can assure ya'll that NOBODY in the call center looks like that guy. Or is that well-spoken, with or w... more » maggiethecat: As fear mongering as these ads are, alarm systems act as a deterrent to many thugs who want to break in and steal all of your shit, no matter what you... more » karmasutra är svensk: I just saw a guy who's been stalking me for months and has almost assaulted me multiple times across the street. I'm scared! I just saw a guy who has... more » esthergreenwood: I don't understand why they're always running upstairs. I would be out the back door or in the kitchen with a knife and/or gun. "Hello Broadview? W... more » Cairn: These ads are insane, but what's interesting is how different groups see them. For example, the empowered woman crowd thinks they infantalize women. G... more » funnyface: Not only is AJ the creepy date way likelier to drug your drink than he is to kick your door in, I heard on like NPR or PBS (because let's face it, I g... more » -
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Sarah Haskins Targets Scary Home Security Ads
We covered the shrill, fear-based badvertising commercials for home security systems in December 2008, in August 2009 and October 2009. Today, Sarah Haskins tackles the same damsel-in-distress ads. More » -
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"When Even Sex Is Like A Song I've Heard Too Often…"
Kristin Wiig reads from the "early" poems of Suzanne Somers; hilarity ensues. Lesson learned: Don't waste your affection on dogs. [The Wow Report] -
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"As The Internet & TV & Movies All Become One Scary Machine In Your Living Room, It’s Important That We All Have Some Level Of Media Literacy."
"Advertising is so ridiculous because it's trying to still use some of the traditional gender roles, while also trying to match the changes in the past 40 to 50 years." — from an interview with Sarah Haskins. [NY Post] -
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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 » -
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Sarah Haskins: Hot Chicks Love Smells
Ever noticed how many commercials prove the effectiveness of the product by how many sexy ladies it attracts? Sarah Haskins has. Please note: These are not regular women. These are hot chicks. More » -
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Sarah Haskins, Is Like, Totes Ready 2 Go Back 2 Skool
So, which Disney star designed your rhinestone-studded jeans? More » -
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Sarah Silverman: "Who Cares If 90-Year-Old Jerry Lewis Thinks Women Aren't Funny?"
In the video at the link, Emmy nominees Toni Collette, Amy Poehler, Sarah Silverman, Jon Cryer, and Jim Parsons discuss comedy. Silverman says, "Women who get offended when people say that women aren't funny probably aren't funny, you know?" [Newsweek] -
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Sarah Haskins On Brooke Shields, "The Official Spokesperson For Women"
Brooke Shields can "sell us anything," Sarah Haskins swears. Actually, we already noticed this! So. How did Brooke Shields become America's ideal selling machine? More » -
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(500) Days Of Summer, Summed Up In One Pane Of A Comic
There are actually more frames, but you really just need this one. [Buzzfeed, FashionIndie via Starblinx's Deviant Art] -
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Charlyne Yi Is Not Your Typical Hollywood Actress
Her impression of Brad Garett is terrible; her "original character" is totally bizarre. And by all this I mean: Adorable and totally refreshing! Clip above. -
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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 » -
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Sarah Haskins Untangles The Swinging World Of Hair Care Ads
From a deserted shampoo temple to words like "hydrolicious" and "prismatic," hair product commercials elevate beautiful hair to something to die for, Sarah Haskins finds. More » -
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Sarah Haskins Is Not Charmed By Charm School
After watching the ladies of Charm School screaming and dry-humping, Sarah Haskins realizes that she knows what every good reality show needs… Alcohol! But when she tries it for herself, results are mixed: More » -
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Going To The Movies With Sarah Haskins
Sarah and friend Emily Halpern sold a screenplay! Book Smart follows two overachieving high school girls who realize in the middle of senior year that they don't have boyfriends and haven't had enough fun. "Hilarity ensues." [The Daily Beast] -
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Sarah Haskins Has Ladyfriends & Movie News
According to Sarah Haskins, we all need friends with whom we can talk about "the products that make life as a woman so special and fantastic!" More » -
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Once Upon A Time, Sarah Haskins Was Sold A Story
Do you like fairy tales? Of course you do. You have a vagina. "Every woman's secret dream is to be the heroine in a fairy tale," Sarah Haskins explains. Naturally, commercials make this dream come true. More » -
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Sandra Bernhard Talks Crap About GaGa, Sarah, Kabbalah & Americans
It's been twenty years since Sandra Bernhard's one-woman show, Without You I'm Nothing, debuted. In an interview with WWD, the 53-year-old talks about the revival of the show… And lays a smackdown on idiots and fools. More » -
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Me-Ouch! Sarah Haskins Gets Catty About TV Cougars
Thank the cat goddess Bast that Sarah Haskins watched the crappy TVLand reality series The Cougar, because we'd never know some dude actually said of another contestant, "He thinks he's so cool because he has a job." More » -
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Sarah Haskins: "Laundry. It's The Woman's Drug Of Choice"
"Why can't we break the spin cycle?" Haskins asks. "Because when you're high on laundry, life is just better… it smells better." Clearly, she's been freebasing Cheer, because she goes off on detergent commercials: More »
