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more about #sexism more comments → morninggloria: The Virgin Mary was my alma mater's football hostess. more » lalaland13: I'm going to try a "Hostess" program that involves waving Ding Dongs and Suzie Qs on the sidelines at high school games. Because I would go to that so... more » morninggloria: How embarrassing to debase yourself for a football team that isn't even good. more » femme-bot: It's a school in TN (that isn't vanderbilt). What else are they going to use to get people interested in them? :P more » sequined: Our college just let a potential player mill around on the girls' floor of the freshman dorm with a current player (his tour guide, I guess), and they... more » la.donna.pietra: I bet Al Davis is chortling wildly. more » Zombies make the heart grow fonder: First, I will not restrain myself in saying: REMEMBER WHEN YOU CALLED URBAN A CHEATER, KIFFIN?!?! Now that I have my Gator pride under control, I wil... more » bluebears: Wasn't there just a scandal about this (Colorado State maybe?) a few years ago? Except the girls were actually sleeping with potential recruits. Eithe... more » Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Ew. Although they're a little late - Spike told us all about this phenomenon in "He Got Game" and for him to have acquired decent research, it had to... more » MeganGlass 就是一个古代的三明治: Since we're talking about ads that don't go over well, does anyone remember Corn Nuts' ill fated "bust a nut" campaign from about 1997? Apparently... more » morninggloria: I'm surprised, baffled, outraged, and thirsty over the fact that Kraft's Shake N Bake hasn't taken advantage of the obvious drug-related connotation o... more » sympathyforthebasementcat: It's Shake N Bake advertising, and I helped! more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: I do think it's mildly amusing that the fake boob inserts you stick in your bra are called "chicken cutlets." But that's more of a "ohhh hey yeah, c... more » TheFormerJuneBronson: I saw this at the mall recently. Ew. more » Zombie Ms. Skittles: Please, your Shake N Bake could use some more salt. Don't talk to me about my chicken breasts until you do something about that flavor issue. more » -
#peprally
Sex Sells: "Hostess" Program Used To Recruit Players
Coach Lane Kiffin from the University of Tennessee is under investigation for several scandals, one of which involves a couple of pretty girls traveling across state lines to recruit at a South Carolina high school. More » -
#badvertising
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 » -
#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 » -
#badvertising
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] -
#badvertising
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 » -
#badvertising
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] -
#dirtytricks
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 » -
#spincycle
"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] -
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#ivyleaguefail
Oh Yeah? Male Student Calls Wellesley Women "Bunch Of Whores"
Proving that douche-y idiots are everywhere is Jeremy Pham, a male student at Wellesley College - alma mater of Hillary Clinton, among other notables - whose recent misogynistic outburst started a minor firestorm - and may have gotten Pham expelled.
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#dirtytricks
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 » -
#huffingtonpostsexist
Weekly Standard Discovers HuffPo's Nip-Slip Sexism
Conservative columnist Mary Katharine Ham is disgusted by The Huffington Post's page-view strategy: "Somehow it's hard to take HuffPo's rant about Neanderthal Stupak-amendment supporters seriously when it's right next to Rihanna's exposed nipple and some D-lister's leaked sex tape." True. More » -
#thelword
Hot Shots: Basketball Team Photos Raise Questions Of Homophobia
The picture at left is taken from the website for Florida State University's women's basketball team. While it looks seems inocuous enough, these glam shots have sparked a debate about the persistent problem of homophobia in women's sports. More » -
#redcards
Violence In Sports: Suspended Soccer Player Speaks Out
Elizabeth Lambert was suspended from soccer earlier this month after video of her assaulting another player made national news. But in an interview with the Times, Lambert says it wouldn't have been such a big deal if she were male. More » -
#gonerogue
Sarah Palin: Media Sideshow, Or Viable Candidate?
Sarah Palin is drumming up controversy like it's her job. Which, right now, it is. As Newsweek defends itself against charges that its cover of her is sexist, Washington insiders are arguing over how seriously to take her political future.
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#roguerules
Sarah Palin's 8 Contradictions, Complaints & Inconsistencies On Oprah
During her Oprah interview earlier today, Sarah Palin spoke out on several issues, including sexism (it exists/doesn't exist), and the importance of choice (women should have the right to make choices/women should not have the right to choose abortion). More » -
#madwomen
Bon Voyage, Betty! And Other Meditations On Mad Men
Watching Betty and Don's final fight on Sunday night, I couldn't help but be overwhelmed with a sense of glee. Hasta La Vista, Betty! More » -
#oldiesbutbaddies
"A Spinster Lady Can Turn Into Something Of A Battleaxe"
The above is just one of the reasons this 1963 Australian letter gives for not hiring women. Another lowlight: "It is difficult to visualize them as Trade Commissioners." [Sociological Images] -
#personalfoul
Maureen Dowd, Sports, & The Perils Of Slamming Sexism
Yesterday we noted that female bloggers are frequently subject to comments about their sex lives. Of course, this happens to women in old media as well — as evinced by one conservative writer's vicious and lame takedown of Maureen Dowd. More » -
#shamegame
"Perceived Negatively When You Share Your Success With Others?" That's Bingo!
On the heels of battle-of-the-sexes Trivial Pursuit comes Gender Bias Bingo, developed by a law professor "to teach people how to recognize gender bias when it happens to them." Submitting three examples of bias gets you a free t-shirt! [CHEd] -
#oldiesbutbaddies
Vintage Honda Ad: A Cheap Car Means You Can Afford to Buy Women!
The less you spend on a car, the more you can spend on other things — "things" named Michelle, Tammy and Allison. [Vintage Ads]
