ABC is taking a gamble on walking, talking Troll doll* Malin Akerman in a new comedy called Trophy Wife, as well as a show starring professionally unfunny and non-adorable person** Rebel Wilson as a dorky lawyer who's gonna make it, after all.
Watch this video and tell me that your brain doesn't want to have a secretmaking lesbian foursome with Julie Klausner, Sarah Haskins, and Laraine Newman's brains, and I will know you are lying.
In February, at a panel
Yesterday Slate hosted a panel on "Marketing Embarrassing Products to Women," in which Target: Women genius Sarah Haskins, writer Susan Kim, and TV producer Allison Silverman taught us about rubber aprons, electric vibrators, and the mysteries of blue liquid.
When Sarah Haskins emailed to say that her Target Women career had come to an end, we were sad. But it also gave us a chance to talk to her - below, DILFs, baby bridesmaids and being yelled into greatness.
If you want a mini-recap of what womanhood was all about in 2009 — and a lesson in being a "better lady" in 2010 — check out Sarah Haskins' new video, after the jump.
We covered the shrill, fear-based badvertising commercials for home security systems in December 2008
"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]
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:
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.