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As if sexualizing pre-teens wasn't quite bad enough: an ad for diapers tells a toddler clad in a pink frilly apron to "Work it baby!" Has Huggies been using the same ad agency as Tropicana? [Packaging Girlhood] More »
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Lisa at Sociological Images brings this bizarre Tropicana ad to our attention, wherein a little girl wearing a t-shirt and jeans is deemed "hard to handle," while her princess counterpart is deemed "easy to handle." More »
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TMZ has more evidence that Pepsi (which owns Tropicana) is co-opting Obama imagery for its own purposes. At least it's less obnoxious than Pepsi's "Hope" signs all over DC. [TMZ, DCist] More »
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From Tony The Tiger to the Michelin Man, every pop culture kid is exposed to product advertising mascots and icons. Most of these critters are male, but sometimes — especially with baking and food products — the icons are female. Or were female. An image of "Betty Crocker" used to be on boxes of cake mix; now her face has been replaced by a spoon. And most advertisers would prefer to use celebrities to shill their products these days. But have you ever thought about what would happen if some of the best-loved advertising characters were replaced by Hollywood stars? We have. The top ten female product advertising icons and the actresses the casting agents could choose to replace them, after the jump. More »
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