I’m rather liking the rethink-V-day activism around this year, which has ended up being a bit more substantive than some of the Anti-Valentine hating that I’ve seen around in other years. How about doing something positive/useful/affirming instead? Create rather than consume, or raise awareness about the limited ways we think about romance.
advertising
First Rule of Holes: expensive social media strategy failing edition
How long do you have to wait for a measly 250,000 votes on FB before you realise the target market just isn’t interested enough in whether your animated mascot ‘lives’ or ‘dies’? The intensely irritating ad is building an aversion response within this consumer which is likely to last for years, and I’m far from the only one. Well done, expensive social media marketing ‘experts’!
Libra’s new transphobic ad, and what you can do about it
So here’s some unnecessary and unkind rubbish in a new ad from Libra, a company selling tampons, pads and liners in New Zealand and Australia. Poking fun at trans women is very much not how to get the tampon-buying public on your side.
No, we are not interested in your text-link advertising
After many years of receiving only one or two such enquiries per year, all of a sudden we’re getting two or three a week.
Roger David? You’re sprung!
We can be sure of a few things in this decade. The sun will rise in the east, Andrew Blot will be an embarrassing prat, and some clothing/shoe company or chain will publish an ad with a demeaning sexist image… Read More ›
Quote of the Day: Store Wars
I wonder if Mr Harvey thought through the consequences of highlighting to his customers on every news site just how much better deals are online.
I buy hardware supplies…
Looks like Selleys doesn’t want women to buy its products.
Femmostroppo Reader November 5, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed-reader. What did I miss? Please share what you’ve been reading (and writing!) in the comments.
Joyeux Quatorze Juillet! @oldspice guy should say something in French to mark Bastille Day
Go on, Isaiah. Talk to us in French. You know you want to.
Logansrogue IS Teh Feminist Cabal, sez Crazy Domains
Remember Crazy Domains and their jizztastic cream-jaculatin’ Pamela Anderson advertisement? The one pulled by the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB)? Gavin Collins, Managing Director, is throwing a tanty. And he blames one little post on livejournal for all his problems. This… Read More ›