GMTV sparks breastfeeding row “GMTV has reportedly sparked complaints to media regulator Ofcom after a programme expert claimed that breast milk can be “as bad as cola”. Midwife Clare Byam-Cook made the remark yesterday while being interviewed on air by… Read More ›
consumerism
“Good job, boys!”
Advertising “Did I really just see that?” du jour: the All-Bran Dual ad. This played with saturation coverage during the last Masterchef season, and I finally came across an online version. http://www.clipser.com/Play?vid=1409650
Experiments in radically downsized living
I find these kinds of stories fascinating. People choosing to ‘live poor’ (though of course with the capacity to leave when they want to, and also while equipped with the education, networks and self-esteem that a life of opportunity has… Read More ›
“Medela Mom Mavens”: The Social Media Spam Offensive
Medela, an infant feeding bottle and breastpump company, decided nearly a year ago that they were no longer committed to adhering to the World Health Organisation Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (WHO Code). The Code covers the marketing (not… Read More ›
How not to write to a blogger
I guarantee you that your jaw did not just drop as far as mine did when I first read that. Yeah, I can totally see how he’s really loving our blog and is utterly captivated by our style of writing and the subjects we choose to write about. Yay for the females!
Quick Hit: Don’t like.
Viva Placemat Sheets. Apologies for the poor picture quality, but I think you can probably see what I’m getting at. STA Travel. (H/T to Bek).
Does Twilight deserve any “feminist defence”?
There’s been so much criticism levelled at fans of the Twilight series of supernatural romance novels (as the publicity machine has cranked up for the release of the second film in the franchise) that feminist hackles are rising, because the criticism tends to be along the lines of “See! We told you women are just stupid! Look at what they’re doing now!”
So, is a certain athletic shoe company just trolling the feminist blogs?
I think they might be, so I’m not giving them linkjuice by linking to the ads (web videos only, not shown on broadcast or cable TV) and I’m not mentioning their name for the search engines either.
Nestle Aus manager calls critics irrational, biased
Complete with the infantilising headline we’ve come to expect from Fairfax media, Asher Moses has written up the ongoing #nestlefamily incident: “Mummy bloggers spit the dummy over Nestle’s spoilt milk” First, Nestlé hung its bloggers out to dry, leaving them… Read More ›
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