Guest post by blue milk (who knew there was so much to say on feminist motherhood?) where this is being cross-posted. Spare a thought for advertising executives. Imagine trying to write a TV advertisement for chicken? Actually wait it gets… Read More ›
corporatism
Weekend wittering
FFS, world meeja, just quit whining about covering stories that involve a certain celebutante, will ya? Stop arguing when other journos want to put the stories through the shredder. I used to do some snarking on celebs here at Hoyden,… Read More ›
Discuss
Tom Cruise: the male Paris Hilton (hat tip for proposition to Elizabeth, via mailing list)
Consumerism and children (and parents)
Lauren is guest-blogging this week at Feministe. Her review of a book about marketing to children, and her discursion about her own rules for buying toys for her son, is a cracker of a post.
Been trying to find the words
The Nandos Portuguese Chicken withdrawal-patch pole-dancing commercials. That probably doesn’t make sense to anyone who hasn’t seen them. [link] I have been slackjawed for the last fortnight since I first saw the ads. I truly thought they’d be taken off… Read More ›
Aargheeheee! The rapier wit of the Gore-Deranged is destroying me!
Carbon Credit Killers. Why We Do It The reason we sell Carbon Debits is simple ““ we want to take away the pathetic excuse of Carbon Credits from those liberals who hide their shame filled lives behind money-bought lunacy. Carbon… Read More ›
And the Inaugural Award of the Tiniest Fainting Couch in the world goes to:
Paris Hilton, who is being positively persecuted just because she’s a celebrity, and who couldn’t possibly be sent off to nasty gaol with the polloiest of hoi polloi, just for a teeny-weeny little thing like driving drunk without a license… Read More ›
Everyday Codebreaking in Australia, vol.1
As you know, I’ve been talking a bit about violations of the WHO Code. I’ve started collecting some examples of everyday Code-breaking in Australia. My last example was of Wyeth’s transgressions. Have you heard of Nutricia, a Dutch Numico subsidiary?… Read More ›
You’re soaking in it: the marketing of violence
Some people think we’re rather odd for avoiding buying firearm toys for the Lad. Some of them, politely, keep it to themselves. Others make loud, condescending Pfffft! noises, and spit rather scornfully at us for being “first-time” parents trapped in… Read More ›
How not to do humour, according to the pros
Rogers transcribes (from memory) some professional comedy writers discussing the Fox Network’s attempt at a conservative version of Jon Stewart’s Daily Show (at Kung Fu Monkey, who has a couple of YouTube clips up from the show). The 1/2 Hour… Read More ›
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