Remember the fuss over Salma Hayek being “abusive” because she was “still” feeding her toddler?
Salma Hayek took a humanitarian trip to Sierra Leone. This video[1] shows her being there for the death of a baby from tetanus, speaking to a UNICEF representative, and travelling to a remote part of Sierra Leone.
Glaucoma drug Lumigan (bimatoprost) has been rebadged as Latisse. I’ve talked about the development of bimatoprost into a cosmetic product here in the past.
Latisse joins Botox, Lap-Band, Natrelle breast implants, and collagen injections and implants, in Allergan’s fleecing-women stable of products. No matter what part of your body the Patriarchy has made you feel insecure about, if you have heaps of time, pots of cash, and
Anyone remember “What Cheeses Me Off” on Hey, Hey, It’s Saturday?
No?
Hrm. Nevermind. (This homophobic crapola was about the usual level of it. Largely linked here for the spunky 80s fashion choices of Daryl Somers.)
Anyhow. What cheeses me off today is this advertising for the Essure tubal occlusion system, an alternative to laparoscopic tubal ligation for female sterilisation.
Formula companies are back advertising infant formula direct to the public throughout Asia. This is happening in the wake of the melamine disaster in which tens of thousands of babies were sickened and hospitalised – and a few died –… Read More ›
I missed this last week! The Mind of Genevieve has published the 63rd Carnival of the Feminists. There is plenty of reading on street harassment, video games, TV, not taking people’s crap, marketing, being queer in Lebanon, teenage parenting, the… Read More ›
Holy crap. Rixa writes: Well, the BirthTrack is here and being actively marketed to both doctors and mothers-to-be. It consists of an internal electrode that is screwed into the baby’s head and two ultrasound clips that attach to the cervix…. Read More ›
In breaking news, marketing drones continue to lack imagination, sticking to the apparently conventional wisdom that if you want women to buy things that both men and women tend to use and want, just run up a version in pink… Read More ›
Hey, you know that company that feminists are slavering over, because of all the wonderful work they’ve done for women’s self-esteem, especially average-sized middle-class conventionally-beautiful able-bodied women? The one that talks about how women can be strong, independent, and confident?… Read More ›
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