Hail to the ....whaaaaaaa?

[clevermanka]

Despite the social grief and physical difficulties that go along with being a woman, I like it. For the most part, I enjoy being a girl. Sure, I'd like to change my sex for a short period of time, just to play around a bit, but I'm (fortunately) quite happy with the sex and gender I lucked into.

That said, being a woman results in being pissed off at something 99.9% of the time. Even when I'm in the best mood ever, everything's going my way, and blue skies are shining, there will always be something that'll cause some rage. We all groan and (sometimes) laugh at those horrible mid-century ads that reduce a woman to her role as mother, wife, home-maker, baby-maker, whatever. But then something comes along to remind me that we haven't come a long way, baby. We've come a teensy little tiny distance, and it's been two steps forward one step back the whole time.

Check out these recent ads from Summer's Eve. Racist and misogynistic at the same time! If only they'd thrown in some some references to income, we could've had classism for a triple crown. There are so many things bad and wrong and despicable about these ads, I can't even begin to start. I do have to admit to liking the phrase "Hello from Vaginaland," but probably not for the reasons the creators of the ad intended.

Ugh. Just ugh.

Now, to cleanse your palate, here are some fucking awesome women doing amazing things.

Comments

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

As grown-up as I like to think I am, ANY references to feminine hygiene products on television make me cringe.
Funny how they seem to make having erectile dysfunction "fun" and spontaneously sweet, (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOX0uO9zmz8) but anything female is sad and needs fixing.
Still.. for a giggle instead, I give you this back.

[indigodreamer.livejournal.com]

WOW. Just ... wow.

what is this i don't even

[sdemory.livejournal.com]

Yep. Nothing like advertising missing the boat by attempting to find common cause... badly. Sad thing is, it'll get traction because it's "funny."

Have you seen?

[wyckedgood.livejournal.com]

Have you seen Kotex's total sarcastic commercial? The exact opposite of this? Hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpypeLL1dAs

[bluetourmaline.livejournal.com]

I've had a long and tiring day, so I skipped straight to the awesome ladies of the World Cup. (Canada totally lionized Christine Sinclair, which made me feel...odd; she is definitely an awesome soccer player, but at the same time, safety becomes more important to me as I grow older.)

[mikalay.livejournal.com]

Oh geeeZUZ!
I finally decided to peek at your links as I'm in a better mood, and now...

I can't decide if I'm happy or sad that I didn't go into advertising...

[annamatic.livejournal.com]

[shrijani.livejournal.com]

I don't know for sure, but I would bet a box of tampons that's the same voice actress in all three ads. Sounds like it to me, anyway.

[shrijani.livejournal.com]

In addition to being racist and misogynistic, they are downright fucking stupid.

I could make a case for them being classist, too, since I am hypersensitive to that sort of thing.

[geekmom.livejournal.com]

Wow. Please let these never show up on Hulu, because I really don't want to have to explain them to Pari, and I'd be even more displeased if they showed up when I wasn't around. I doubt she'd ask her dad, and then I'd get some weird question without context later. I don't want her to grow up with all these messages of shame about her own body.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

Skipped the Summer's Eve ads and skipped right to the awesome soccer photos. Thanks for those!