Girlcotts

Girls Are Not Candies. Tweens Are Not Teens. Thongs Are Not Undies.

May 4, 2010 by Amy Jussel 22 Comments

May 4, 2010 A few years back I commented on the post Confessions of a Lingerie Lover by Fae Goodman on Alternet and copped to being “one and the same.” Fae uncorked a doozy of a conversation that brought out the best/worst in femme debates as she pithily contrasted the difference between adult media messages and ‘costuming’ cues and the marketer’s desire to target adolescents, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Emerging trends & STEM, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Vapid Values Tagged With: 10 is the new 15, About-Face, acid on their innocence, adolescence, age compression, American Apparel, APA, aspirational marketing, Axe girls, best bottom contest, Body Blitz, Britney Spears, bustiers, butt floss, butts as billboards, Candies, children, confessions of a lingerie lover, corporate greed, corporate pedophilia, desensitizing, ethics, Fae Goodman, Free to be kids, G-strings, Girlcotts, Girls' Rights Week, HGHW, hypersexualization, innuendo, KGOY, Kids, Kohls, LimitedToo, lingerie, Lolita, Mama bear, Melissa Wardy, moral outrage, objectification, padded bikinis, panties, peekaboo, PigTail Pals, pink, Pop-Culture, preteens, raunchy ads, redefining girly, sex appeal, sexploitation, Sexualization, Sexualization & Body Image, slimy, So Sexy So Soon, tacky fashion, Tee shirts, thongs, training bras, tween baiting, tweens, Victoria's Secret, VS

Bottom Feeders Like American Apparel Need Whacked in the Assets

February 2, 2010 by Amy Jussel 29 Comments

Feb. 9, 2010 Update: Almost 1000 signatures already & expanding global on ipetitions now! Join in! Orig article 2-2-10: "Confident about the junk in your trunk? Show us your assets! Post a photo of your booty's best side for judgment,” invites American Apparel in their latest sexist slop. Yep, they've launched their new ad campaign to “search for the best bottom in … [Read more...]

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