Mars candies have reached a new low... Anthropomorphizing cartoon critters is one thing, giving chocolate candy classics the Jessica Rabbit treatment is another. Do we REALLY need more sexualization of childhood now coming in jewel-tone rich candy colors with a lip-licking ‘take it all off’ stripper vibe? You know my answer. The video’s after the jump … [Read more...]
Sexed Up M&Ms Sell Fashionably Decadent Premium Sleaze
Filed Under: Advertising, Branding & Consumerism, Consumerism, Damaging Drek, Growing up too soon, Marketing Shaping Youth, Media Literacy, Product Placement, Sexualization & Body Image, Shaping Youth, Stereotypes & Diversity, Vapid Values, Viral & Buzz Media Tagged With: America the Beautiful, Beauty at any cost, body ideals, Celebrity worship, Dove Onslaught, Eva Longoria, fashion models, Fashionistas, feminism, Feministing, Geena Davis Institute, Gender Portrayal, girls, Killing Us Softly, M&Ms, M&Ms Premium Chocolate, M&Ms Triple Chocolate Ads, MMs.com, Packaging-Girlhood, Pop culture impact on kids, Pornification, sex in media, Sexualization, sexy so soon, Tasteless Ads, teen self worth, thin, YWCA
“Where My Dogs At:” A Misogynistic Misfire Doing Damage in a Blink
Mar. 28, 2015 Almost a decade after I wrote this post, the media messages defiling young girls and particularly young black girls under the 'satire' banner continues, despite sheroes and massive movements building positive change. Unfreakingbelievable. How far we've come and how backwards we continue to be gives me great concern for culture credos...It needs called out, loudly. … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Damaging Drek, Shaping Youth Tagged With: African American stereotypes, cartoons, Industry Ears, misogyny, Pornification, racism, Sexualization, Snoop Dogg, social satire, Where My Dogs At, women of color