First up, Lydia Turner (discovered here first!) in ABC’s The Drum Unleashed today about the failure of “weight-loss” dietary products and the death and injury they cause. Then Julie Bindel on men who use prostituted women and why, followed by a podcast with Diane Levin, co-author with Jean Kilbourne of So Sexy So Soon: The new […]
And now, just in time for Christmas, a t.shirt for girls announcing their sexual subservience, domination and ownership. Bought to you by clothing store Supre the $18 red and white t.shirt features the slogan: “Santa’s Bitch”. Ten-year-olds are among the target market. The t.shirts are displayed on mannequins at the front of the store. The […]
Professor Sandra Jones from the Centre for Health Initiatives at Wollongong University, has the best line: ” On the one hand they are saying they want to give consumers a voice and show advertisers boundaries, yet on the other they continue to dismiss complaints about these ads.” Do it longer: sex drug ads dominate list […]
Is any toy, game or even foodstuff safe from the stereotyped, homogenised, pinkified treatment of companies wanting to expand their markets to girls? Apparently not. Think monopoly is too masculine? Never fear, the game now comes in a “boutique edition” with “cute” illustrations and a “beautiful keepsake box”. Instead of buying boring male-centric hotels, our […]
