Cross’em off your Xmas list 2014 As published at Collective Shout It’s that time of year again! With the Christmas season upon us, retailers are taking it up a notch competing for your business. Now is the time to remember the companies who objectified women and sexualized girls to sell products and services. They do […]
I hope you are encouraged by this clip from the CBC Early Show about the campaign to remove a T-shirt marketed to young girls with the logo ‘”I’m too pretty to do homework, so my brother has to do it for me.” It was great to see how quickly this took off, after one woman, […]
Company responds to criticism in 24 hours On Monday I wrote this piece calling on Myer to get rid of Betsy the ‘sexy’ and ‘hilarious’ bottle opening doll. Betsy obligingly screws open bottle tops – with her backside. Twenty-four hours later Myer told complainants the product was being recalled. Here’s one response forwarded to me. […]
Harvey Norman did the right thing. Myer should follow. Designed by Fifty Fifty Concepts and supplied by Independent Suppliers, Betsy is described as the ‘Sexy bikini babe ultimate bottle opener’. She is ‘hilarious’. Why is this bottle opener sexy, hilarious and the ultimate in bottle openers? Because it works by inserting the bottle into Betsy’s […]
