Creativity in Australian advertising is dead. Long live recycled, misogynistic, overseas rubbish
Guest post by Guy Sigley, originally published at The World Tells Me Today’s post begins with an actual account of the meeting that took place when the Lynx ‘Clean your balls’ campaign was born.* It’s late on a Friday afternoon. Lynx executives sit side-by-side with the most brilliant minds in the advertising industry. They’re ready […]
Lynx hits the jackpot: sexist, racist and ageist
More sexploitation from a repeat corporate offender Men’s deodorant brand Lynx – owned by Unilever – has added to it’s ongoing list of degrading ads with the company’s latest promotion, “Lynx, cleans your balls.” We began hearing from CS supporters about the ad via our Facebook page when it aired on television. We checked out […]
Peta pimps its ethics
PETA deserves contempt for exploiting women, writes MELINDA TANKARD REIST PETA needs to be renamed. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals would more accurately be described as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals But Not Women. While the group calling itself the world’s largest animal-rights lobby protests loudly and sometimes violently against the […]