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Kleenex wants YOU to Get Mommed!

Social Commentary post by Kelsey Wallace, December 8, 2009 - 9:09pm; tagged commercials, Kleenex Get Mommed, mothers, stereotypes.

This cold and flu season, don't take vitamins or stay home from work if you're sick – Get Mommed instead! The new campaign from Kleenex offers the nurturing comfort that only a virtual mother can provide. (And the stereotypes are included!)

via Sociological Images

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Don't Want to Put on My Booty Shoes

Social Commentary post by Kjerstin Johnson, November 13, 2009 - 9:00pm; tagged ads, commercials, objectification, offensive commercials.

Hey, women: is your goal in life to make men stare at you body and gain the resentment of other women in the process? Oh, and do you like the color pink? Good, Reebok has a shoe for you.

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Target Women Targets Oldsters

DigiBitch post by Kelsey Wallace, August 18, 2009 - 3:31pm; tagged ageism, aging, commercials, Current TV, Sarah Haskins, Target Women.

Happy 30th Birthday, Sarah Haskins! Too bad you're too old to enjoy it without medication.

Target Women is always right on target. Am I right, ladies? For more, check out Kjerstin's interview with Ms. Haskins in the last Bitch Radio podcast!

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Gay Commercials a la infoMania

DigiBitch post by Malori Maloney, August 5, 2009 - 9:52pm; tagged Bryan Safi, commercials, Current TV, homophobia, homosexuality, infoMania, sexuality in advertising, That's Gay.

Love Sarah Haskins' hilarious critiques of media aimed at women? Check out comparably witty Bryan Safi's analysis of homosexuality and media in another infoMania segment aptly titled, That's Gay. In this one, Bryan examines gay and lesbian characters in TV commercials...

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