Comments on: Project: Canadian Club - The Only Thing I Ever Talk About These Days http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/05/29/project-canadian-club-the-only-thing-i-ever-talk-about-these-days/ Thoughts, Opinions, and Irrational Ranting Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:31:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Genevieve http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/2008/05/29/project-canadian-club-the-only-thing-i-ever-talk-about-these-days/#comment-67 Genevieve Fri, 30 May 2008 16:11:51 +0000 http://www.michelle.koenig-schwartz.com/chronicles/?p=21#comment-67 Ms. magazine used to have a section similar to what you're doing, called "No Comment," though that highlighted sexist ads rather than reworking/parodying them. It was always one of my favorite parts of the magazine, because it drove home to me how advertising culture thrives on the assumption that it can be casually offensive without risk or consequence. I see ads all the time and think, "Man, I wish I could send that to 'No Comment,'" so I would love a blog like that to contribute to! If only for highlighting, not necessarily parodying. Right now I'm finding this Bluefly campaign (and that's a company - designer goods, et al - that markets predominantly to women) pretty grating/offensive. There's a whole series of nude chicks - what better to sell clothes?![/sarcasm] http://www.print.duncans.tv/images/bluefly-train-station.jpg Ms. magazine used to have a section similar to what you’re doing, called “No Comment,” though that highlighted sexist ads rather than reworking/parodying them. It was always one of my favorite parts of the magazine, because it drove home to me how advertising culture thrives on the assumption that it can be casually offensive without risk or consequence. I see ads all the time and think, “Man, I wish I could send that to ‘No Comment,’” so I would love a blog like that to contribute to! If only for highlighting, not necessarily parodying.

Right now I’m finding this Bluefly campaign (and that’s a company - designer goods, et al - that markets predominantly to women) pretty grating/offensive. There’s a whole series of nude chicks - what better to sell clothes?![/sarcasm]

http://www.print.duncans.tv/images/bluefly-train-station.jpg

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