Tag Archives: Air New Zealand

Everyday Misogyny: What Air New Zealand Doesn’t Understand

By 13 commentsactivism, beauty myth, body image, culture, feminism, media and gender, objectification, rant, sexism, travel

The story starts here, if you want to read the three posts in order. Here’s the thing: we’re not saying no one should ever wear a bikini, nor that my toddler should never see anyone in one. We’re saying that using women wearing bikinis and prancing (I checked the dictionary definition to be sure that was […]

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Everyday Misogyny: What’s wrong with Air New Zealand’s Swimsuit Safety Video?

By 16 commentsbeauty myth, body image, culture, feminism, marketing, media and gender, objectification, racism, rant, sport, travel, video

Update: I’ve been getting my complain on! For my early correspondence with Air New Zealand and the Advertising Standards Authority, click through to this update, and for Air New Zealand’s flabbergasting response to my ASA complaint, head here. I wrote most of this post a few days ago on a plane. I was flying home from […]

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