Tag Archives: advertising

More Beautiful Than You Think

By body image, communication, consumerism, emotional well-being, feminism, media, social media, well-being

I first encountered Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty a few years ago with this striking video showing the (tenuous) relationship between a billboard photo of a woman and her face without the hours of work on her and her photograph. The neck-stretching is particularly astonishing. Dove’s recent addition to this series is doing the rounds […]

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Would You Buy a Suit from this Man?

By 2 commentsbody image, consumerism, media, media and gender, money, objectification, partners, rant, social justice, teenagers

I don’t have time for ads, generally speaking. Largely for this reason, I don’t watch tv except online or on dvd, and I rarely read newspapers and magazines in print anymore. But yesterday I caught up with two contrasting ad campaigns, both for men’s formalwear. (My interest in my husband’s wardrobe makes me more their […]

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