Here's an article with a gun vendor talking about women wanting pretty guns.
Interestingly, when you google "pink gun," one of the first sites that comes up is Pink Pistols, a gay/lesbian gun organization.
Marketing Guns to Women
Consumption as Independence: More Right-Hand Ring Ads
The top one says "I don't strive for success, I am success." The bottom one says "Celebrate who you are with a diamond right hand ring."
More Examples of Retouching
Click here (and then click portfolio) for before and after photos of lots of celebrities!
Cosmetic Surgery As Empowerment: Take Two
This one, a pair with Gwen's earlier contribution (here), actually takes a little decoding, and so might be useful to get discussion going in a classroom:
If parentheses = suppressed text, then these parentheses = suppressed speech and, of course, the best way to be liberated from suppression is Botox... not speaking your mind.
Some Graphs On Historical Changes In The Body
On Size:
On Lifespan:
From the National Center for Health Statistics; National Vital Statistics System; Dora Costa, MIT; Richard H. Steckel, Ohio State University; Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging. University of California, Berkeley.
Vulva Cologne: WARNING--Not Work Safe!
I don't know what to make of this product. The site, apparently based in Germany, claims it's a scent that brings to mind a...well, you know. I assumed it was a joke, but when you say you're ordering, it takes you to PayPal and I was able to log in to my account and everything. I could not bring myself to hit the "pay now" button just to see, because I really don't want a bottle of anything called Vulva.
Race and Masculinity
These images are a 3-part ad for a Discovery channel reality show. The first page had the guy with his face being painted and says "Live like a tribesman." The second page had him running and says "Train like a soldier." And then, as you can see in the previous post, they show him wrestling with a black African "tribesman," I guess. It appears this is a reality show where we see if a white guy can learn to be a primitive tribesman and show his superiority to the actual "tribesmen" (I'm not sure how I feel about that term).
Sexy Women as Rewards for Consuming the Right Product
I'll leave it up to you to decide if "testees" is a pun.
The Sexualization of Activism
PETA is well known for objectifying women in their efforts to encourage us to be kind to animals. Here is a latest ad starring Alicia Silverstone:
Here are some print ads:
In case you were wondering if they were denigrating women as well as showing them naked... Here you go:
Boys too!
Black Women as Wild Animals
This is a picture I got from Lisa several years ago, but since she hasn't posted it I figured I would. For another example, see this post.
Help Others by Spending Money on Yourself
30% of the retail price of these shirts will be donated to "some of the country's best charities. What better excuse to go shopping?" The retail price is $68. The charities are:
Women in Need
Free Arts NYC
Rape Treatment Center at Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Children's Hope India
American Refugee Committee's Darfur Relief Effort
I like these kinds of things because they bring up two issues: Why don't people just contribute $20 (or, in most cases, something like 10 cents) directly instead of filtering it through a corporation? And should we have to personally get something out of it in order to contribute to worthy causes?
For other examples, look here, here, and here.
Appropriation of the Other
This was sold on the website for "The O.C." On the show one character had a Jewish dad and a shiksa mom. He created a holiday called Chrismukkah to combine the two heritages and in one episode a friend sews a "Chrismukkah Yarmuclaus." Then they started selling them online for $16 to fans of the show.
Teen Sexuality
This t-shirt was available from Delia's, a mail-order catalog that targets girls between the ages of 12 and 15. They stopped selling it after some complaints.
New Cologne, Same-Old Female Objectification
This is one of the ads for "Tom Ford for Men", a new cologne for men by Tom Ford.
Check out the extent to which the female model is objectified:
http://www.tomford.com/en/
Sexuality And Aging
This mortgage company is using sexy retirees to sell mortgages. The gimmick is along these lines: Your relationship with your home loans should age as well as your relationship with your spouse. Here are three pics on the website:
Click here for the website. Make sure to look at the bottom right and find the link to the TV commercial (hint: wet t-shirt).
Racist Stereotype As Entertainment
This is a motel/tourist trap/amusement park in South Carolina called Pedroland that is based on the stereotype of the dumb, lazy Mexican.
Here's the link. This is what it says on the front page:
BUENS DIAS, AMIGO! pedro VER’ GLAD YOU COME!!
pedro got 112 meelion amigos, who stay weeth heem, opp teel now all satisfy come back, send frans…thees make pedro ver’ HAPPEE…like for frans come back all time…pedro hope YOU make 112 meelion and wan happee amigos! you come back soon, too, yes?
Men Cuddling with Cows
The caption says "During stress therapy workshops, Amsterdam police officers are assigned to paint a portrait of, then cuddle with, a cow."
I'm not quite sure how this image can be used, but there has to be a way.
Graphic Manipulation
Here is a blog dedicated to showing how graphs and charts can be misleading, either intentionally or unintentionally. The examples are all graphs actually published (most in major media outlets), and the author points out deceptive distortions in axes, etc.
Examples Of Image Manipulation
Some examples of image manipulation to add to a previous post.
This is from the material promoting Katie Couric's now ended news anchor job:
Notice that Keira has larger breasts and a flatter stomach on the re-touched poster:
Also see this interactive website here.
And here's one that shows how they differently change men's bodies (head shrunk, biceps enlarged):
This is what Roddick's arms really look like (but you can google image him and find many many images in which he looks more like this than he does on the Men's Health cover):
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