Maddow, Cain and Pokemon

Follow up to yesterday's discussion....

Maddow, Cain and Pokemon from sam feder on Vimeo.

Affair Ads

I'm almost positive we've discussed this insane website in class but I just saw this article on Gothamist of a new ad campaign.

http://gothamist.com/2011/11/09/terrible_website_promoting_affairs.php

Marc Jacobs vs. the ASA

I came across this ad awhile ago after seeing it in a copy of Teen Vogue over the summer. At the time, it didn't seem shocking to me, but now I realize how relevant it is to our class. The ad is for Marc Jacobs' new fragrances called Oh Lola. It features 17 year old actress Dakota Fanning holding the fragrance bottle in a suggestive position. It seems a bit phallic. Take a look:

The ad has sparked controversy, especially in the UK where the ASA (Advertising Standards Authority) has decided to ban it due to their belief that the ad "sexualized children."

Here's a link to the full story:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/09/marc-jacobs-dakota-fanning-ad-banned?newsfeed=true

Do you think the ad is controversial? Is the ASA taking it too far by banning the ad?

I found this on Tumblr tonight! It's a letter from 17 year old Zooey Deschanel, and was published in Vogue. It relates so much to what we talked about in class involving magazines and what they are trying to tell women. Just wanted to share!

(Hopefully this link works this time!)


-Lauren

Friendly links: Roseanne Bar Article/The Independent Woman PBS Special

Hi classmates,

I mentioned a Roseanne article from NY Magazine a couple weeks ago in class and thought I'd post it here in case you didn't read it when it came out awhile ago.

She discusses how much media has not changed since her show was on ABC. I found it interesting and more insight into however difficult it is in the media industry, it is possible to stand your ground. Very inspiring. Check it out if you have time!

Roseanne Bar Article Here

ALSO, did anyone watch AMERICA IN PRIMETIME on PBS? It's a four part series, and the one on Sunday was about women's portrayal in TV. It's entitled "The Independent Woman." I didn't get a chance to watch it yet, but my boss told me about it. It looks like it talks about everything from The Mary Tyler Moore Show to Desperate Housewives. Looks interesting.

Here it is if anyone is interested in taking a look at it:

The Independent Woman Here!


-Iliana

More on Margaret Cho-- "I'm Queer!"

Since a lot of you enjoyed the Margaret Cho reading I thought I'd post this for you:


Often people are curious about the fact that I am married to a man but call myself queer. It's because I have had sex with more than one person, and I had unmarried sex quite a few times, and roughly half the people have been men and the other half have been women, and then there were a few people in between those genders who identified in differing ways, so it's up to me to define myself, too, and so that would be queer....
 the article continues here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margaret-cho/queer_b_984123.html?ref=mostpopular

An article from Larry Shore

Hey Folks,

Check out this article that Larry Shore forwarded me.
Do you think this show will achieve what the Hayek and Banderas have set out to do?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/28/puss-in-boots-and-hollywood-stereotypes_n_1064511.html