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At the time we were directed to the ad below, the two of us  (Jen and Elle) were working via Skype.  Instead of a text or video reaction to the article we read, we give you a screen capture, which was taken while we were both viewing the article and its accompanying image.  For your [...]

We all know that promotional photos are meant to entice us, but this latest one for Dollhouse has the opposite effect on me. It even inspired the latest edition of Article Outrage. Sorry about the video – Jen doesn’t really look like that when she talks. Swear. -Elle PROMOTIONAL PHOTO Promotional photo found on Whedonesque.com.  [...]

Last week we reported on PETA’s Florida billboard, which told viewers to “lose the blubber” by going vegetarian.  After a huge public outcry, PETA has announced that they’re replacing the billboard with this:   Same message, different method.  Those that never saw the original billboard still get the idea (as well as have their fat-shame triggered), [...]

**Update! PETA replaced the billboard…but is the replacement any better?  Jennifer Nicole weighs in here. Hey PETA!  We heard about your new ad campaign.   We also heard about your press statement (given by Ashley Byrne, a senior campaigner for PETA, to the Huffington Post) when legitimate news sources all over the country reported on the [...]

For this edition of Article Outrage (inspired by a tip from the lovely Leandra), commentary is almost completely unnecessary.  Let’s keep it simple: just read these excerpts from Pond’s parent company, Unilever, when referring to international Pond’s products: In 1987, Unilever purchased Chessebrough-Pond’s. By the 1990’s, Pond’s was at the forefront of leading-edge product innovations that [...]

It’s been a minute since our last “Article Outrage” and honestly – that’s kind of a good thing, and kind of a bad thing. It’s a good thing because our combined blood pressure over at the Demoiselles’ newsroom has been at an average level lately, but bad because that means companies are getting a little [...]

Last week, Elle’s emphatic rant about Chic Report’s perception of Scarlet Johansson’s makeup-less cover of French Elle received a lot of really positive, aligned responses from you guys. One lady in particular, Eyeliah from Style Symmetry, was so outraged by Chic Report’s “suggestions” that she was inspired to post photos of her face, completely free [...]

We talk a lot about body acceptance on The Demoiselles: whether you’re thin, fat, curvy or flat, your body is yours, and worthy of love.  At the same time, when I read about designers like Christian Lacroix stating that they will not book models they feel are “too thin,” I have to speak up… …and [...]

Articles, blog posts, and essays fly across our desk by the hundreds, daily… but every so often, we come across one that’s so remarkably infuriating that the only way to truly express our feelings is to rant about it. The easiest way to rant? Video. So welcome to our first installment of Article Outrage, hosted [...]