Article Outrage
A (Hopefully Polite) Discussion on Fat Acceptance
Is menswear more expensive than women’s clothing? What does vanity sizing mean to you? Shapewear: a fun enhancement, or an enemy of body acceptance? …and what do you call your vagina? The above links are some of the latest discussions over at The Demoiselles Community. We’re having so much fun hashing out these topics with [...]
Article Outrage: The Archetypal Man
We all know that the media loves to play hide and seek with women’s self esteem: magazines Photoshop “flaws,” beauty ads sell anti-aging everything, and you can’t watch a half hour of television without learning how to make your butt firmer, your thighs leaner, your hair longer…the list is endless. The general population is starting [...]
We All Know Why You REALLY Work Out…
Warning: This piece borders on Article Outrage. It appears that these “tone your legs while you walk” shoes are really starting to take off. It started with FitFlops. You know, those ugly-beyond-life flip-flops with the rounded bottoms that force you to activate your leg muscles while you walk. Aren’t they magical? Truly. But we all [...]
Trench Warfare! Firing Range! …Shoe tying? = WEIGHT LOSS!
An article on Jezebel yesterday alerted us of a New Zealand advertisement for a weight loss drug, Xenical. Sure, we’ve all seen commercials on the tube for everything from pills to patches to pulsating electrical currents that promise to shed the pounds while you sit around sedentary – ahh, the easy life. But what if [...]
Article Outrage: Ralph Lauren Photoshop Disaster
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 [...]
Article Outrage: Eliza Dushku Doesn’t Need Photoshop
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. [...]
Update: PETA Replaces “Save The Whales” Billboard
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), [...]
Article Outrage: Save the Whales, Screw the Rest of Us
**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 [...]
Article Outrage: Boycott Pond’s. Now.
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 [...]
Article Outrage: Estee Lauder’s [Failed] Attempt at Mind Control
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 [...]
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