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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 [...]

The Forgotten Gender: Sex Sells…Even if You’re Not Having It

The Forgotten Gender: Sex Sells…Even if You’re Not Having It

Obviously, we talk primarily about women here at TD. As we are women, this might be expected. However, because of what we talk about – fashion for women, advertising directed at women, women’s bodies… – it could be interpreted as a grossly one-sided argument, embodied by a blog and written by victimized women. Well, all [...]