I quickly glanced at the headline for the Virginia Slims book of Days and I had to read it over at least three times – I simply could not believe it. My first reaction was: this must certainly be meant in irony. I did some research online when I returned home and I’m afraid to say they meant every single word…
Last week a series of ads by Unilever’s Lynx – a brand of deodorants for men – were banned by the UK’s Advertising Standard Authority over complaints that the ads…
When the small Orangina bottle landed on my table I immediately smiled. It was exactly what I was expecting. Or maybe better. Because the bottle carried on the brand’s hypersexualized-wild animals theme. Here it is in all its glory:
Look what I found yesterday in my neighborhood: an impossibly sexist ad from the soft drinks company Orangina that goes straight into my Badvertising Hall of Fame (or shall I rather call it Hall of Shame?)