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None for us either

sassymonkey — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:26:20 -0500

We got stuck in that "Should we go now? Do you think we'll get rained on?" place and ended up not leaving the house. Oops.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

no potato sacks for me

laurie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:15:28 -0500

When I heard that the museums were free, I wanted to go to the Agriculture Museum but D. my proposed companion, was having none of it. He REALLY wanted to go to the Museum of Civilization. A sea of people, and me keeping track of two 6 year old boys - with EVERYONE (except me, it seemed) dressed in red and white.

The rest of the day was pretty low key (splash pad in a park, Vietnamese noodle soup, neighbours back yard barbecue and cold beer) - except for the part where we ran into a Mountie in full dress uniform on my neighbours' front lawn.

Laurie

The blog is Not Just About Cancer and the book is Not Done Yet.

Stereotypes, Why bother

andreaj003 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:09:57 -0500

I have been pretty athlete till now and I never get bother by those stupid sterotypes.

Here's to hoping

sassymonkey — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:40:23 -0500

That some day there won't be a need to have allies.

Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.

Reading Lolita

JennSpastic — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:38:25 -0500

I am embarrassed to admit that that book is really my only source of knowledge on Iran. It was a book we were reading in my college English class and most of the others in the class griped and complained about having to read it. It's sad, I think, that many females don't realize the importance of such issues until they are older. (As in, most of the others in my class at that time were under 25 years of age.)

Great post!

Very nice

KLMartini — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:14:39 -0500

It always makes my heart fill with PRIDE when a straight ally stands up for GLBTQ people!

Kathryn

The Recovering Straight Girl

www.recoveringstraightgirl.com

You might be hopelessly

no_I_am_zoe — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:56:36 -0500

You might be hopelessly straight, but you're a fantastic ally.

Great post

Jill Miller Zimon — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:20:39 -0500

And every country - ours included unfortunately - with a system or systems - political and otherwise - that needs to get with the program. It is really in times like these that I wish the time machines really worked so we could go back to see how exactly the disadvantages we've had to overcome got here in the first place. I know, I know - the blaming itself won't/wiouldn't change anything, but to know where to put pressure, what to change - I keep thinking there must be a rational way to get us to parity where we're not fighting for whatever we can get but are instead just fighting period in competition for whatever it is we want.

Progress is so slow sometimes. And even then, how many have it worse, right?

Thanks again for a great post.

Jill Writes Like She Talks

Need a Moment ads

Suzanne Reisman — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:36:10 -0500

Yes, I hate those, too! And I suspect that I would hate the Brazilian yogurt commercial that Grey mentioned. Again, if advertisers are so creative, why can't they think of ways to sell products that don't insult us?

Suzanne Reisman, Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender
Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants

I think of

JennSpastic — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:17:25 -0500

Seeing this reminds me of another ad campaign that I hate. The Twix "Need a moment?" thing. Those are pretty disturbing.

This reminds me a lot of the

Grey — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:55:48 -0500

This reminds me a lot of the Brazilain Fit Light Yoghurt campaign that shook things up last year (see: http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/21/gentlemen-prefer-bones/). I'm pleased that the Bacardi campaign came down quickly (within hours of being posted on feminist blogs and fat acceptance communities), but it always makes you wonder what the heck advertisers are actually thinking....

Grey is a slightly neurotic twenty-nine year old single mother of three boys (two of whom have ADHD), scientist, environmentalist, feminist, and frugalista who handles life with humor, sarcasm, and blogging at http://2ndverse.blogspot.com/

Here, too

Suzanne Reisman — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:37:44 -0500

It seems like ad folks always go for the low blow. Thinking outside stereotypical boxes is too hard.

Suzanne Reisman, Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender
Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants

what do you say to that?!

MaryanneLive — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:23:03 -0500

who thought THIS was a good idea - no matter how long it ran - or didn't run - for?! ironic too that they're apparently trying to reach women with this ad? i would hope that most women would get how blatant this is (sure a lot of ads are exploitative, but maybe more subtely?) ...

Melkist - i totally agree - the ad placement on this page is ironic, too!

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Advertising in Israel

Vered — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:31:05 -0500

Is often extremely offensive to women.

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Lowest Common Denominator

Suzanne Reisman — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:02:42 -0500

Yeah, I agree - so much advertising appeals to the lowest common denominator. It's always a special treat to find an ad that treats people like intelligent beings.

Suzanne Reisman, Contributing Editor - Feminism & Gender
Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants