Category Archives: Madvertising

What do I have against Facebook ads?

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Oh, only shit like this: Isn’t Facebook wonderful, letting advertisers use people’s pictures to sell product without permission, much less a cut of the profits? And even more wonderful: They help dead girls find dates! Just a pity Rehtaeh Parsons … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: How NOT to advertise anything

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Just think how silly it looks when guys are made to do what women in advertising are made to do…all the fucking time.

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Oh no no!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Gentlemen, seriously, do NOT try this. Unless what you’re really aiming for is a bottle of Captain Morgan, broken over your head.

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Safer sex: Good idea.

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Sabina Becker

This ad: Not so hot. Come on, people, Honey Boo Boo is not a natural disaster. Whatever’s wrong with her is a product of the environment she was raised in. And the sick, creepy, crazy world of child beauty pageants. … Continue reading →

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The Koch Bros are getting desperate, I see.

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Sabina Becker

When they have to take out ads for crapaganda sites like this, you know that Big Oil’s corrupting influence barons are running scared. And is that a tip of the hand as to which side of the recent election they … Continue reading →

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Killing Us Softly 3: Advertising’s Image of Women

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

In light of the death of Amanda Todd, who was literally driven to her grave by her own image on the Internet, and the whole Reddit “creepshot” kerfuffle, it’s instructive to look how media imagery of the female body plays … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: And now, your pre-flight safety drill…

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Passengers on a Polish airplane got a different brand of safety drill when they buckled in, thanks to a major condom brand: Was this staged? I don’t know. The giggling old lady and the horrified young man tell me it … Continue reading →

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Coke adds racism? Sure smells that way.

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of Ad Age, by way of Gawker, we learn what the Coca-Cola Company (and a certain adman) really thinks of non-white people…and it ain’t pretty: In the interest of transparency, let me confess my bias. I’ve done a lot … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Wear it, (over)share it

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Sabina Becker

When I first saw the headline for this Glamour piece, I have to admit, my mind jumped to all kinds of dystopian conclusions: Love-gloves with a built-in nanochip that automatically activates when the rubber gets used, and spills all the … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex(ist) Tricks: Why I will never be a vegan

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Aside from the serious health concerns they blithely neglect to mention in their quest to turn the whole world vegan, PETA also engages in false, deceptive and highly offensive advertising that’s downright abusive to women: There is so much wrong … Continue reading →