Just as I was beginning to wonder how much more post-feminist tolerance of advertising sleaze there could possibly be, I saw the following, markered onto subway posters:

On a Budweiser ad of a jock hoisting a bikini-clad babe onto his shoulders, the words STOP RAPE CULTURE. (Underneath, in smaller letters, someone wrote "Stop Bud Culture.")

On a King Cobra ad of a nude Hispanic girl hiding demurely behind a giant beer can, the caption WOMEN ARE WORTH MORE THAN THIS.

- tom moody 8-06-2001 4:52 pm


"What destroyed Jayne Mansfield? Forget agents or pop historians. The answer may lie with the alchemists of capitalism -- the brand managers. Marketing consultant Matt Park, a former General Mills product manager, is no stranger to packaged goods; he specialized in Betty Crocker potatoes and Gold Medal flour. To Park, Mansfield's sad fate is a case history of a product that failed to evolve with its customer base."

- dave 8-06-2001 7:19 pm [add a comment]


  • Exactly. Notice he called her an it.
    - tom moody 8-08-2001 9:16 am [add a comment]






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