Advertisements sell the dream. Whether it’s the life we want in magazines, or the products we purchase, their goal is to convince us that the only thing standing in the way of this fantasy is the money still in our purses.
But wouldn’t it be nice to know what they were really trying to sell? To be able to see through the corporate jargon?
Cracked.com thinks so. Their competitions aim to get the truth in advertizing.
My attention was drawn this week to an article about the reaction at a Canadian university to proposals to...
Airport security. Bloody nuisance. Also a conspiracy designed to subjugate women. Allow me to elaborate. Despite flying quite a...
The Cannes film festival has kicked off this week with controversy over the lack of films made by women...
Dear Madame X, I seem to be only attracted to men who are macho assholes. I like them at...
When A Clockwork Orange was published in 1962, the term sexualized violence wasn’t in use. The distinction between sexualized...
Skincare. Not so very long ago, a man would have been mocked mercilessly for using just the word, never...
Laptop bags; conspiracy of the patriarchal overlords. Oh yes. I am a woman with hands. The average-sized hands of...
The British nation stood shocked this morning. No, it was nothing to do with us being back in recession...
