- 1. Hulu Rolls Back Censoring Policy After Facing Blowback From Democrats
- (TV)
- ... of ad policies across its linear networks and streaming platforms over the last few months, Disney is now aligning Hulu’s political advertising policies to be consistent with the Company’s general entertainment ...
- Created on 28 July 2022
- 2. You Won’t Believe Who Baby Formula Makers Are Sending Samples To—Despite The Shortage
- (Feminism)
- ... our hyper-vigilance post-Roe may make it feel like that. Formula companies have long participated in aggressive advertising campaigns, even to the detriment of parents, as well as the confusion of non-parents. ...
- Created on 26 July 2022
- 3. Noom, The Toxic Weight-Loss App That Claims Not To Be A Dieting Program, Is Being Called Out On Twitter
- (Living)
- ... weight loss app that caters to over 45 million people worldwide, came under fire on Twitter for its false advertising as a weight loss app that is apparently “above diet culture.” Since its founding ...
- Created on 03 February 2022
- 4. Hey Babe! How Multi-Level Marketing Companies Use Feminist Language, Insecurities, and Community to Exploit Women Financially
- (Feminism)
- ... them the ideal sellers for MLMs. In 2020 Rodan & Fields received a warning letter from the Federal Trade Commission stating that they were falsely advertising working for the company. In posts on social ...
- Created on 11 July 2021
- 5. Rollerskating is Back! And Skate Queen Lola Star is Here to Share All Her Tips to Get You Started
- (Living)
- ... the horrors of war. Live organ music provided the soundtrack at rinks, making the ’40s the “golden era” of roller skating. Wood engraving of a fashionable rink in Washington, D.C., 1880 An advertising ...
- Created on 05 May 2021
- 6. What Makes Gen Z BIPOC Folks Feel "10 times more beautiful"? SELFMADE's Founder Stephanie Lee Know
- (Sponsored)
- Much of advertising makes us question if we’re pretty, sexy, or skinny enough to be “worth it.” According to a 2018 Eventbrite study, the average American spends 22% of their disposable income on products ...
- Created on 28 April 2021
- 7. Lysol's Horrifying History Of Marketing Cleaning Products As Birth Contro
- (Living)
- ... as a vaginal cleanser. Agonized women were the focus of an aggressive advertising campaign placed within the pages of popular magazines promising “immaculate internal cleanliness,” while assuring readers ...
- Created on 25 March 2021
- 8. Fashion Nova's $1 Million "Women On Top" Campaign Demonstrates How The Brand Can't Stop Exploiting Black Wo
- (Feminism)
- ... (AAVE) when advertising. (Hosting an "It's the stimmy for me" sale? Really?) pic.twitter.com/z2H7m6M3NO — giabuchi lastrassi (@jaboukie) March 16, 2021 When global protests erupted last year ...
- Created on 25 March 2021
- 9. Catch First Time Directorial Debuts From Questlove to Rebecca Hall, 10 Must-See Films From Sundance 2021
- (Entertainment)
- ... to access the tapes, Preble falls for Bella’s younger self, and gets mixed up in a corporate conspiracy that allows advertising to invade people’s dreams. With a scrappy analog aesthetic and low budge ...
- Created on 12 February 2021
- 10. The Timelessness Of The Cheerleader Flick: Serving You Veracity In A Y2K Miniskirt
- (Movies)
- ... Body, via 20thcenturystudios.com. As a horror-comedy that addresses how monstrous the over-sexualization and objectification of teenage girls by men actually is, its advertising was remarkably tone-deaf ...
- Created on 04 February 2021
- 11. Feminist Comedian Lizz Winstead, Co-Creator Of "The Daily Show," Wants You To Laugh To Keep From Crying: Bust Intervie
- (Entertainment)
- ... the special's premiere on November 25, Winstead realized that she was unable to promote it on social media: Twitter had blocked her from taking out advertising due to alleged profanity in her feed and bio. ...
- Created on 17 December 2020
- 12. This UK Tampax Ad Was Pulled From Ireland Airwaves For Being Too “Vulgar”
- (Feminism)
- ... “We will cease to show this advert now in Ireland in line with the authority’s decision,” a spokesperson from Tampax stated, citing the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland’s (ASAI) decision that ...
- Created on 02 September 2020
- 13. A Tampon Commercial Was Pulled From The Air (For A Ridiculous Reason)
- (Feminism)
- ... a smiling woman, it didn’t come off in the patronizing way that tampon advertisements usually do. The Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) got several complaints about the advertisement. ...
- Created on 13 August 2020
- 14. Yikes: Bacardi Made A Vodka "For Today's Modern Women" And It’s B
- (Eat Me)
- Spirits company Bacardi Limited just released a new vodka, called Plume & Petal, which is reduced-calorie and reduced-alcohol. And surprise, surprise: the advertising was initially aimed exclusively ...
- Created on 23 July 2020
- 15. Why Getting Rid Of The Aunt Jemima Brand Isn't Enoug
- (Eat Me)
- ... and Harrington were compensated for their labor is unclear. Dr. Maurice Manring, the author of Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima, explains that the advertising was aimed at white middle-class ...
- Created on 22 June 2020
- 16. Progressive Businesswoman Marie Newman Unseats Anti-Abortion, Anti-Immigration Incumbent
- (Feminism)
- ... to politics, Newman was a marketing and advertising executive. After her son was bullied in school, she created an anti-bullying nonprofit in Chicago, partnering with Sears. From there she went on to become ...
- Created on 20 March 2020
- 17. Autumn de Wilde Talks “Emma.,” Antiheroines, And Female Friendship: BUST Interview
- (Movies)
- ... film with this amazing suitcase of knowledge that I had from all these different places, from studying ballet, from advertising to music to fashion. I came self-taught because of some brilliant mentors ...
- Created on 28 February 2020
- 18. ABC Called This Frida Mom Ad "Graphic" and We Need to Fight the Stigma of Postpartum Recover
- (Living)
- ... this is an incredible piece of advertising that accurately represents something millions of women know intimately. And I'm so fucking sick of living in a society where the act of simply BEING A WOMAN is ...
- Created on 10 February 2020
- 19. Natasha Lyonne On Millennials, Maintaining Independence In Relationships, Healthy Adult Friendships, And "Russian Doll": BUST Intervie
- (TV)
- ... to through advertising, peer pressure, and society’s implications.” She traces the origins of her own outsider feelings to a pivotal event from her childhood, right after her parents divorced and she and ...
- Created on 04 February 2020
- 20. Google Maps Could Be Leading Women To Fake Abortion Clinics, But, Yelp Is Here To Save The Day
- (Feminism)
- ... Additionally, the same statement emboldened the notion that search engines should enforce policies against advertising for CPCs. Unless Google Maps takes action to screen for CPCs, women will continue ...
- Created on 08 January 2020
