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omorkaThe whole recent ad campaign by Dove appears to be ruffling a lot of feathers. Suffice it to say that:
1) I think most of the models in the billboard ad are pretty cute. If they're smart, I might even find them fuckable. Which is more than I can say about the pencil-thin supermodel type.
2) Even if I lost eighty pounds, I wouldn't look like that, so I don't think the campaign is likely to have any effect whatsoever on my self-esteem. (My pelvic bone is a size 12 before any meat is laid on it at all.) Having said that, I have students for whom that might not be the case; seeing healthy women in their sizes and shapes celebrated in their underwear might be good for them to the extent that any advertising ever can be (a questionable proposition, I realize).
3) And why is anyone listening to what guys think about the ads? They are totally not aimed at guys, unless more middle-aged men are using Dove soap and firming cream than I had imagined. And, oddly enough, I have only heard white men complaining; any black or Latino male bloggers weighed in yet?
Oh, and:
4) This guy is evil. And has something against women having elbows, knees, and lower eyelids. (Thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
moontyger, whose Link of the Day had a link to this page.)
1) I think most of the models in the billboard ad are pretty cute. If they're smart, I might even find them fuckable. Which is more than I can say about the pencil-thin supermodel type.
2) Even if I lost eighty pounds, I wouldn't look like that, so I don't think the campaign is likely to have any effect whatsoever on my self-esteem. (My pelvic bone is a size 12 before any meat is laid on it at all.) Having said that, I have students for whom that might not be the case; seeing healthy women in their sizes and shapes celebrated in their underwear might be good for them to the extent that any advertising ever can be (a questionable proposition, I realize).
3) And why is anyone listening to what guys think about the ads? They are totally not aimed at guys, unless more middle-aged men are using Dove soap and firming cream than I had imagined. And, oddly enough, I have only heard white men complaining; any black or Latino male bloggers weighed in yet?
Oh, and:
4) This guy is evil. And has something against women having elbows, knees, and lower eyelids. (Thanks to
moontyger, whose Link of the Day had a link to this page.)
