Jack in the Box: Big Babies

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Admittedly, I’m not in Jack-in-the-Box’s target demographic. I haven’t eaten fast food in years, and frankly? The “Jack” mascot rather freaks me out. He’s edging far too close to clown territory for my peace of mind, thank you very much. …

October 23, 2008   14 Comments

Saturday Eye Candy

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It was a long, rough week for me. Actually, it’s been a long, rough month. I’m not here to whinge, just prefacing this with a disclaimer that I’m exhausted and this is going to be a very quick drive-by post. …

October 18, 2008   5 Comments

Nutrisystem: failure on a couple levels

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I know what you’re thinking: why is SBG harping on commercials so much? Doesn’t she have anything better to do with her time? Trust me, I do, and I do better things. Really!

But for now, I have a real problem …

September 13, 2008   27 Comments

In the (Entertainment) News - 9/5/08

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Hello, everyone! It’s been quiet lately, or I’ve slept through any entertainment kerfuffles.

I hesitate to bring this up for fear of launching a tug-of-war. Politics is not entertainment for me, but for many it’s something they can’t turn away from. …

September 5, 2008   12 Comments

Sealy Posturpedic Gold Digger Commercial

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I’ve been watching commercials again. I can’t help it. There isn’t much else on I’m interested in. I don’t pop a bowl of corn for the DNC/RNC. (All politicians tend to make me uncomfortable when they pontificate.) Commercials catch my …

September 4, 2008   14 Comments

Dixie: Use Paper Plates, Or You’re Not a Good Mother

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I can go months without being bothered by ads on TV, and then suddenly they come out of the woodwork all over the place. Take the following ad for Dixie paper plates, for example. Everything about this ad is wrong….

August 27, 2008   18 Comments

The Sexualization of Green

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I enjoy most M&M commercials. They’re often cute and clever and nothing says fun like anthropomorphized chocolate candies. But lately, I’ve become annoyed at the very obvious differences between Green, the only female-gendered M&M (to my knowledge), and, say, Yellow or …

August 25, 2008   33 Comments

In the (Entertainment) News - 8/15/08

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Hello HL readers! I’m here to scour entertainment news on a somewhat regular basis. Not everything entertainment related has a feminist slant, so I can’t guarantee a weekly or even semi-monthly column. In other words, we’ll see how this goes. …

August 15, 2008   15 Comments

AT&T: Rollover and die

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While we’re on commercials, I have a very brief post. For the longest time the following AT&T commercial bugged me for reasons I couldn’t quite pinpoint. I found it somewhat amusing, but that unnameable thing niggled at the back of …

August 10, 2008   6 Comments

AT&T LG Shine commercial

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I get the distinct impression I’m supposed to know who the people in this commercial are. I don’t, but I’m not sure it matters that much. Here’s a link to the original LG Shine commercial, in which we see …

July 12, 2008   8 Comments