Comments on: I Read the Internets–10/25/08 http://thehathorlegacy.com/i-read-the-internets-102508/ the search for great women characters Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:09:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jennifer Kesler http://thehathorlegacy.com/i-read-the-internets-102508/#comment-86400 Jennifer Kesler Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:08:16 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=1594#comment-86400 Oh, yep, you did. Sorry, I missed it. :D Oh, yep, you did. Sorry, I missed it. :D

]]> By: Genevieve Dusquesne http://thehathorlegacy.com/i-read-the-internets-102508/#comment-86399 Genevieve Dusquesne Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:27:26 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=1594#comment-86399 Jennifer-- I believe I linked that article in the "Lynne" hyperlink in the original article. I did have a tendency to believe what she said, rather than what the Pepsi people wrote back to Cara. Jennifer–
I believe I linked that article in the “Lynne” hyperlink in the original article. I did have a tendency to believe what she said, rather than what the Pepsi people wrote back to Cara.

]]> By: Jennifer Kesler http://thehathorlegacy.com/i-read-the-internets-102508/#comment-86396 Jennifer Kesler Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:27:01 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=1594#comment-86396 Ah, here's the link: http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2008/10/calling_bullshi Ah, here’s the link:

http://www.thefword.org.uk/blog/2008/10/calling_bullshi

]]> By: Jennifer Kesler http://thehathorlegacy.com/i-read-the-internets-102508/#comment-86395 Jennifer Kesler Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:02:48 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=1594#comment-86395 Anna, I can't remember where I read it, but someone discovered that Pepsi has bought ads from the company that made this one. Pepsi claims the ad company made this spontaneously and they rejected it, and then *somehow* it wound up on the internet. It strikes me as bizarre that an ad firm would "accidentally" leak a commercial which is their intellectual property, which could be re-tooled and sold to another client, without somebody getting fired. I would expect Pepsi to be yelling and the ad firm to be publicly apologizing and explaining how good their security procedures normally are. I mean, if they would leak this one, they might leak one Pepsi actually wants, and ruin the surprise when the ad shows up on TV, right? It is therefore not unreasonable to speculate the whole thing is a publicity stunt in which Pepsi is a full participant. They may even find the ad objectionable, but not be above using it to generate some buzz. Anna, I can’t remember where I read it, but someone discovered that Pepsi has bought ads from the company that made this one. Pepsi claims the ad company made this spontaneously and they rejected it, and then *somehow* it wound up on the internet. It strikes me as bizarre that an ad firm would “accidentally” leak a commercial which is their intellectual property, which could be re-tooled and sold to another client, without somebody getting fired. I would expect Pepsi to be yelling and the ad firm to be publicly apologizing and explaining how good their security procedures normally are. I mean, if they would leak this one, they might leak one Pepsi actually wants, and ruin the surprise when the ad shows up on TV, right?

It is therefore not unreasonable to speculate the whole thing is a publicity stunt in which Pepsi is a full participant. They may even find the ad objectionable, but not be above using it to generate some buzz.

]]> By: Scarlett http://thehathorlegacy.com/i-read-the-internets-102508/#comment-86394 Scarlett Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:59:27 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=1594#comment-86394 As far as Beyonce's song goes-like a lot of her songs, I feel it's a great sentiment but she gets bogged down on her appearance. It's about how, if she were a guy, she could ignore her parner, turn off her phone so people think she's single, enjoy the attention of her colleagues while expecting her partner to be faithful, accept her parnter's lavish attention then flirt with colleagues in front of them and have the audacity to say 'why are you jealous, it's not like I'm sleeping with them'. Then it flips so HE'S the one taking HER for granted. Great play on the double standards... but in both scenarious, she's svelte and fashionable while he's casually dressed. In the first scenario, she wears a skin-tight, low-cut cop uniform with hat tilted, it looks like an unoriginal guy's fantasy. And this is the problem I have with Beyonce in general. A lot of her lyrics are empowering but the outfits she wears negate that. Even when she's talking about the double standard, she meets it by having her persona be far more overtly sexy then his. As far as Beyonce’s song goes-like a lot of her songs, I feel it’s a great sentiment but she gets bogged down on her appearance. It’s about how, if she were a guy, she could ignore her parner, turn off her phone so people think she’s single, enjoy the attention of her colleagues while expecting her partner to be faithful, accept her parnter’s lavish attention then flirt with colleagues in front of them and have the audacity to say ‘why are you jealous, it’s not like I’m sleeping with them’. Then it flips so HE’S the one taking HER for granted.

Great play on the double standards… but in both scenarious, she’s svelte and fashionable while he’s casually dressed. In the first scenario, she wears a skin-tight, low-cut cop uniform with hat tilted, it looks like an unoriginal guy’s fantasy.

And this is the problem I have with Beyonce in general. A lot of her lyrics are empowering but the outfits she wears negate that. Even when she’s talking about the double standard, she meets it by having her persona be far more overtly sexy then his.

]]> By: Genevieve Dusquesne http://thehathorlegacy.com/i-read-the-internets-102508/#comment-86393 Genevieve Dusquesne Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:38:48 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=1594#comment-86393 Yeah, I saw the ad goblins. And essentially what all of them are saying is: "don't look at this the <i>logical</i> way. Look at this the illogical way! Then there'll be nothing wrong here! Ugh. Yeah, I saw the ad goblins. And essentially what all of them are saying is: “don’t look at this the logical way. Look at this the illogical way! Then there’ll be nothing wrong here!

Ugh.

]]> By: SunlessNick http://thehathorlegacy.com/i-read-the-internets-102508/#comment-86392 SunlessNick Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:47:18 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=1594#comment-86392 Both Renee and Cara's posts on that ad got goblin infestations trying to defend it; that sickens me about as much as the ad itself does. Both Renee and Cara’s posts on that ad got goblin infestations trying to defend it; that sickens me about as much as the ad itself does.

]]> By: sbg http://thehathorlegacy.com/i-read-the-internets-102508/#comment-86391 sbg Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:46:32 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=1594#comment-86391 Ugh, that anyone would create that and think nothing of it bothers me. Publicity stunt, accidental leakage, whatever. Ugh, that anyone would create that and think nothing of it bothers me. Publicity stunt, accidental leakage, whatever.

]]> By: Anna http://thehathorlegacy.com/i-read-the-internets-102508/#comment-86390 Anna Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:10:40 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=1594#comment-86390 It should be noted that the ad in question <a href="http://thecurvature.com/2008/10/20/a-response-from-pepsi/" rel="nofollow">isn't actually an ad from Pepsi</a>. Of course, the fact that any advertising company thought that was a good <i>pitch ad</i> is pretty vile, but Pepsi didn't buy the ad. It should be noted that the ad in question isn’t actually an ad from Pepsi. Of course, the fact that any advertising company thought that was a good pitch ad is pretty vile, but Pepsi didn’t buy the ad.

]]> By: Genevieve Dusquesne http://thehathorlegacy.com/i-read-the-internets-102508/#comment-86389 Genevieve Dusquesne Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:12:06 +0000 http://thehathorlegacy.com/?p=1594#comment-86389 Thank you. Glad to be here. Thank you. Glad to be here.

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