June 24, 2015 - Written by: Alison Graham
In a perfect world, this article would be about a low-budget horror film in the vein of Sharknado, something so spectacularly bad it is somehow good. I’m picturing fanged sunbeds and sunglasses which are inexplicably demonically possessed. Unfortunately, ‘swimsuit season’, along with its cousins ‘beach body’ and ‘summer diet’, actually succeeds in creating feelings of dread. (Image via) Recently an online... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby!
April 20, 2015 - Written by: Yazmin Joy
Empowerment is trending. This shampoo is empowering my hair. Swishhhh. This sanitary towel is empowering my vagina – fuck you menstrual blood. You ain’t gonna hold me back! But are we getting a bit lost on what empowerment actually is? My understanding of empowerment is that is facilitates/enables freedom and equality. Which leads to the question: can advertising actually ‘empower’?... Read the rest of this post...
Categories: Empowerment: Man! I feel Like a Woman! Fire me up baby! Rant Yazmin Joy