tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post116972742174866398..comments2024-03-27T02:13:58.088-07:00Comments on Integral Options Cafe: The Image in Front of You is Not What It Seemswilliam harrymanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-1169783982114166692007-01-25T20:59:00.000-07:002007-01-25T20:59:00.000-07:00Thanks Jen. Now everyone knows I have a radical fe...Thanks Jen. Now everyone knows I have a radical feminazi as a friend. :)<BR/><BR/>No, really, I appreciate the links. And I did know about that other ad campaign -- Oprah made it world famous. And of course, while it's possible to thank Dove for their more sensitive campaign, it is nonetheless a campaign to sell product, bottom line. But I have to support anything that can help young women question the ideals of beauty that are shoved down their throat.<BR/><BR/>Now if only Brute of Old Spice (or someone) would do the same for men.<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>Billwilliam harrymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981478282688361274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13617569.post-1169747715398144952007-01-25T10:55:00.000-07:002007-01-25T10:55:00.000-07:00Dove, of course, is a soap brand, manufactured by ...Dove, of course, is a soap brand, manufactured by the corporate giant Unilever. If you are not aware, Dove also did some advertising about a year and a half ago using "real women" in their instead of supermodels on their "Campaign for Real Beauty" billboards in major U.S. cities (see here: http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com/flat3.asp?id=2287). This video is created by the Dove Self-Esteem Fund, an adjunct to Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty. If we ignore for a moment the fact that the billboards referenced above were intended to promote Dove's new line of cellulite-reducing products, and to earn corporate dollars for a major soap conglomerate (which are huge, but separate, issues), consider for a moment the comments made by various individuals when reacting to those ads (see here, at Ms. Magazine's blog: http://www.msmusings.net/archives/2005/07/ive_mentioned_t.html) Pay particular attentention to the rections of Roeper and Guerrero, and you will see more of what's wrong with the popular conception of beauty in America today.<BR/>-JenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com