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Monday, May 10, 2010

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When I was in college, I liked looking through the "no comment" section of Ms. magazine.  Appalling misogynist depictions of women in ads.  Women going through meat grinders, scrubbing floors, otherwise serving men, and being subjected to graphic violence.  Drugged out mad women on an expedition of self destruction..  With a kind of innocence, without any level of self determination..

http://www.msmagazine.com/nocommentarchive.asp

I saw this violence yesterday.  A five year old in a beauty parlor.  Sitting there as a miniature version of the woman she is supposed to become.  




Sleeping Beauty, with a 14 karat heart of gold.

Oh and here is some more bad stuff.  Ms. Magazine's selection of a whitening cream ad.  You better get white (and tight), or else your man is going to walk out on you.  (In other words men are looking for gorgeous women to serve their needs.  Your needs are tied to fulfilling his.  Your goal should not be to acquire skills that allow you to be financially independent, and intellectually challenged.  Just improve yourself physically so you can get the highest bidder.)    Saif Ali Khan, I can no longer claim you as intelligent life.

http://www.msmagazine.com/Summer2008/nocomment.asp

You have to be a low life to make money off middle class south asian women's insecure self image plundered by a predatory corporation.

I recently became alerted to the number of affluent society women carrying designer bags - Prada, LV, and Jimmy Choo.  Below is a Jimmy Choo ad. In Ms. Magazine style, I'd like to say I have no comment, but I do.

Ouch.

1 comment:

ambereen said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkBPsVGF2mw&feature=related