By Annaham on 9 December, 2010
I have an ongoing peeve that relates to medication and social attitudes surrounding it: often, for some people on various sides of the political spectrum, trashing Big Pharma translates into trashing people who use prescription medications at all, for a variety of health conditions — especially for chronic conditions, both of the mental health and [...]
Posted in gender, marketing, media and pop culture, medical practice, normality | Tagged advertising, Big Bad Pharma, depression, drugs, drugs are bad mmm'kay, fibro, fibromyalgia, gender, media and pop culture, medicine, prescriptions, wtf
By abby jean on 17 August, 2010
Here in Los Angeles, we’ve recently witnessed an explosion of billboards, radio ads, and other solicitations for people to get weight loss surgeries. The ads make it sound so attractive – “let your new life begin, call 1-800-GET-SLIM!” And each of the billboards prominently advertises that they accept payment from Medi-Cal (CA’s Medicaid program) or [...]
Posted in blaming, bodies, class issues, marketing, medical practice | Tagged evil, lap band, predatory lending
By s.e. smith on 25 April, 2010
When I’m at home, I usually have a regional radio station that plays mostly classical music and some NPR on in the background. One of the features I happen to really like is Car Talk, a call in show about car issues which has been running for a number of years now. Car Talk is [...]
Posted in language, marketing, othering, resistance, social attitudes
By s.e. smith on 22 March, 2010
The hiatus for Glee is almost over, and buzz is starting to build again. What better a way to build excitement than to release some promotional stills, right? Found via kaninchenzero’s Tumblr. ETA: Shortly after this post went live, I learned via access_fandom that Glee is being recognised with a ‘Television with a Conscience‘ award [...]
Posted in marketing, media and pop culture, representations | Tagged glee
By Annaham on 22 February, 2010
Hello. I am Annaham (yes, I have a name). I am the person who posted a critique of Evelyn Evelyn on this website, which kicked off something of an internet controversy. For those who’ve just joined us, I made a post about Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley’s side project Evelyn Evelyn, Lauredhel made another post [...]
Posted in activism, bodies, creative work, feminism, i'm right here, identity, intersectionality, invisibility, justice, marketing, media and pop culture, meta, normality, othering, representations, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged communication, evelyn evelyn, feminism, intersectionality, media and pop culture, pop culture, privilege, problematic attitudes, social inclusion, social treatment, things people say
By lauredhel on 18 February, 2010
Bad Cripple shows us a couple of ads, in Why Equality is Elusive, Part I and Part II. Description [emphases are mine]: The ad is headed, in red, “Drive stupid and score some kickin’ new wheels.” This heading is placed beside the image of an slim adolescent boy, white-appearing and dark-haired, wearinga red T-shirt, black [...]
Posted in marketing, shaming, social attitudes
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