Bad advertising - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/bad-advertising en Tue, 14 May 2013 16:30:00 -0400 <![CDATA[Here's Why "Real Beauty" Advertising Campaigns Are Garbage]]>

"Real Beauty" features and advertisements cleverly sell you products under the guise of body-positivity while actually reinforcing the idea that a woman's worth is based on the way she looks to others.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/beauty/heres-why-real-beauty-advertising-campaigns-are-garbage http://www.xojane.com/beauty/heres-why-real-beauty-advertising-campaigns-are-garbage Beauty Tue, 14 May 2013 16:30:00 -0400 Katie J. M. Baker of Jezebel <![CDATA[Helpful Liquor Control Agency Warns You Not To Drink, Lest Your Friends Get Raped]]>

A new ad campaign by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Commission uses an ad that almost defies parody to make the case that if you drink too much, someone might rape your friend, and it will be your fault.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/helpful-liquor-control-agency-warns-you-not-drink-lest-your-friends-get-raped http://www.xojane.com/issues/helpful-liquor-control-agency-warns-you-not-drink-lest-your-friends-get-raped Issues Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:00:09 -0500 Erin Gloria Ryan of Jezebel