Commercials - xoJane

So What Do We Think About These Tragic Crying Depress-O-Rama Medifast Diet Commercials?

Lesley — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:00:00 -0500

Eat astronaut kibble, cry a lot, and then your future self will hand you a tissue THROUGH TIME, albeit one dotted with the shattered remains of Einstein's theories of relativity.

Is RACISM The Big Trend in Super Bowl Commercials This Year Or What?

Lesley — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:30:00 -0500

It sure is great living here in post-race America! GO FOOTBALL!

I'm a Commercial Actress and I'm Constantly Being Told I'm Not "Black Enough"

Pia Glenn — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 13:00:00 -0500

We are a brown blur, a coded caricature painted in broad strokes where we are all “sassy” and “urban” and cannot simply clean the kitchen floor without finger-snappin’ and mouthpoppin’ at our appliances.

Next Parent Who Says “Math is So Hard!” Gets a Pop in the Mouth

Kayt — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:00:26 -0400

Who is perpetuating this whole girls-can’t-do-math thing? It might be us.

SURPRISE: PETA Launches New Campaign That Offends People

Lesley — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:07:25 -0500

I have lots of problems with PETA. This is just the most recent one.

What's Wrong With Being Sexy: Just How Sexist Are These Super Bowl Ads?

Emily — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:00:21 -0500

On Sunday, while my boyfriend was paying attention to the Super Bowl, I was paying attention to my Twitter stream's reaction to the Super Bowl, which was filled with feminists utilizing the #notbuyingit hashtag to call out sexism in advertising.

The New Beauty Product That Proves If It Looks Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is

Lesley — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:00:16 -0500

An AMAZING new product promises to ERASE all your so-called imperfections! The only catch? It's fake.

Thanks for the Food Guilt, Major Health Insurer! I Sure Feel Healthy Now.

Lesley — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:00:16 -0400

Cake isn't evil, no matter what this commercial may tell you. Believe me, I am an expert on this.

Summer's Eve & I are Both 100% Pro-Vagina, But One of Us is More Subtle About It

Rachel_1 — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:02:11 -0400

Well, all day long at school I hear how great Vagina is at this or how wonderful Vagina did that! Vagina! Vagina! Vagina! On a Summer's Eve, what other body parts should we be trumpeting?

Dissecting This Eating-Disordery Yoplait Commercial

Lesley — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:02:14 -0400

Why eat actual cheesecake when you can choke down a really disgusting artificially-sweetened approximation of cheesecake in semi-liquid form out of a plastic cup instead?

All I Ever Did Was Love Beer, So Why Is It Giving Me This Sexist Crap?

Jessica — Tue, 24 May 2011 15:02:17 -0400

I am, as of today, only buying beers that don’t condescend to me.