The Deets is tooooo funny!

Here’s some visual commentary/pithy prose along the lines of ‘what if they’d art directed the ’snow angel’ as a targeted MALE model.

I’ve tried to ‘take the high road’ citing statistics and studies and the APA taskforce report ad infinitum about the early sexualization and objectification cues in our appearance-driven media culture, but it seems to fall on deaf ears as a big ‘over-reaction.’

I hope it either blows into a larger story about the universal context of advertising objectification overall (vs. the focus on one this one ad) or they let it drop altogether and move on to the big issue of ‘non-traditional press’ (which to me is actually a huge story, based on their archaic/misguided handling of Web 2.0 users, to your demographic points above) but it never ceases to amaze me how short-sighted corporations can be dancing on the fine line fringe of ethics and responsibility. (e.g. like their ‘Rounders’ stealth street team for buzz-marketing using kids as shills a la P&G’s Tremors.com)

Realize I’m slow getting the interview questions to you, but as they say, ‘it hit the fan’…so apologies for the delays. Thanks for the support…feelin’ a bit battered and bullied by a population I’m having a hard time relating to on a ‘centrist/logical’ level…bleh.

Flamethrowers sans reasoned debate is NOT my cuppa tea, so thanks for the kind words. Nicest discourse I’ve had all day. Best, Amy