More commercials like this please, and less like that stupid Dr. Pepper faux-ironic crap and the world will be a little bit better for it.
For a Swiss organization that helps people with disabilities.
Pro Infirmis Get closer. (by JvMLimmat)
Powerful short film about propaganda and the debate over climate change.
DOUBT (by The Climate Reality Project)
One of my new most favorite things on the internets. Happy Friday!
Bonjour, Girl! (by wehoguy30)
Grote Kunst Voor Kleine Mensen: Chocolade haas (Chocolate bunny) (by KROyouth)
Several hours after Mitt Romney told an Iowa heckler that “corporations are people, my friend” the DNC is up with a video lampooning the quote.
“Mitt Romney and the Luckiest People in the World” (by DemRapidResponse)
Some people might try to defend these ads by saying they’re ‘making fun of sexism’ ironically… somehow. Advertisers must believe that the use of irony distances themselves from male chauvinism but that isn’t the case. While we think we are in on the joke, the reality is they aren’t making fun of or pointing out sexism, they’re doing it.
…Marketers love the uber ironic sexist style of advertising because they can use all the racist, sexist misogynist imagery they want and simultaneously distance themselves from it with a little wink and a nod.
—Retro Sexism and Uber Ironic Advertising (by feministfrequency)
The nytimes they are a-changin’
“Due to an errant cron task that ran twice an hour from September 2010 to July 2011, I accidentally collected about 12,000 screenshots of the front page of the nytimes.com (best viewed fullscreen at 720p).” (Read this post.)
(via Dan W)
Support George! Fight back at http://bit.ly/dontsaygay
George Takei takes on the Tennessee Legislature and its “Don’t Say Gay” bill, in the way only George Takei can!
A bill now pending in Tennessee would prohibit teachers in that state from discussing homosexuality in the classroom. The so-called “don’t say gay” law is premised on the misguided belief that, by not talking about gay people, they can simply make us disappear.
George is here to tell Tennessee, and all the LGBT youth and teachers who would be affected by this law, that he is here for you. In fact, he is lending his name to the cause. Any time you need to say the word “gay,” you can simply say “Takei.”
You can buy T-shirts and other items that say “It’s OK to be Takei”, to wear and display with pride and to show Tennessee and the world that you’re against censorship and bigotry….
All the proceeds from the sales of these items will be donated to charity. Have a TAKEI old time!
(Source: youtube.com)
Google has co-opted the It Gets Better campaign and turns it into an ad for Chrome.
It’s nice to give It Gets Better additional traction, and it’s neat to see a visualization of how the campaign evolved over time — but something isn’t sitting quite right with me about turning a successful grassroots PSA into a corporate promotion.
Google Chrome: It Gets Better (by googlechrome)
