Feminist Attempts
Odd Advertising for Bic in Toronto
Isn’t it weird that the illustration of the woman is used in a serious manner to advertise for the Bic shavers? “For legs that beckon?” I thought we were over these stereotypical depictions of women, Canada? Photo taken on the subway in Toronto and posted via my new iPhone app!
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Lebanon Deletes “Honor” Crime Article from Penal Code
about 6 months ago - 5 comments
You can read the full post in Arabic about the Lebanese Parliament vote to cancel Article 562 of the Penal Code that offers reduced sentences for “honor” crimes. The Committee for Administration and Justice, headed by MP Robert Ghanem, had raised the recommendation to cancel Article 562 back on May 16, 2011. The matter was
Debate on Family Violence Law
about 6 months ago - No comments
Al Jazeera Stream hosted a debate on the proposed Law to Protect Women from Family Violence last night. I was arguing for and Sounay Nouh of the Women’s Committee to Protect the Family was arguing against. Discussion focused on marital rape, culture, child protection, and the current legal protection mechanisms.
Objectification of Women in Advertising
about 7 months ago - 9 comments
From 1978, to 2011, the objectification of women in advertising continues. The 1978 ad is a prime example of how [naked] women are adding haphazardly in ads to sell products that have little to do with women or nudity. Patriarchy endorses the use of women’s bodies as objects to sell just about anything. In the
Demonstration to Protect Women from Family Violence
about 8 months ago - 2 comments
Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday at the demonstration to Protect Women from Family Violence! Check out some of the press coverage today: Al Akhbar, Daily Star, L’Orient le Jour, AsSafir, Al Balad, Al Diyar, Al Moustaqbal, and Al Joumhouriya. You can also check out the #protectwomen hashtag on twitter for the live
Anti-CEDAW Flyer
about 8 months ago - No comments
The women’s committee of Dar Al Fatwa in the North of Lebanon have created this flyer bashing CEDAW and claiming that it is an attack on family values and on the psychological and physical particularities of women’s femininity. If anything, they should be sued for horrible graphic design. Why do they have a suburban American-looking
The Fight is Getting Ugly. Show Your Support for Women’s Rights!
about 8 months ago - 3 comments
People, the lobby AGAINST the protection of women from family violence is starting to speak out with strong statements issued this week by many groups and political parties. Check out this story in As-Safir: حملة من أجل “تكريس قوانين الأحوال الشخصية” الحالية: “قانون مناهضة العنف الأسري” يهمّش الدين والأخلاق and this one on New TV:
Occupation IS Violence Against Women
about 11 months ago - No comments
Finally Uploaded a Video Rant
about 1 year ago - 5 comments
I’ve been wanted to upload a video rant to YouTube for quite a while now and, finally, here is my first attempt!
UN Women is Born!
about 1 year ago - 2 comments
Civil Society Celebrates Creation of Gender Equality Entity After Four Years of Advocacy Press Release from the GEAR Campaign, 30 June 2010. Contact: Charlotte Bunch, 732-642-5271 or cbunch@ig.org, Bani Dugal, 646-404-4210 or bdugal@bic.org, Rachel Harris, 301-535-9702 or rachel@wedo.org The Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign celebrates the United Nations General Assembly resolution, agreed to on
To Unlearn Sexism…
about 1 year ago - 3 comments
Pay close attention to gender stereotyping around you. To unlearn sexism, you have to notice it first.
about 1 year ago
Hey!
I totally agree, this poster bothered me from the moment I saw it. I actually just made a petition (my first one, I’ll have you know) about it on Care2petitionsite.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Women-Arent-Objects/
I would love it if you would check it out and sign
about 1 year ago
Hmmm.. I think they only meant to go vintage (Bic being a pretty “vintage” brand, really not modern) in their ad. And that’s really how ads were back in the pin-up years in the early nineties… So if you think about it this way, I think it’s kinda cute. But I definitely understand your point of view. I would have considered it ‘sexist’ if the overall style was modern.
about 1 year ago
As a man, I love this ad. I bring a little joy to my daily commute seeing this ad.
about 1 year ago
It seems to me that the advert in question is considerably less revealing and provocative than many modern ads of its kind. I agree that it is old-fashioned, but that’s a style choice made by the designer… in a year when Wonderbra are making 3D billboards, I’ll take old-fashioned any day.
about 1 year ago
This is insanity. I can’t believe we still see such things being published in this day n age. 21st century? Doesn’t seem like it …
Very insulting indeed … As a feminist, it kills me that I still have to even bother reiterate how demeaning those are to women … We deserve better.