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redqueen

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4. That's a solution for individuals.

Thu Jun 19, 2014, 05:43 PM

Jun 2014

Yes it does help us individually if we just don't watch commercial TV, look at billboards, listen to ads on the radio, etc.

However that ignores the fact that millions of others are still being bombarded with toxic messages. So the best thing to do is to talk about them so that others who read about them and might see the ads not only will be less susceptible to the ads themselves, but may also in turn tell others.

IMO women need to do a lot less 'just ignoring it' and a lot more 'speaking the fuck up'.

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Beauty companies now want women to feel insecure about our insecurities [View all] ismnotwasm Jun 2014 OP

As I get older, I get bolder. CTyankee Jun 2014 #1

Heh! ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #2

People need to stop looking at ads as best they can. SheilaT Jun 2014 #3

That's a solution for individuals. redqueen Jun 2014 #4

Those who see them probably should speak up. SheilaT Jun 2014 #6

just heard about that new campaign from pantene--what nonsense. all niyad Jun 2014 #5

Nothing more empowering than being a good consumer, right? nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #7

the sad fact is that there will be a lot of women who are completely conditioned niyad Jun 2014 #8

Industrial society would collapse Shivering Jemmy Jun 2014 #10

what it says is that, somewhere along the line, society (read: patriarchy) niyad Jun 2014 #11

Here's the hard question: Shivering Jemmy Jun 2014 #12

would like to believe that we can, there is certainly a lot of effort being made. niyad Jun 2014 #13

Humans need 4 things Shivering Jemmy Jun 2014 #9