Comments on: since I’m pressed for time… http://debauchette.com/2008/11/since-im-pressed-for-time/ Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:24:36 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: farina http://debauchette.com/2008/11/since-im-pressed-for-time/comment-page-1/#comment-7275 farina Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:35:12 +0000 http://debauchette.com/?p=597#comment-7275 I always heard the main objection to AA's ads not being that they used sex to sell (because duh, as you say, name an advertiser that doesn't), but that they continually present women in stereotyped, submissive, coyish, coquettish. I tend to agree. It would be nice to see more women in their ads looking powerful and self-possessed. Or for that matter, some men presented as submissive, coyish, coquettish... I always heard the main objection to AA’s ads not being that they used sex to sell (because duh, as you say, name an advertiser that doesn’t), but that they continually present women in stereotyped, submissive, coyish, coquettish. I tend to agree. It would be nice to see more women in their ads looking powerful and self-possessed. Or for that matter, some men presented as submissive, coyish, coquettish…

]]> By: More Like “Rainbow Brite Does Dallas” « The Tragically Unhip http://debauchette.com/2008/11/since-im-pressed-for-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2587 More Like “Rainbow Brite Does Dallas” « The Tragically Unhip Sat, 14 Feb 2009 20:12:55 +0000 http://debauchette.com/?p=597#comment-2587 [...] that I would feel if I were ever to be exposed to incest or kiddie porn directly.  Engaging in an American Apparel advertisement is like watching soft core porn scenes that take twenty minutes of dialogue in regards to [...] [...] that I would feel if I were ever to be exposed to incest or kiddie porn directly.  Engaging in an American Apparel advertisement is like watching soft core porn scenes that take twenty minutes of dialogue in regards to [...]

]]> By: badinfluencegirl http://debauchette.com/2008/11/since-im-pressed-for-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2097 badinfluencegirl Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:58:02 +0000 http://debauchette.com/?p=597#comment-2097 A Fan> I TOTALLY DID THAT TOO! and then the androgyny of it is really hot. A Fan> I TOTALLY DID THAT TOO!

and then the androgyny of it is really hot.

]]> By: tweaked http://debauchette.com/2008/11/since-im-pressed-for-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2093 tweaked Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:09:40 +0000 http://debauchette.com/?p=597#comment-2093 I just thought I'd say, putting this ad on your site is genius. This is the first time I've turned adblock off in months! I just thought I’d say, putting this ad on your site is genius. This is the first time I’ve turned adblock off in months!

]]> By: Alexa http://debauchette.com/2008/11/since-im-pressed-for-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2092 Alexa Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:54:00 +0000 http://debauchette.com/?p=597#comment-2092 <i>My general feeling is that all ads use sex to sell. AA just does it unusually well.</i> Agreed, on both points. My general feeling is that all ads use sex to sell. AA just does it unusually well.

Agreed, on both points.

]]> By: Disconnected http://debauchette.com/2008/11/since-im-pressed-for-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2090 Disconnected Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:10:41 +0000 http://debauchette.com/?p=597#comment-2090 Yaaay for that! :D Yaaay for that! :D

]]> By: A Fan http://debauchette.com/2008/11/since-im-pressed-for-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2085 A Fan Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:30:30 +0000 http://debauchette.com/?p=597#comment-2085 Except my first thought was, My God, her right arm is freakishly hairy. Except my first thought was, My God, her right arm is freakishly hairy.

]]> By: Fifty-One-Fifty http://debauchette.com/2008/11/since-im-pressed-for-time/comment-page-1/#comment-2083 Fifty-One-Fifty Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:07:09 +0000 http://debauchette.com/?p=597#comment-2083 That was my favorite too, and I even posted this ad and wrote an entry on my old personal blog. That was my favorite too, and I even posted this ad and wrote an entry on my old personal blog.

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