While feminist concerns are ever evolving, one of issues feminists are best known for (holla!) is the arguments over woman's objectification in advertising, and how this can lead to poor body image in women and girls.
I figure I'll get the ball rolling in this bloggy-blog by re-capping some of my (least) favorite feminist triggering internet finds.
Faith Hill's airbrushing in redbook - As beautiful as the lady is, these before and after shots are always a shock to me.
Tom Ford's Perfume Ads (there are a few
here) -
ob·jec·ti·fy tr.v. ob·jec·ti·fied, ob·jec·ti·fy·ing, ob·jec·ti·fies
- To present or regard as an object: "Because we have objectified animals, we are able to treat them impersonally"
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It's unclear what the message in these ads are. Is the bottle/perfume itself being likened to a piece of female anatomy? Is the woman receiving sexual pleasure from this perfume? In any case, these close cropped shots of women's bodies put them on par with the object (perfume) that they're selling.
...although I have to admit, I do the exact same thing every time I bring home a container of Island Farms Double Churned french vanilla. Mmm...
...more to come!
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