Is it just me, or are the advertisers of America being particularly stupid this week? I’m wondering if they were all at a conference together in Palm Springs or someplace and had a few too many mai tais before making frat boy-style bets on who could be the most boneheaded. Here are a couple recent favorites:
1. Oh hey, Gap. We were just talking about you. Thanks for this little pep talk. (And just how are we supposed to follow these instructions when you don’t make pants that fit?)
[Via Feministing, who has a link for you to send Gap an email, yay!]
2. I shouldn’t even be annoyed with SlimFast. Because, really, ads that make you feel bad about your body are kind of a diet drink’s birthright. If not them, who? But I do get so very exhausted by the wedding weight loss frenzy. It’s just not nice.
[Via This Week in Lady News.]
3. But let’s end on a happy note: Because Jezebel reports that Pretzel Crisps will be taking these ads down due to their complete lack of taste. And helpful feedback from ticked-off bloggers (like my new favorite, Stephanie Marcus) and this guerilla artist who notes, actually, you can.
What about you guys? Spotting any (not) great ads out there? Link away in the comments and we’ll make our own Hall of Shame.
We are incredibly excited to say that the new and improved Feministing will launch tomorrow. We'll have posts all day tomorrow explaining the new features (and community standards) of the site, with instructions on how you can make the most out of the new Feministing.
In the meantime, you can expect the current Feministing site to shut down sometime this afternoon so we can start migrating all of our info over. Don't worry, we'll back tomorrow morning!
And please don't forget - if you already registered with Feministing, you will need to reset your password in order to login to the new system. We'll remind you again tomorrow, but just something to keep in mind...
Thanks to everyone for their patience and support - we hope you like the new site!
We are incredibly excited to say that the new and improved Feministing will launch tomorrow. We'll have posts all day tomorrow explaining the new features (and community standards) of the site, with instructions on how you can make the most out of the new Feministing.
In the meantime, you can expect the current Feministing site to shut down sometime this afternoon so we can start migrating all of our info over. Don't worry, we'll back tomorrow morning!
And please don't forget - if you already registered with Feministing, you will need to reset your password in order to login to the new system. We'll remind you again tomorrow, but just something to keep in mind...
Thanks to everyone for their patience and support - we hope you like the new site!
Hey y'all - we're just a day away from our big redesign launch and we're reviving our feminist events calendar.
So if you're planning any feminist events in the coming months, please leave all of the info in comments - I'll upload them to the new site for tomorrow!
And the countdown begins...
Hey y'all - we're just a day away from our big redesign launch and we're reviving our feminist events calendar.
So if you're planning any feminist events in the coming months, please leave all of the info in comments - I'll upload them to the new site for tomorrow!
And the countdown begins...
Hey y'all - we're going to be launching the new site in the middle of next week (yay!) and wanted to give you an important heads up.
If you are already registered at Feministing, when you login to the new site (through our super awesome My Feministing pictured below), your old password will not work.
You will need to reset your password by clicking on the "What's My Password" button. New members can register normally. We'll be reminding you of this throughout the transition, but consider this your first heads up!
Now for your sneak peek...after the jump you can see an example of what a new profile page will look like. In this case, it's my profile, and you can see my My Feministing feed. Fun!
Hey y'all - we're going to be launching the new site in the middle of next week (yay!) and wanted to give you an important heads up.
If you are already registered at Feministing, when you login to the new site (through our super awesome My Feministing pictured below), your old password will not work.
You will need to reset your password by clicking on the "What's My Password" button. New members can register normally. We'll be reminding you of this throughout the transition, but consider this your first heads up!
Now for your sneak peek...after the jump you can see an example of what a new profile page will look like. In this case, it's my profile, and you can see my My Feministing feed. Fun!
Check out our very own Jos Truitt's Op-Ed at the Metro Weekly on telling stories to humanize experience.
Raising awareness of violence against trans folks is important, and I'm glad the media is starting to pay more attention. But to end violence we need cultural change. We need everyone to see trans folks as complex, valuable people, not just dead bodies. To help do this we need stories about the humanity of trans folks, stories like mine about The Little Mermaid.
Love you Jos!
We hope everyone is having a fabulous holiday weekend - the Feministing staff is taking the day off and will resume posting tomorrow. But in the meantime...we've been working hard on a major site redesign and wanted to give you an update!
Not only is Feministing in desperate need of an aesthetic makeover, but our technology (registration issues, ability to comment, etc) has also been...well, just awful. We know. But the redesign is not just about updating tech and putting a fancier veneer on the site - we also worked hard to think about the future of feminist blogging, community and participation online. We're super pleased with how it turned out and are excited to announce that the new and improved Feministing will be launching mid-month!
Feministing will have a load of new tools, including social networking features and a blog for campus activists. We'll give you more info in the coming days and will answer all of your questions once we launch the new site, but we couldn't help but give you a sneak peek (after the jump)...hope you like it!
