Comments on: Better Days http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/05/14/better-days/ All the crazies, none of the calories Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Premee http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/05/14/better-days/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 Premee Wed, 16 May 2007 04:26:49 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/05/14/better-days/#comment-1557 It's funny, that double standard - you can slap a man's rear during a basketball game and it's fine (in fact, it happens about 250 times a game, and more during playoffs), but if you try it in a bar you'll get creamed. (And which way you'll get creamed depends on what kind of bar you tried it in. Zing!) And a group of healthy and diverse women hugging and laughing is empowering, and celebrates the strength and integrity of the female bond... whereas the same group of men, well, that's just plain old gay and couldn't possibly celebrate anything. Society is so thrillingly strange sometimes. It’s funny, that double standard – you can slap a man’s rear during a basketball game and it’s fine (in fact, it happens about 250 times a game, and more during playoffs), but if you try it in a bar you’ll get creamed. (And which way you’ll get creamed depends on what kind of bar you tried it in. Zing!)

And a group of healthy and diverse women hugging and laughing is empowering, and celebrates the strength and integrity of the female bond… whereas the same group of men, well, that’s just plain old gay and couldn’t possibly celebrate anything. Society is so thrillingly strange sometimes.

]]> By: Mark http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/05/14/better-days/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Mark Tue, 15 May 2007 22:38:53 +0000 http://www.sodacraze.com/2007/05/14/better-days/#comment-1556 Yeah, I seem to remember people being a little more enthusiastic about the idea at conception... But, I have to say: I love the travel ads. It's not even a "meet you halfway" kind of thing. It's more like "Choose <strong>one</strong>: anorexia or morbid obesity." Still, the modern Dove campaigns seem like a nice start, don't they? Though I had an odd thought about one of more recent ones which had a group of very healthy, diverse women showing off their un-airbrushed bodies in underwear, laughing and hugging each other. It looked sweet and chummy... and I couldn't help but think what the popular reaction would be if that same ad featured men instead. :-P Yeah, I seem to remember people being a little more enthusiastic about the idea at conception…

But, I have to say: I love the travel ads. It’s not even a “meet you halfway” kind of thing. It’s more like “Choose one: anorexia or morbid obesity.”

Still, the modern Dove campaigns seem like a nice start, don’t they? Though I had an odd thought about one of more recent ones which had a group of very healthy, diverse women showing off their un-airbrushed bodies in underwear, laughing and hugging each other. It looked sweet and chummy… and I couldn’t help but think what the popular reaction would be if that same ad featured men instead. :-P

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