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Advertising and objectification: consciousness-raising materials

If you couldn’t make our 5 June meeting on advertising and objectification, here are the materials. Ad imagery Consciousness-raising notes: … More

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Bras N Things find it “tough” to respond to scholarly evidence

Bras N Things find it “tough” to respond to scholarly evidence of the links between the sexualisation of women in … More

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Irrelevant, Bras N Things; Irrelevant Bras N Things

See what we did there with the vocative comma? A WAAC member recently wrote to Bras N Things to complain … More

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For the edification of womankind … NOT

Another sexist image sent to us by a WAAC member from again, you guessed it, Westfield Belconnen. As we’ve noted … More

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Is Ad Standards gaslighting women?

It will come as no shock to learn that the notion that the advertising industry could possibly regulate itself is … More

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Bras N Things say women “should” embrace wearing lingerie

Not even retailers believe their own bullshit ‘choice’ rhetoric when they try to silence criticism of the objectifying representations of … More

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Vamp is porn, Bras N Things

It’s official! BNT is getting its ideas from porn! BNT’s last three ad campaigns have been inspired by total porn … More

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Is Bras N Things getting its ad imagery from Hustler?

All the Bras N Things images shown here appeared in BNT’s mall-facing, shop-front windows at Westfield. We have conducted a … More

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What’s in an image at your local Westfield?

Just in case you’re not getting it, Honey Birdette, we’ve conducted a very basic semiotic analysis of your advertising for … More

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