Archive for September, 2005

I got stoned and I missed it

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

I feel fairly confident that Fritoy-Lay employs stoned drop-outs to engineer their products. There really can’t be any other explanation for things like Wasabi Funyuns or Munchies (and Munchies’ close snack brother, Flaming Hot Munchies). Does a product named Munchies even necessitate commentary?
Frito-Lay is also responsible for Oh Boy! Oberto Meat Snacks. Incidentally, singer-songwriter Max […]

Trojan gets on the Burmashave bandwagon

Thursday, September 22nd, 2005

Trojan has taken a few steps beyond “ribbed for her pleasure” with Elexa, a whole product line “created from a woman’s perspective and designed to help you realize a more fulfilling sex life.” I think this is up there with Burmashave contriving to get women to shave their legs.
The Elexa web presence is a […]

give me your Dirty Love

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

Jenny McCarthy appears to be testing the limits of her camp appeal with Dirty Love, a movie she wrote and stars in about a woman who gives up on love and settles for “good old cheap meaningless sex.” The film also stars Carmen Electra, making the movie seem like a concerted effort to bring back […]

I call it a Hummer

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

Hummer. Like Nothing Else on Earth. Thank God.
Hummer has started rolling out rugged, all-terrain laptops. Sadly, they have not yet started enabling mountaintops and desert landscapes with wireless connections, but I’m sure it’s only a matter of time. And, for those of you trendsetters in the audience, be it known that the monstrosities computers […]

just do it

Monday, September 12th, 2005

This ad from Nike seems to be making a soft sell for anal sex. When I stare at the ad long enough, I can almost here someone whining, “C’mon, just do it.”
Additionally, the ad carefully co-opts feminist body politics. It seems to be saying, sure, you can have a big ass, but it better […]