Tell it like it is, sister
Advertising aimed at women makes me more than a wee bit hostile. I hate seeing anti-aging ads. (Guess what? You are going to age!) My roommate Tracey especially hates it when TV ads use pseudoscience to sell cosmetics or health treatments to women. "Free radical?" "Collagen?" "Omega-3?" Obviously these words added to my skin can only spell success. Um, yeah.
So imagine my delight when I discovered comedian and critic Sarah Haskins and her delightful series of reports called "Target Women." From yogurt to wedding shows to feeding your family, Sarah shows how modern shows and ads chide women and try to sell us (always with the selling!) a load of steaming patooty.
I've linked to a few of her reports below. Enjoy.