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Capitalism loves science when it’s used to develop new technologies or new means of extracting resources.
Capitalism is indifferent to science when it works on things which can’t be directly commercialized.
Capitalism really hates science when it investigates environmental degradation, or when it points out that the economy is running headlong into a brick wall of resource limitation.
oh how the times have changed
This is definitely worth reblogging.
i reblog this every time
As much as I'd like to like this, there needs to be an equilibrium where, no matter what size you naturally are, you should not be shamed. This ad is still misogynistic no matter what way you look at it.
HOT OR NOT: AMERICAN APPAREL FALL 2011 ADS
We all know that American Apparel is no stranger to controversy and they seem to be dead set in sticking to the ever-so risque ‘sex sells’ appeal in their advertising. Is this a pathetic excuse for creativity or could this be a smart business move and appropirate strategy to get their target market shopping? What do YOU think?
Hot or Not?
y’all already know what i’m about to say…
Well, you all know how I feel about things like this. They might pride themselves in not outsourcing but their sexist advertising in objectifying women is unrelenting. So which form of oppression do we choose?
queerfatfemme:
Fatphobic ads target children in ATL—street art reclaims it.
mewmewfoucault:
delisubthefemmecub:
grrlyman:
this is a defaced ad sponsored by children’s healthcare of atlanta. this specific ad said something along the lines of, “stocky, chubby, chunky. you’re still fat.” other ads said things like, “it’s hard to be a little girl when you’re not,” “fat kids become fat adults,” and “big bones didn’t make me this way, big meals did.”
these ads are horrific for numerous reasons, but the thing that startles me the most is the public targeting and shaming of children. i can’t even imagine how much self hatred these ads created.
choa defended itself by stating that obesity is a health problem. this tired defense of fatphobia is completely ridiculous. choa is basically saying that body hate, eating disorders like bulemia and anorexia, depression, and suicide are better than being fat.
fuck them. if you see one of these signs, please deface it if you can. fat kids rule!
LOVE this edit and LOVE the look on this kids face. They’re just like “yeah, I know I’m awesome.”
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to add some more perspective on this campaign and how it’s playing out: the only places i’ve seen these ads has been on atlanta’s public transit system (in stations and bus shelters mostly), which is overwhelmingly used by lower-income people of color - it’s always given me this gross feeling that CHoA, like, feels that it’s really necessary to tell this population of kids and parents/caregivers in specific that FAT IS BAD which def feels to me linked to all sorts of racist and classist notions about food and child-rearing
wow
Glad to see my home city is FUCKING HORRIFIC. Was home a few weeks ago and saw some of these ads and nearly vomited. Sickening to see that a healthcare system is using body shaming - and body shaming CHILDREN - to promote “health”. Riiight… Have fun dealing with all of the depressed and suicidal kids that come along after this ad campaign, CHOA. Great move.
if you want to actually HELP children be healthier, why not push to make healthier foods available in lower-income areas? call attention to the fact that only cheap shit that shouldn’t be eaten by ANYBODY is cheap enough and available enough for low income communities, and that the government has the opportunity to change this (like, by offering incentives for people to make things with ANYTHING BESIDES CORN)? anything besides making kids feel like SHIT for a problem that a. is not even a real problem jesus fucking christ let’s talk about literacy and education instead of waist sizes b. is out of their control in so many fucking ways THANK YOU AMERICA fuck fuck fuck fuck FUCK EVERYTHING.
