Re: She may not be your first...

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On 1/10/10 9:38 PM, Morgan Collins wrote:
> This is actually a modified version of the original BMW ad which ran in
> Greece and attracted Internet attention back in July 2008.  Someone added
> the second line "But do you really care?" and posted it on Digg recently.
>
> You can see the original ad here:
> http://www.bushautoblog.com/2008/07/bmw-you-know-youre-not-first.html
>
> There is even an online petition to stop the ad with 65 whole signatures!
> http://www.thepetitionsite.com/33/petition-against-bmw-ad-that-degrades-women

Thanks, very informative!




> On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:52:15 -0500 (EST), der Mouse
> <mouse () Rodents-Montreal ORG>  wrote:
> > > [You] may not be [her] first...
> http://gevron.livejournal.com/37645.html
> > I agree with you that it's well-done.  (I'm not sure I'd go as far as
> > "brilliant", but at worst it's a small exaggeration.)
> >
> > But I also agree with your detractors that it is perpetuative of sexism
> > and offensive in at least a few ways.


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Gadi Evron,
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