It has been a long lasting fact that women are continuously sexualized in all forms of promotion. These advertising images that sexualize women are a part of a series of events towards normalizing this sexualization. This ad in particular uses the sexuality and femininity of women to promote a male
Month: April 2021
In recent decades many high end brands have been known to display risque advertisements. Advertisements such as this designed to play into individuals urges to feel adventurous and even deviant. Advertisements such as this allows for controversy due to the long lasting opium crisis this world has faced. Yves Saint
As we are all aware the pandemic has brought forth unprecedented times, for everyone. We have seen things drastically change in such a quick period of time, and it’s easy to say that everyone has been affected by this on one way or another. Things like stimulus payments, housing forgiveness,
There seems to be two sides when discussing the United States Southern history. Those who want to preserve confederate monuments feel that their heritage is under attack. On the other hand, others see the erected monuments and places named after confederate ‘heros’ argue this immortalizes oppressors. How do we satisfy
Everywhere you go you see some form of graffiti, either a tag, a sticker, a bombing or a quick throw up on a wall. Graffiti has been around for many years now and has continuously evolved throughout time. The roots of graffiti tie back to the streets of Chicago and
Terence McKenna states, “It [culture] invites people to diminish themselves, and dehumanize themselves by behaving like machines, meme processors of memes passed down from Madison Avenue, and Hollywood, and what have you.” The “City of Angels” an illusional paradigm that disguises many hidden devils, constructed on toxicity and a melting
“It’s every man’s worst nightmare,” Al Monroe blubbers, handcuffed to the headboard of a bed: “Getting accused like that.” Standing at the foot of the bed—clad in a cliché “sexy nurse” costume and rainbow wig; like a glorious blowup-doll-nightmare come to life—Cassie caustically deadpans: “Can you guess what every woman’s
The Flemish town of Aalst, Belgium has come under increased scrutiny over the past few years over their graphic and overt anti-Semitic depictions of Orthodox Jews in their annual parade. In February 2019, a parade float depicting Jews, with common anti-Semitic tropes, appeared in the 3-day parade and was thoroughly
There have long been debates over where to draw the line between illegal public nudity and nudity for the sake of performance art. Public nudity is generally illegal in the United States, however there are no federal laws that specifically prohibit it. In fact, in certain contexts, public nudity is
HBO Max is removing Dave Chapelle’s “Chappelle’s Show” from their streaming service at the end of 2020. Surprisingly, it doesn’t come due to urging from the general public in the name of political correctness, but from Chapelle himself. The chief content officer of HBO and HBO Max, Casey Bloys, was