Complaining about sexist advertising.

[Ellen Forradalom]

Taking a moment to contact a company about its sexist ads sounds positively quaint, but I still do it.

Today I wrote LaCie about an ad it ran on the back cover of MacLife. It shows a jean-clad woman's behind with the question, "Does this make my aspect ratio look wide?"

I also wrote Mediatemple.net about an ad they ran in Web Hosting World. It shows a woman wearing a bustier-like dress with the tagline, "Serious support. " I asked them to either cancel the campaign, or at the very least to run an ad with a man wearing nothing but a jock strap to make their point.

Written anyone to complain lately?

[ismnotwasm]

1. This might help

http://msmagazine.com/spring2008/nocomment.asp

I love this concept. Some things just speak for themselves. Great contact info as well.

[Ellen Forradalom]

2. I am a huge fan of No Comment

I read it regularly as a kid. Quite an education.