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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:11 PM Original message |
Sexiness is for everyone..(wonderful German underwear ad) |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. Damn, I can't watch it right now! I got an error message, saying to |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Here ya go |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #8 |
41. Thanks! n/t |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
148. Youtube took it down anyway. (nt) |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. Whoa. That's a smartly done ad. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. Whoa! Pretty risky. |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. Wow. Interesting. It threw me at the end. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yup..nothing at all like "our" sexy underwear ads |
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rubberducky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. I totally burst out laughing at the end! Thanks for the smile. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Blech... what's the point? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I am curious what the reaction |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. yup |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
58. how did she look like a hooker? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. whatever floats-yer-boat |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Sorry, but all this reminds me of is a picture in Edward Said's "Orientalism" |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I must have missed out on the 19th century porn |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Thank you Mary Whatshername. |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Excellent response. I too found the commercial disgusting |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:19 AM Response to Reply #30 |
61. looking sexy by wearing clothes that cover part of you |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
60. buying lingerie for my wife is like putting her in a burqa???? |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 01:30 PM Response to Reply #60 |
106. Does she buy you a leather thong, nipple clamps and high heels |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #106 |
133. Men are visually aroused |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:51 PM Response to Reply #106 |
134. I turn myself into an objectified sexual plaything for my wife |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
155. MEN buy most of the lingerie? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:16 AM Response to Reply #12 |
59. I would say that the woman is ordinary |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
84. hahahaha! Nobody much cares what I wear under my jeans either |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Borderline anorexic? |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
26. My aplogies. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:21 AM Response to Reply #26 |
62. sorry but this is an ad for Europe where most people are not overweight |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #62 |
77. I can agree with you about the women in Paris. |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #62 |
159. Don't count on that lasting very much longer. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #7 |
22. I wouldn't consider the woman in the ad "anorexic" at all. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Did it occur to you that the burka might be a metaphor? |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Of course, we just obviously disagree about what it's a metaphor for. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. The burka could be all outer clothing which covers the sensual person. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. OK, and why does she feel the need to cover her sensual person, |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. What city is she in? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. If the burka is a metaphor, she doesn't have to feel the need to cover. It's a metaphor. |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:11 AM Response to Reply #7 |
71. +1. Totally agree. I saw nothing new, revoluationary, amazing or otherwise ground-breaking. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:55 AM Response to Reply #7 |
74. Yeah, I kind of had the same reaction. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
75. While I agree with some of what you say, consider that young European women tend |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #75 |
102. Sorry, but that's kind of irrelevant. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #102 |
107. But that is YOUR value judgment. I hate to think about what you would say about the way women look |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #107 |
109. Such nonsense. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #109 |
112. Well, I haven't seen many truly obese people there, if any at all. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #112 |
113. The subject line "Sexiness is for everyone"... as someone else stated... |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #113 |
117. To be fair, the ad campaign was specifically aimed at muslim women. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #117 |
118. Again, I'm not talking about weight. I'm talking about body type and looks. |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #118 |
123. Technically, she's a minor celebrity and daughter of a race car driver. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:07 PM Response to Reply #123 |
125. Yes... "everyone," in this context, simply means "Muslims too!" |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:11 PM Response to Reply #125 |
138. Yes, precisely. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #113 |
142. Really, an ectomorph? I don't see her that way. I think she is a naturally slim woman |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 03:09 AM Response to Reply #142 |
157. We've become so accustomed to obesity |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #107 |
140. Bullpucky. |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #140 |
141. I posted this elsewhere, but the point was not to create a bold, new, breakthrough... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #140 |
145. yadda, yadda at the end of the day it's a European ad, fer chrissake. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:21 PM Response to Reply #140 |
147. Well, blame the European makers of the ad of being "eurocentric". |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
85. +1 - Very disappointing. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. Beautifully done yet very sad |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. She did go out.. she just has a big secret |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Yes, her face...which is the equivalent of a vagina it seems. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Imagine the reaction around this joint if a male posted your subject line. |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. face an equivalent of vagina? what are you babbling about? |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. What is the purpose of wearing a burqa? |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
53. I've seen to many women's faces that have the effect of a thrill KILLER... |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:29 AM Response to Reply #31 |
64. which is why this ad is making fun of burqas |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
63. context people |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:39 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. I found it to be sad also. **spoiler** |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. Why would she not be allowed out? Say for the sake of argument |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Sure she could go out... |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Well, Gwendolyn, you surely do paint a bleak goddam picture of this |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. Of course you do. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Well, pat yourself on the back and have another piece of cobbler. |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
82. I don't eat foods laden with sugar, but thanks for the sweet thought. n/t |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:13 AM Response to Reply #82 |
83. I say cobbler and ice cream for everybody. Will of course respect your |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:32 AM Response to Reply #35 |
66. you got it exactly |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
65. no, not without risking being beaten, raped or set on fire |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:04 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. I do follow the controversy over the burqa in France and Sarkozy's |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 06:42 AM Response to Reply #68 |
69. legal no, but women are treated as second class citizens by many in most |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #69 |
79. The ad, IMO, plainly is beyond that view and well into a more |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #79 |
94. The AD might be; too bad the reality isn't. n/t |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #94 |
151. If you are trying to equate the aims of advertising with the conditions |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #151 |
152. LOL at 48, I've lived a fair part of it, and with VERY little frustration, but thanks for playing! |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #152 |
153. "Play" is a good choice of words for advertising, as they have the briefest |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
19. I'm guessing this ad won't be playing in Saudi Arabia |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. I thinks it's worse than US advertising... |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:33 AM Response to Reply #20 |
67. sorry but skinny is normal here in the E.U. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
127. Just not skinny, the whole "model" aspect... |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #127 |
129. sorry, I must be spoiled with my wife. |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:40 PM Response to Reply #129 |
131. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #131 |
135. no myth, it is making fun of the assholes who make women |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #135 |
139. I don't know that it's making fun of the assholes exactly... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
97. She's not "skinny." |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #97 |
99. "Normal" people? Really? |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #97 |
128. Yes, that's what normal people look like... |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #128 |
130. or when they eat properly |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #130 |
132. You can eat properly... |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #132 |
136. not ugly at all, but subjugated by overdomineering males |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #136 |
137. I didn't see it that way... |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
23. Did you expect such a sour response from this bunch here? The ad is very well done and smart. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Agree. It has the insider culture thing going for it, for one thing. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. Actually, no. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
146. I will unrec you for having a thought that differs! |
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grassfed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
36. who do you think supports French haute couture? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
39. It's not that far off the mark, actually |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
43. the vast majority of women who don't look like that are not well served by this company nt |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. That's why this company is but one of many |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:24 PM Response to Reply #46 |
55. I think some of my underwear IS 42 years old!!! |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. welcome to the REAL world...so what else is new... |
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Vickers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
45. Very cool! |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
48. I'm surprised by some of the responses in this thread. Some women actually have reclaimed the power |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. They may be the religious equivalent to the muu-muu |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:33 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. I think few would object to the idea of a burka if it were a woman's choice.. |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:41 AM Response to Reply #48 |
73. Bwahaha...the burqa is empowering! Now I've heard everything. |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #73 |
81. I tend to agree - but consider Annie Lennox for a moment |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:27 PM Response to Reply #81 |
156. Voluntary choice is the key here. |
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Mrs. Overall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #73 |
89. delete |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #89 |
93. You didn't have to delete your post, but think I get why. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:44 PM Response to Reply #73 |
105. Because nothing screams empowerment like wearing garters and fuck me pumps under your burqa |
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Gwendolyn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #105 |
114. Lol, I certainly don't want to interfere with anyone's jerk-off fantasy! |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
49. Bottom line for me is that the ad has snap and focus and will |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-26-09 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
51. Meh. I was hoping she'd don a nun's habit. n/t |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
56. What will they do next to fuel our fantasies? |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:09 AM Response to Original message |
57. seems that it is an ad for French lignerie |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
70. Wow... |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:13 AM Response to Original message |
72. I totally disagree. Women are viewed as objects, whether they're naked or totally enrobed. This ad |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #72 |
87. Exactly. People seized on the word "anorexic" upthread, because dealing with objectification |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #87 |
90. Yup. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:10 PM Response to Reply #90 |
126. "And the "even here" is not surprising." |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
76. Let's say that scenario is true... |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
78. 60 lashes for the actress and 1000 for the advertising exec!! |
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MerryBlooms (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:07 AM Response to Reply #78 |
86. Recent story regarding Sharia law and 'deceptive' bras |
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grassfed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #86 |
92. Islamic world is over 1/4 of the globe with as much variation as "Christian" world |
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MerryBlooms (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #92 |
96. I realize it's extreme |
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derby378 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
80. Achmed the Dead Terrorist wants to weigh in... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
88. Sorry, but this ad makes it OK to be under a burka somehow |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 10:33 AM Response to Original message |
91. Meh. I thought it would show a chubby or older lady--now THAT would be revolutionary. |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #91 |
95. Those come around every so often... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #91 |
121. I Thought It Was Going to Be a Trannie |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
98. LMFAO At So Many In This Thread. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
100. I Don't Feel This Ad Does Anything to Re-Define Sexiness |
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Grassy Knoll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
101. NyECE !.....n/t |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
103. Burqua is no problem if you have sexy underwear on? |
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debbierlus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
104. Disappointing.... |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
108. K&R for later. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
110. "this video has been removed due to terms of use violation" |
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kiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
111. More support for the disappointed group here - |
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TeeYiYi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
115. Sometimes a lingerie ad is just a lingerie ad... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
116. That's nothing. THIS underwear ad completely redefines the relevant patriarchal male gaze paradigm: |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #116 |
119. AAAAAUUUUGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
120. Dammit |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #120 |
122. "I was really hoping to see some man putting on his very sexy underwear" |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 04:01 PM Response to Reply #120 |
124. LOL I thought it was going to be a man too. Too bad it was a woman in a burqa. Terrible! nt |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:01 PM Response to Reply #120 |
144. My thought too - spent the whole ad trying to figure out how they'd reveal |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
143. I've wondered for some time why (some) progressive men seem to |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #143 |
149. That's weird. On many levels. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #143 |
150. In all honesty |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-27-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
154. Been thinking about this ad all day |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-28-09 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
158. So the point I get from this ad is |
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