Archive for 'humor'
On The American Dream and Amber Waves of Great
The American Dream has great power. Merriam-Webster defines it as “an American social ideal that stresses egalitarianism and especially material prosperity”; but this is incomplete. The American Dream is also bound up in those four words, “the pursuit of happiness,” an “unalienable right” guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson and Franklin elided our right [...]
Posted: February 28th, 2010 under Declaration of Independence, Gay, Research, advertisement, agency, american dream, americans, gay marriage, human rights, humor, objectification, revolution, society, sociology.
Tags: agency, American, american dream, Applebee's, arrrested development, asian, ben franklin, black, Declaration of Independence, demographics, diversity, dream, estadounidense, gay rights, generation, george mason, gil scott-heron, happiness, hispanic, humor, hyperbole, i'm new here, material goods, materialism, merriam webster, mighty boosh, millenial, Millenials, nutrigrain, obama, pew research center, pursuit, revolution, rights, sarah haskins, spanish, tattoo, the revolution will not be televised, Thomas Jefferson, tolerance, u.s., unalienable rights, values
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"You Can Pry My Guns From My Cold, Dead Hands . . ."
“. . . but that’ll be hard, because they’re attached,” deadpans Sarah Haskins. While Haskins not actually the same person as Olympic triathelete Sarah Haskins, she is nonetheless a superhero for our age. Haskin’s show Target Women on Current TV is an answer to ObviousMan. Here’s a lady who can dissect our news media’s obsession [...]
Posted: August 15th, 2009 under Comedy, advertisement, advertising, comic, commercial, consumer whore, consumerism, humor, weight loss, woman, women.
Tags: comedian, Comedy, commentary, commercial, consumer, consumer whore, current tv, femininity, feminism, glade, guns, laundry detergent, Media, michlle obama, obviousman, orgasm, sarah haskins, second city, superhero, target women, Tina Fey, triathlete, triceps
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"I Am A Consumer Whore! And How!": Don Hertzfeld's Offbeat Humor
There’s something really awesome about parodies of our commercial culture, like the Don Hertzfeld video “Rejection” after the jump (nod, Nadia). Maybe it’s because it makes it easier to laugh at the consumerism and materialism that chronically infect up our lives, or because we get so many messages that assume that we’re consumer whores that [...]
Posted: January 12th, 2008 under ad, ads, advertisement, big business, campaign, commerce, commercial, consumer, consumer whore, consumerism, culture, dinosaur comics, don hertzfeld, get your war on, humor, materialism, offbeat, product, rejection, toothpaste for dinner, whore.
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Celebrity Deathmatch: Feminists vs. A Sense of Humor
I totally dig jazz singer Nellie McKay, and especially her song “Mother of Pearl”, which combines the classic tempo of Broadway standards with some wonderfully ironic lyrics about feminism: “Feminists don’t have a sense of humor, feminists just want to be alone . . .” I don’t want to spoil it for you, so you [...]
Posted: January 5th, 2008 under Comedy, Nellie McKay, PETA, broadway, classic, doris day, feminism, feminist, humor, irony, jazz, mother of pearl, music, rap, sense of humor, singer, standard.
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America, I Love You, But I Think We Should See Other People
Ok, so the funniest part, to me, is that I found this video with this comment: “would this tick you off? [] thinks it’s hilarious. clearly, it’s mostly funny because of a stupid american stereotype. it’s mildly clever and funny, but don’t you agree that the stereotype is a big part of it?” What stereotype? [...]
Posted: December 16th, 2007 under American, Bush, Canada, Canadian, Comedy, Earth, United States, americano, americans, citizen, estadounidense, funny, humor, i love you, idiot, intelligence, other people, register, spanish, stereotype, stupid, vote.
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Do the Barackaway
Yo, if you’re interested in showing your support for Barack Obama, consider sporting the fly new threads designed by my cousin, the self-styled Vanilla Weiss. As he puts it, if you’re feelin’ low on cash, you’re in luck. Value shirts are cheap. And the proceeds that exceed the value of a value shirt go to [...]
Posted: November 29th, 2007 under 2008, barack, barackaway, cheap, election, humor, ice, lean back, obama, tee shirts, terror squad, threads, tshirts, vanilla, vanilla weiss.
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ONSLAUGHT: the campaign against women's self esteem
Following Dove’s “Evolution” campaign, they’ve come out with this new ad that points to the effects of the objectification of women on the self-esteem of girls and women. (Hat tip to Cathy for the link.) Interestingly, they call attention to the fact that the style of
Posted: November 7th, 2007 under Bust, Female Sexuality, Neil Strauss, The Game, affirmation, assholes, backhanded, beauty, bullshit, cellulite, compliments, conglomerate, cream, destiny, fat, girls, humor, integrity, intelligence, low self esteem, objectification, pick up artists, power, seduction community, self-esteem, sexuality, standard of beauty, women.
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