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Am I Right Ladies? Advertising The End Of Marriage

607 days ago by Gail K
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The votes are in, and once again I’m not one of People’s 50 Most Beautiful People. Maybe next year, amirightladies? I’M KIDDING. But seriously, next year? No, but actually seriously, the people have voted and Consumerist has tallied the votes for this year’s Worst Ad in America. Now usually the only time I talk about Consumerist is when I’m referencing myself. As in I’m a consumerist of junk food. Really I’m more of a ravenous-ist but who’s counting? I’m not (if we’re talking about calories). More »

Am I Right Ladies? Spanx, But No Spanx

Breathing is the worst, amirightladies? That’s why we have “body shapers,” to ensure that going out on the town means 70% the O2. I’m not saying oxygen makes you fat, but I’m not not saying it. Water isn’t the only natural element that causes bloat. After all, there’s an O in H2O. You do the math. Or the chemistry. More »

Am I Right Ladies? The Thin Blue Line

Pregnancy test commercials—I can’t watch a night of Bravo or Lifetime without running into at least one. I mean really, I have far more encounters with pregnancy test ads than I do with pregnancy scares. Or interested men, amirightladies? More »

Am I Right Ladies? A Bündchen of BS

634 days ago by Gail K
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I always try to remind myself: Don’t blame the models, blame the advertisers. And even if this particular model stole Tom Brady away from his very pregnant girlfriend Bridget Moynahan, advertising probably had something to do with it, and we mustn’t blame her. I practice this mantra in therapy weekly, and I really think it’s starting to strengthen my body image perception and curb my emotional eating when watching television. But even my suspension of disbelief stops at Gisele Bündchen’s latest Brazilian lingerie ads. More »

Am I Right Ladies? Girls Are Stupid, They Should Throw Rocks at Themselves

I don’t need retail therapy; I need therapy because of retail, amirightladies? Judging by how their clothes fit me—or don’t fit me, if we’re parsing words here—I think I’m allergic to Forever 21. In the latest of a string of bad decisions that make up their business model, Forever Twenty One, Incorporated released a T-shirt with the words “Allergic to Algebra” screen-printed on it, presumably by the hands of female factory workers in China. Not exactly the “for us, by us” our sisters were fighting for. More »

Am I Right Ladies? Oh, Lancôme ON

648 days ago by Gail K
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Lancôme perfume has added another wide-eyed beauty to their cabinet, and another reason why we “normos” and “uggos” won’t be getting swept off our feet on a Paris street anytime soon. Aspirational? Try EXASPIRATIONAL, amirightladies?

Don’t get me wrong. My idea of true romance obviously includes lilting piano melodies, soft-focused lenses, diamonds, idling around old European cities and running over bridges for no apparent reason—but I don’t need a company like Lancôme rubbing the fantasy in my face. More »

Am I Right Ladies? Qoops, I Just Qreamed Myself

Time to toss the rosé, girls—there’s a new pink drink in town, and she came to party. It’s called Qream, it comes in the femme-friendly flavors of Strawberry and Peach, and even though it’s a Créme liqueur, it’s 95% lactose-free and low-cal!! THE FUTURE IS NOW. It might seem a little strange that the name of this milky-looking alcohol ditches a more traditional “C” for the “Q,” but I say You Go Qirl—we’ve got enough C-words in this world already, amirightladies? More »

Am I Right Ladies? What the Douche?

677 days ago by Gail K
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Ladies, I want to ask once and for all: What is the deal with douching? Because the only kind of cleaning item I need poking around down there is a broom to sweep away all the cobwebs. It’s been awhile, amirightladies? As far as I’m concerned, enough crap goes in and out of there, we don’t need a steady stream of antiseptics increasing the flow of traffic. This is coming from a lady who is happy to see any activity happening south of her border, and I say douching can ándale ándale its way outta here. More »

Am I Right Ladies? Have No Fear, It’s Lady Beer!

684 days ago by Gail K
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Am I Right Ladies? Have No Fear, Itâ��s Lady Beer!

We may have David Beckham right now, but British women still have all the luck. And by luck, I mean a new line of “female-friendly” beers. And by female-friendly beers, the makers surely must mean a line of yeasty alcoholic beverages that finally do not cause our stomachs to erupt over the tops of our jeans like Mt. Vesuvius. Because just like the citizens of Pompeii, my beer-gut seems to be frozen in time, amirightladies? More »

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Am I Right Ladies? The No-Nonsense Womyn of Cable

Who says we don’t have good female role models on cable television? Sure, there’s plenty of ladies slumming it on trashy reality shows, but there are also plenty of sexy, type-A ladies who know their way around a fierce button-up blouse. These womyn can shoot guns, catch bad guys, win court cases and save lives as good as any man – and they do it in pumps! If that isn’t female empowerment, I don’t know what is. Seriously, I don’t know anymore. It may be a man’s world, but the boys be droolin’ while the girls be rulin,’ amirightladies? More »

Am I Right Ladies? Coppertone It Down, Please

715 days ago by Gail K
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Unlimited cheeseburgers. Work-free Monday. A swelling sense of national pride. John Stamos’ phone number. These are things you want to get on 4th of July weekend. But the last thing you want is the outline of your racerback sports bra permanently burnt into your skin. Talkin’ bout sunburn, ladies. There’s a fine line between putting a few shades of tan on your skin and putting a few years of age on your face, amirightladies? Melanoma? I hardly know her! More »

Am I Right Ladies? Dust Off Your Daddy Issues

But we just recovered from Mother’s Day, amirightladies? Well, the Gregorian calendar says tough luck toots, tell it to someone who cares. Spoken like a true man, Greg(orian). But what do we do when life hands us lemons? We make lemontinis and get wasted with our girlfriends! Or our cats. So suck up the hardship and suck in your stomachs, it’s time to honor the man singly responsible for all our terrible relationships.

And what better way to get gift ideas for dear old dad than by looking at some dear old ads? More »

Am I Right Ladies? Miracle Whip It Good

Somebody needs to tell the good people of Miracle Whip to r-e-l-a-x. I mean it’s almost like they need to get laid more than I do, and I think we all know that it’s been years. Seriously, what tube top do I have to squeeze into to get a man to just eye-f**k me, amirightladies? But this whole “we won’t tone it down, you can’t handle the truth, we’re here, we’re schmear, get used to it” schtick is just exhausting. You aren’t mayo, you aren’t butter, you aren’t bacon fat. So when it comes to the light salad dressing that is Miracle Whip, I WILL put baby in the corner. At least until I’m really desperate. Or as I like to call it: Thursdays. More »

STD Week: Am I Right Ladies? Putting the VD in aVDertising

If abstinence is the best form of protection, then I got all the bases covered. In that, no one is covering my bases. What I’m trying to say is there’s not going to be a baseball game today or tomorrow or next week because not even the benchwarmers showed up to play. And this is the minor league we’re talking about. Look, I ain’t getting any…younger, amirightladies? But seriously, I ain’t getting any. When it comes to my life, there’s DEFINITELY crying in baseball. More »

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