By Crystal Ogar There’s a great campaign running in Scotland called “Not Ever.” It focuses on the rape culture and victim blaming. They have an amazing commercial on TV that features a woman at a bar with her friends and a man who says, “Check out her skirt, she’s asking for it.” The commercial then…
by Crystal Ogar I’m sure by now you’ve all heard about two makeup ads being pulled in the U.K. for being misleading and heavily photoshopped. Bravo. The ads were Maybelline’s “wrinkle eraser” starring Christy Turlington and the other was Julia Roberts for L’Oreal make-up. Both stars look as close to perfection as a woman can…
By Crystal Ogar Once in awhile on the Internet you stumble across a gem and MariaTalks.com is a website that wholly fits that criteria. Maria Talks was developed by the AIDS Action Committee with funding from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The website talks about sexual health, protection, sexual violence, contraception, pregnancy and STD…
by Crystal Ogar We’ve all been guilty of loving them. That’s right, I’m talking about reality wedding shows. Reality planning shows run the gamete and television channels that mostly cater to women are infected with them: Bridezilla, Platinum Weddings, and My Fair Wedding, and the list goes on…WE TV and Oxygen give us a total…
by Crystal Ogar Girl Scouts is an organization that is extremely important to me. Having been a Girl Scout for 11 years–exactly half of my life–it shocked me to read about the anti-abortion rights website targeting this organization. Two Texas teenagers named Tess and Sydney Volanski, started a website called “Speak Now: Girl Scouts” with…
By Crystal Ogar I’m sure by now all of you have seen the viral video Friday by Rebecca Black. No? Don’t bother. It’s produced by Ark Music Factory, a company that features auto-tuned, pre-teen girls against a back drop of poorly edited green screen images. Company Founder and CEO Patrice Wilson talks about keeping his…
by Crystal Ogar Walmart will begin selling a line of “anti-aging” beauty products targeted to kids ages 8- to 12-years-old called Geo Girl. It was supposed to launch on February 21st, but thankfully did not due to the incredible amount of negative reactions from blogs and the press alike. The question here is this: Why would children need…
by Crystal Ogar Let’s talk about Skins. I’ve been a fan of the original Skins (UK) since I was 17 years old, and when I heard about the American remake I wasn’t very excited. Sadly, my instincts were correct. The UK Skins is the story of nine teenagers who party together, drink, do drugs, and…