This was written by Ursula Lindsay and originally published at The Arabist. MMW thanks Forsoothsayer for the tip! I was sent this image in an email forward. The text says: “You can’t stop them, but you can protect yourself.” Two obvious (and rhetorical) questions: Can we really not stop harassment? And does veiling really “protect” […]

It’s been said that for many women chocolate is better than sex. The reality of this is for each woman to judge for herself, but there is no doubt that the idea has been propagated well. Advertisers have appropriated this belief and used it to target their female, as well as male, population. A great […]

I was walking through the aisles in the grocery store the other day when a particular product made me do a double take. I had to backtrack so I could see if what I thought I saw was what I actually saw. And unfortunately it was. It was a box of Canadian label President’s Choice […]

This is a public service announcement from somewhere in the Arab world (I tried, but I can’t find any information about it in English. Anyone?) that warns against backbiting. I saw it months ago, and it stuck with me, mostly because of the gruesome imagery and color palette. I came upon it again recently: it […]

Here’s Rudy Giuliani’s Islamophobic new campaign commercial, which began airing on TV in Florida recently. It’s full of angry brown guys with beards and guns! How novel!: And here’s a hilarious reaction to Rudy Giuliani’s new Islamophobic campaign commercial. What really busts my brain about this is the images of women he uses. He uses […]

Television commercials and print ads have fascinated me for some time as these messages are not there to entertain or teach, but to manipulate the people into mass consumerism. As someone who is being schooled to analyze all messages critically, I find myself hyper-aware of the messages we receive through advertisements. In order to be […]

Amnesty International has run a new campaign to raise awareness about female genital mutilation. These images of flowers sewn up are visually striking because of the implied violence against a delicate object. The ads are effective because they give the viewer a graphic idea of what exactly is implied by female genital mutilation (though the […]