I'm highly offended at this ad. It's 2015 and we're still showing women doing traditional household chores.
SEE WHAT I DID THERE.
This makes me want to run lingerie ads in the UK so people will complain and then I can say "we're selling lingerie, morons."
"We're selling lingerie, morons," should probably be the tagline.
A Gawker author and two Gawker colleagues talking to each other in the comments section hardly qualifies as an "outward discussion." Echo chamber, yes. Navel gazing, yes. Turning story's focus back on themselves, yes. It's about as fascinating as being at dinner and overhearing a couple of Silver Lake trust fund kids have a conversation at the table next to me.
It's hardly a one-sided conversation to point out that both Gawker and Coke are in fact, brands.
That's not a denouncement. That's truth. And a fairly objective one at that.
However, I can get behind your point that we need to expand our palette. Although I sincerely doubt you've met illiterate ad folk in the truest sense of the word unless they are art directors. I KEED.
Advertising doesn't tend to create narrow minds; in fact it's the opposite. Most people are too busy spending time online and working to get out and experience "real life." But if the widening spectrum includes inhaling detritus like Gawker on a regular basis, I'll pass, thanks.
Also in my opinion, open mindedness is a non-starter. If you were truly open-minded, you'd have no opinion at all. Everyone has an opinion. Open-mindedness is just saying you're closed-minded on the other side.
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