March 2012
105 posts
What we talked about in class today… blaming rape on victims. They have pulled the ads due to public reaction.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/08/pa-liquor-board-ad-accuse_n_1137435.html
Using a photo from the documentary we will watch next week “
Here is a link to another article they recently published about the documentary:
http://motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2011/10/film-review-the-harvest-child-farmworkers
Interesting experiment with looking at ads after removing the text, brand names, logos, etc… what messages do the images convey?
One of my favorites from the series:
Here is the post from Mother Jones:
http://motherjones.com/photoessays/2009/08/pride-and-prejudice/01
1950: 22 percent of American adults were single, 4 million lived alone, accounting for 9 percent of all households.
Today: More than 50 percent of American adults are single, and 31 million (about one out of every seven) live alone. They make up 28 percent of all households.
