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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:29 PM Original message |
WTF Dove?!? |
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ramona come closer (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. There's already a thread on this...n/t |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. Already covered: |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:31 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Thanks! I was in so much shock, I didn't bother to check for duplicates. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Shocked from what? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. The before and after is not referring to the women, it is referring the to the skin photos. nt |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Exactly. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. As a commenter to the linked article said, "Thank, Captain Obvious... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. You are upset about an illusion created by your mind. nt |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Funny thing about the mind, one of it's more delightful functions is capturing and |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. If you saw Dove ads in India and the Philippines you would not say that. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I am not familiar with Dove ads in India or the Philippines, |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I had Philippines satellite TV for a couple of years. Their ads make it clear white is beautiful. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Wow, they are trying to lighten their skin, while so many women in the US go to tanning salons. |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. There is a black woman, a hispanic woman. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. well if you look at the photos of the skin behind the models |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:16 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Totally agree nt |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. The problem with the ad, is that you have to look to find the skin. The labels "before" and "after" |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Not at all my "first" impression |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. And this isn't all about you. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. No, apparently it is about you and your opinions being more valid than mine |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. The first thing I saw was the before-after with a progression of skin color. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Agreed. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. The message that a Black or Hispanic woman could become white if she were to use Dove, is absurd |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-25-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Of course! Most underlying messages in advertising are absurd. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-24-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
21. The cluelessness behind the ad is arguably amusing... |
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