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Al Thompson is really annoying.  Are we planning to do anything to let
Poynter know about our feelings about his comments?

-----Original Message-----
From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of E. K. Daufin
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 5:23 PM
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Subject: Another prof. on Al's Morning Meeting - on lookism

 [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carolyn Nielsen
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 6:55 PM
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Subject: Re: Al's Morning Meeting - Friday Edition: Warnings About Recycled
Recalls

I have to chime in with E.K. here.
The Dove "Real Beauty" campaign sends a serious, positive message to young
women urging them to ignore the self-hate promoted by the beauty industry
and love themselves as they are.
How is a parody of that appropriate? Just because it is masquerading as
humor doesn't mean it's not hurtful, judgmental and belittling.
When Al's column juxtaposes the Dove campaign with "a Friday laugh," it
undermines the need for and power of the message. The Dove ads made me feel
inspired, empowered and proud-- not eager for locker-room humor.
Disappointingly inappropriate.
Carolyn




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Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 12:46 PM
Subject: RE: Al's Morning Meeting - Friday Edition: Warnings About Recycled
Recalls


Just as I was starting to feel a little better about Al Thompson because of
these Dove Self-Esteem campaign PSA's I was again disappointed by the nasty
sizism/fataphobia satire piece that equates fatness with ugliness and gives
permission to call a large man "lardo" on a billboard that Al perpetuates by
saying that the third link is a "good Friday laugh."  So now Al's columns
support racism AND sizism?  Is this coming out of Fox
(Pseudo) News or The Poynter Institute?!  Soooo sad any day of the week!

-----Original Message-----
From: Poynter Institute [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 6:09 AM
To: E. K. Daufin
Subject: Al's Morning Meeting - Friday Edition: Warnings About Recycled
Recalls  Poynter  online Al's Morning Meeting Updated, Oct. 5, 2007

Taking on the Beauty Industry

Dove is once again "taking on the beauty industry" with another
advertisement that urges parents to talk to their daughters before the
beauty industry starts sending them the wrong messages. In its first salvo
last year, Dove used the power of interview video viraling for its video
"Evolution," which chalked up 12 million views on YouTube alone.

 Click here to see Dove's "Evolution" video
(http://www.dailymotion.com/related/5240606/video/xiax5_pubdoveevolution
_ads

  Click here to see Dove's new "Onslaught" video
(http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x34boe_dove-onslaught_ads

 Advertising Age  says (http://adage.com/article?article_id=120886)

   Dove's "Onslaught" features a close-up of a cute red-haired preteen girl
to musical refrains of "Here it comes" from U.K. group Simian's "La Breeze,"
followed by a barrage of beauty-industry images and ads featuring
booty-shaking lingerie models, cheesy direct-response-style pitches
promising cosmetic miracles, scenes of plastic surgery, time-lapse effects
of yo-yo dieting and bulimia, all leading up to the
tagline: "Talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does."

 I would love to hear what teens have to say about these ads.

 If you need a Friday laugh, here is a parody of Dove's "Evolution"
video
(http://www.dailymotion.com/related/5240606/video/xssjn_slob-evolution_a
ds)

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