Thanks for your response Janette. BTW, my mistake. The annoying Poynter
person's last name is Tompkins not Thompson (My error on the name,
sorry.) I would love for our division to send a letter to Tompkins
about his diversity insensitivity (race, gender & sizism so far)and copy
Poynter CEO and MAC Member, Honoree Dr. Karen Dunlap. Are there others
interested and what is the proper process for getting that done?
Camilla? Lillie? Other past presidents' advice?
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From: Dates, Jannette L. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 8:19 AM
To: E. K. Daufin; [log in to unmask]
Subject: RE: Another prof. on Al's Morning Meeting - on lookism
Al Thompson is really annoying. Are we planning to do anything to let
Poynter know about our feelings about his comments?
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From: FOR THE MINORITIES AND COMMUNICATION DIV. OF AEJMC
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Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 5:23 PM
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Subject: Another prof. on Al's Morning Meeting - on lookism
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Subject: Re: Al's Morning Meeting - Friday Edition: Warnings About
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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
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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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