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 To: [log in to unmask] 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 To: [log in to unmask] 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "E. K. Daufin" <[log in to unmask]> To: "Poynter Institute" <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]> 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) We sometimes have problems with our server rejecting incoming email. If your reply to this email is returned to you, PLEASE call me at the number below. Apologies...We are working on it. Sincerely, Rev. Dr. E-K. Daufin, Professor Department of Communications Alabama State University 915 South Jackson St. Montgomery, AL 36101-0271 334.229.6885 Thank you in advance for your Scholarly & Creative Activity Referrals - Lectures, Performances, Workshops, Consultation Related Info: http://home.earthlink.net/~ekdaufin/