Quote: (06-20-2014 05:36 PM)Days of Broken Arrows Wrote:
Believe it or not, everyone's favorite feminist, Jessica Valente, wrote a halfway decent piece in the Guardian picking this campaign apart as cynical corporatism.
Her premise: "The helpful pieces of very public advice thrown at women sure are starting to sound more like orders than encouragement....Because instead of just selling us physical insecurity by implying we're fat or wrinkly, beauty companies are now trying to make us feel insecure about our insecurities – all while giving themselves a pat on the back for "empowering" us to feel better (and collecting our money, of course)."
Yeah, but fuck Valenti. Not only will she complain either way, but she's also one of the narcissists at the center of this factory for empowerment schlock. If she's going to keep churning this vacuous garbage out, I'm only too happy to see it get echoed by someone ramming it back down her throat to make a buck.