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Archive for the ‘Offended Silence’ Category

In my continued efforts to be silent no longer, I thought I’d post this nice piece on marriage written by a former divorce judge from Georgia.
In so many ways, she nails it right on the head.

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SI Swimsuit Issue

Last year I started a category called Offended Silence based on a blog written by my sister-in-law. I vowed then that I would no longer be silently offended by the smut I and my family are regularly exposed to in advertising. I haven’t done much with it, but my annual battle against something I absolutely [...]

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Hypocritical Carl’s Jr.

Carl’s Jr has recently created a flap over a commercial that is largely sexually explicit in nature. I sent Carl’s Jr an e-mail stating my stance on that kind of advertising, and I found something very interesting and, frankly, hypocritical.
In my e-mail, I referenced the sexual nature of the ad and the inappropriate sexualization of women. [...]

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