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Why Merida Matters

Lauren Boyle | Posted 05.21.2013 | Parents
Lauren Boyle

The original image of Merida was precious and clung to by moms who adored Merida for her adventures, her love of her family, and her resemblance to the young girls they know and love.

Hey Baby, What's Your Number?: Step Off the Scale

Sheila Moeschen | Posted 05.15.2013 | Women
Sheila Moeschen

Allure's highlighting of Saldana's weight reduces this talented performer to a one-dimensional image, reinforcing the strange and fraught relationship women (and men) have with one of the most reviled twentieth-century innovations: the bathroom scale.

Are These the Top 3 Best Super Bowl Ads of All Time?

Shira Lazar | Posted 04.03.2013 | Sports
Shira Lazar

We put a selection of the biggest Super Bowl ads from the game's broadcast history on our Facebook page and asked YOU to vote on your favorites. And now we have them -- the All Time Top 3 Super Bowl Ads.

PHOTOS: The Disappearing Ghost Signs Of The Rust Belt

Randy Fox | Posted 01.09.2013 | Travel
Randy Fox

Ghost signs are nearly the equivalent of what cave drawings were to our early modern day explorers: signifiers of how previous lives lived, worked and maybe the kind of beer they drank or the cigarettes they smoked. While these ghost signs populate many towns in our country, they are in the process of leaving us. As the wrecking ball flies and mundane urban renewal efforts commence, we're losing more relics every day.

Retro Halloween Food Ads

So Good | Posted 12.29.2012 | Taste
So Good

These Halloween themed magazine and newspaper advertisements, span those quaint decades before the internet and cable television ruined children.

How to Stem the Tide of Junk Mail

Jason Alderman | Posted 12.03.2012 | Home
Jason Alderman

No matter how diligent your efforts to get yourself off unwanted mailing lists, you're probably still going to get some junk mail. But it's good to know there are ways to significantly scale back the amount.

LOOK: 30 Years Of Cheesy Diet Coke Ads Aimed At Women

TrèsSugar | Posted 08.08.2012 | Women

Since Diet Coke was introduced in 1982 — exactly 30 years ago tomorrow, Aug. 9 — we've seen all kinds of commercials for the light soda targeting ...

Do You 'Deserve To Die?' Provocative Ad Campaign Says Yes

The Huffington Post | Allie Compton | Posted 06.27.2012 | Business

UPDATE: The countdown is over and all has been revealed: The organization behind the provocative ads is the Lung Cancer Alliance and the campaign's si...

Thinking About a Return on Meaning

Christel Quek | Posted 07.25.2012 | Business
Christel Quek

When was the last time you headed to your local supermarket to get a particular bottle of detergent because you saw how it had performed an impressive cartwheel within a tiny, blinking online ad?

Which Famous Surrealist Made Commercial Posters On The Side?

Posted 04.24.2012 | Arts

We don't know about you, but when we think of Rene Magritte we imagine bowler hats, mysterious clouds and cryptic green apples. We certainly do not th...

Ice Cream, Women and Desire

Fabio Parasecoli | Posted 05.28.2012 | Home
Fabio Parasecoli

Anybody can be on the joke. Well, anybody as long as he or she is familiar with American popular culture and one of its almost unshakable tenets: When women get sad or depressed, they cope with their emotions by binging on sweets.

WATCH: The 8 Silliest 'Manly' Commercials Ever

The Huffington Post | Zeynep Lokmanoglu | Posted 12.14.2011 | Women

In light of the recent Dr. Pepper Ten advertisements, we rounded up eight advertising campaigns that urge men to claim back their manhood with "manly"...

Labor Union Targets Vulnerable Republicans In Ads

The Huffington Post | Jordan Howard | Posted 12.13.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- One of the nation's largest labor unions, the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, will begin the airing an ad...

After Debit Card Fee, BofA Aims To Revamp Image With Ads

Posted 12.12.2011 | Business

Bank of America Corp, (BAC.N) under fire for everything from improper foreclosures to hiking debit card fees, is fighting back with advertising. ...

WATCH: Most Adorable Cell Phone Ad Of All Time

Posted 11.04.2011 | Comedy

We may not have retained all of our high school French skills, but luckily this Bouygues Telecom ad speaks the international language of "kitten" flue...

Her Nether Regions: What's Normal?

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 10.25.2011 | Women
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

A study published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology has declared that most women seeking genital cosmetic surgery to reduce the size of their inner lips do not have oversized or misshapen labia minora.

Target's Latest Clothing Ad Plays Proper Homage to Downtown L.A.; Time Magazine Does Not (Video)

Style Section L.A. | Posted 10.05.2011 | Los Angeles
Style Section L.A.

According to a recent Time magazine article about the renaissance of downtown L.A., the reason why people go out in that part of town is because of L.A. Live. Uh, really?

WATCH: Beatboxing Fast Food Commercial

Posted 10.01.2011 | Comedy

South African fast food chain Nando's has enlisted comedian Reggie Watts to help them break into the American market. What does Reggie bring to the ta...

The Most Controversial Beverage Ads

The Daily Meal | Posted 09.24.2011 | Home
The Daily Meal

You expect that liquor brands will come out with controversial ads. That beer companies will run commercials that are a little racy. That an energy dr...

Your Brain On Internet Ads

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 09.19.2011 | Healthy Living
Art Markman, Ph.D.

The world is a busy place, made only busier by the amount of advertisements we are exposed to -- when people advertise, they make one of two assumptions on why such an investment will work.

WATCH: Kenny Powers' Awesome Cologne Ads

The Huffington Post | Christine Friar | Posted 09.10.2011 | Comedy

As the new MFCEO over at K-Swiss, it appears Kenny Powers' first order of business is making sure that all of the dudes out there have their scent gam...

PHOTOS: Some Of The Best Fashion Ads From The '70s

Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 09.10.2011 | Style

You're probably well aware that 1970s-inspired duds are among this season's biggest trends (see here, here, here, here and here for proof). On our hun...

WATCH: Sexiest Local Fireworks Ad Ever

Posted 09.03.2011 | Comedy

These ladies want to show you something really hot, and it's not just their grass skirts. They've got DEALS to offer. We're talking BARGAINS on fir...

The 50 Gayest Ads Ever

Adweek | September 30 2010 | Posted 08.30.2011 | Media

Why is it still so shocking to see gay people in mainstream ads? At a time when every other demographic is practically shoehorned into marketing for t...

8 Celebs Who Have Sued Over Ads

The Frisky | Posted 11.15.2011 | Weird News

Celebrities can be very protective of their images -- especially when their images appear in advertisements for products they haven't endorsed....