marketing of masculinity

The most important consideration in that ad is...how is that stuff bacon?

http://d3.zedo.com/OzoDB/v/h/1541217/V1/TX_300x250_Vcut_Gooey_OWTMM_C44VDS.jpg

how is that stuff bacon? that's what bacon looks like!

is the secret to performance of a grizzly bear eating geoduck? or is it just there because it looks like a giant cock?

http://i.imgur.com/zVweWZQ.jpg

Still can't get over this:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TUpOKtKpQcQ/Tq9z4hZUKQI/AAAAAAAAAmE/TQbksMhUQlg/s320/dr-pepper.jpeg

BITCH, GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY DR. PEPPER. IT'S NOT FOR YOU.

"You know this is just Diet Dr. Pepper in a different can, right?"

BUT THESE CALORIES ARE "MANLY."

if there are 10 manly calories in dr pepper 10, surely original dr pepper is 15x as manly

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/NFGsm_zps3bffe821.jpg

"Not For Girls"

er,

http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/NFGsm_zps3bffe821.jpg

no fucking good

otm

assume that's why it was marked down to 97 cents

lol @ crapforabuck.com

http://crapforabuck.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/muddingr.jpg?w=420&h=315

aw, thought i was neil armstrong of bad shampoo :(

http://i.imgur.com/rQCahsR.jpg

shut. up.

dying of lols over here

I wonder how they'll market the Activia version.

PLAIN

YOGURT

"Thanks to the “mancession,” metrosexuals have become “manfluencers™”"

he looks like he's going to just spoon it directly into his navel

and make loud OM NOM smacking sounds

https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/733919_10151688987671485_34740678_n.jpg

where is the revolver and single bullet and "fuck this world" stationary?

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/11DDE8D1-41BC-4A45-B164-4CA84CD3CE41_zpsu8uecsqz.jpg

Her last name?

The Brotherhood of Shaving. Who invents this bullshit?

they do

http://rs-swisse-cdn.noisybeastdigital.com/content/files/1000/151/boardroom-main.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/IAZvvzg.jpg

man town

"Man Town" just makes me think of this classic CUTECELSIOR post

I had 7 imaginary friends who were all bunny brothers and sisters... I was also a bunny. my name was... Funtown.

― peacocks, Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:27 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

http://i1354.photobucket.com/albums/q686/tinyservants/Screenshot2014-05-10at115324PM_zps1da75978.png

i thought they were real boots for 10 seconds!

"Camouflage" should actually just be a smoke bomb

No seriously, these are all joke candles, right?

http://www.vh1.com/celebrity/bwe/images/2012/05/Yankee-Candles-Main-1337267181.jpg

Because I want one that smells like victory.

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/27/93/ca/2793ca9f9cb203296d33110e3d650050.jpg

These aren't real, but it's getting more difficult to tell.

"Prostate cancer", "Jizz" and "I don't need directions" scents obviously on the way

glad to see you guys have discovered liartownusa

http://24.media.tumblr.com/01ba6f6b75489321a6fb1a67f197f784/tumblr_muhm1obJE21s71q1zo1_1280.png

http://24.media.tumblr.com/d6b082611472398ac88d354ea750193f/tumblr_mtc1m85kli1s71q1zo1_1280.png

I think at times the "be a MAN" schtick is kind of useful as a stand-in for "be an ADULT," -- something that's kind of useful in an era of prolonged childhood. I mean it's really fucking lame when it gets used as an excuse for retrograde attitudes or GQ-type marketing bullshit - where being a man is equated to being some kind of all around great guy with a perfect smile and a cool haircut.

But still, sometimes I find it helpful to say to myself "Be a man. Stop whining and pick yourself up," etc. even if that has hints of retrograde gender attitudes.

― Bay-L.A. Bar Talk (Hurting 2), Wednesday, December 9, 2009

i sometimes feel this way, too, but yeah, there is a lot of gender stereotyping in that notion, and it's probably better to think "be an adult, ffs." still, when "be a man" is used for marketing and many times generally, i don't think the idea behind it is to equate manliness with being "some kind of all around great guy with a perfect smile and a cool haircut." it's much more base than that: physical strength, aggression to hyper-aggression, quick decision-making, an instinct to protect women and children, a preference for decisiveness and action over thoughtfulness and caution, etc., smashing through things instead of trying to navigate around them. i know a lot of this is media-driven notions and obvious, anyway, but it's amazing how strong a hold these notions have over people (including me). even at 46, i still think back to experiences i had as a kid, and sometimes torture myself along these lines ("why didn't you just swing at them" kind of thoughts).

Seward started posting those liartown posts last year. Yankee Candle must be fans too.

http://www.pbdesigns.net/home/organiz/videomgmt/video-outline-GDL.pdf

the first page of this internal planning document from a PR firm trying to sell an overdriven premium cabernet blend from napa is sort of amusing

LUXURY PEDIGREE GENTLEMAN

reads kind of like the grading rubric for a dog show

Voiceover: if not Jeffrey Stambor, then a sophisticated woman’s voice.

Facebook ad I saw today:

http://i.imgur.com/ORzCNsJ.png