Target Women with Sarah Haskins

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Firdaus

If you haven’t yet seen Target Women with Sarah Haskins, you’re in for a treat. Sarah and her team at Current TV explore the ridiculous, hilarious and often insulting content of pop culture/television advertisements in a collage of clips and clever critiques.

I stopped watching television about five years ago, and now it’s hard to even be around one while it’s on. To me, it’s not the television shows that get me nauseated, it’s the endless barrage of sexist/classist/racist commercials that are cleverly crafted to seep into your brain.

While I enjoy all of Sarah’s episodes, check out this knee-slapper on birth control:

Will this change the way you see advertisements too?

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3 thoughts on “Target Women with Sarah Haskins”

kristin f November 23, 2011 at 8:39 pm

the feminist conscious consumer in me had a blast watching this. thanks for sharing.

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1. Eleanor November 25, 2011 at 10:42 am
  
  Isn’t it hilarious? You just have to love that for a pill that changes parts of your menstrual cycle, there is no mention of…your menstrual cycle.
  
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