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Ads for “That Time of the Month”: Europe vs. The States

by Cherchez La Femme | Mar 18, 2009 | Cherchez La Femme

At first, this ad for o.b. tampons, which was conceived by an all-male, Zurich-based marketing team, seemed gratuitous, distasteful, and disgusting. But then I thought about why I had that reaction, and suddenly, the Swiss seemed refreshingly realistic. Check out some...

When a Woman's at the Wheel, Cue the Tense, Cinematic Strings

by Cherchez La Femme | Mar 23, 2009 | Cherchez La Femme

Check out this Goodyear television ad from 1970. There is scary music. Arrows and numbers fly through the air like so much foreign language! Off-ramps fly by! On-ramps shoot out cars like ping pong balls! Oh Gee! We're at an airport! Planes are like big scary cars...

In the Shadow of the Valley: A Look at Locale and the Local Mindset through the Poetry of Plath

by Cherchez La Femme | Mar 26, 2009 | Cherchez La Femme

For many reasons, despite her rocky and sad life and background, Sylvia Plath's writing is often read by young, literary minded women in their teens or preteens, and is taken as an awakening, enlightening experience. The Bell Jar is the bible of reclusive,...

Inner Beauty

by Cherchez La Femme | Mar 30, 2009 | Cherchez La Femme

I've long been interested with the aesthetics of scientific images of times past. The catagorical and meticulous taxonomic illustrations and etchings of plant life and anatomy, especially of the German school, are particularly fascinating. And the imagery that...