They’re all laughing alone because as we all know from the Simpsons “You don’t win friends with saal-ad!” *congas out of thread*
Manju: Why no stock photos of Women Laughing Alone While Drinking Whiskey from Bottle? (Quote this comment?) We should start that trend.
I don’t get it somehow. Is it something about how they are women doing the stereotypically-female thing of eating salad? In that case, why is it funny?
OMG–that is hilarious. Try googling “women eating salad” and then “men eating salad,” and note the higher number of women alone than men alone. Many of the photos of men also had women in them. Also interesting is “women laughing carrots” or “women laughing cucumbers! You’d think they’d died and gone to heaven! The women eating salad look positively depressed in comparison.
Lottie–It’s an example of ridiculous advertising and the stereotypes reinforced by the media. They’re not selling salad. They’re trying to sell happiness. Women love happiness. Women who eat salad are happy women! Proper women eat salad, and they are happy when they do it. The next time I take pictures I’m going to shout, SALAD FACE!
Manju: Why no stock photos of Women Laughing Alone While Drinking Whiskey from Bottle? Totally with you, Manju.
Nahida: Lottie–It’s an example of ridiculous advertising and the stereotypes reinforced by the media. They’re not selling salad. They’re trying to sell happiness. Women love happiness. Women who eat salad are happy women! Proper women eat salad, and they are happy when they do it. The next time I take pictures I’m going to shout, SALAD FACE! I wonder what the patriarchy will do next to control us. SMILING MEN AND CAKE??? >:( No sir. I WILL NOT HAVE YOUR CAKE. I WILL NOT EAT IT TOO.
Wow – I am slightly freaked out. I’ve seen those over the top images before, but a handful of them really drives home how artificial it is. Its straight in th uncanny valley.
To cite Sarah Haskins: Yogurt eaters come from all races, but only from one soceoeconomic class: the one that wears grey hoodies. http://current.com/shows/infomania/88941392_sarah-haskins-in-target-women-yogurt-edition.htm Granted, there are no grey hoodeis in the salad photos, but a lot of the outfits are close enough.
That’s right David. Mocking advertising is exactly the same as saying THE PARTIARCHY IS OPRESSING US WITH SALAD ZOMG!!!!
Sorry for the double post. I think this picture is fairly apt, no? Image Description: A white woman holding a Marino glass with a slushy pink alcoholic beverage in it. She is smiling.
“To cite Sarah Haskins: Yogurt eaters come from all races, but only from one soceoeconomic class: the one that wears grey hoodies.” “It says, ‘I have a master’s degree, but then I got married’ ” (and ate salad).
Oh crap-I am wearing a gray hoodie right at this moment! I have no desire to eat salad, or yogurt, while laughing though. I am, however, about to do the dishes while skipping, and then maybe eat a cupcake while sobbing uncontrollably. Where is my ad campaign?!
Those gals are up to something, I know it. Maybe captions need to be written underneath the pictures to show what they are thinking?