The grossly sexist ads we can’t believe exist in the 21st century
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LifeAn ad that promoted plastic surgery during Love Island has finally been banned
But feminist campaigners are questioning why it took so long.
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- Moya Crockett
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LifeGap advert praised for greatly empowering women
Gap's released an ad with a woman breastfeeding and the world loves it
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LifeStockholm is banning sexist and racist adverts – but where does the UK stand?
This is why some ‘offensive’ ads are banned, but others aren’t
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- Susan Devaney
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PeopleHere's why this artist swapped women for men in old adverts
Imagining a parallel universe without sexism
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- Emily Reynolds
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PeopleMeghan Markle was fighting against sexism at just 11 years old
“I don’t think it’s right for kids to grow up thinking that mom does everything”
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LifeThis year's M&S Christmas advert is here and it'll give you all the warm fuzzies
It features one of our favourite children's book characters
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- Megan Murray
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LifeThese are the most complained about TV adverts in 2017
Have you been annoyed by these adverts too?
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- Susan Devaney
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LifeThis campaign is changing the way images of women are used in media
And it's already had a huge impact.
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- Hayley Spencer
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PeoplePepsi apologises personally to Martin Luther King’s daughter Bernice
“We at Pepsi believe in the legacy of Dr King and meant absolutely no disrespect to him.”
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- Moya Crockett
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LifeThis billboard of a “perfect mum” has sparked a major debate
But it's not what it seems…
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- Hayley Spencer
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PeopleScarlett Johansson spoofs Ivanka Trump in mock perfume advert
“She’s beautiful, she’s powerful, she’s complicit.”
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- Moya Crockett
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LifeThis advert paints exhaustion as aspirational and people aren’t happy
“We are now supposed to feel guilty for getting enough sleep.”
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- Moya Crockett
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FashionSaint Laurent told its ads are “degrading to women” by French watchdog
The revered French fashion house has been asked to change its Spring 2017 campaign.
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- Moya Crockett
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West Coast style finds its way to the high street
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- Lucy Reber
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LifeThis is not just an advert, this is a feminist advert
Ahead of British Festival of Advertising, four veterans of the industry pick their favourite feminist ads
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- The Stylist web team
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FashionFootwear brand put on blast for ‘using feminism to sell stilettos’
“Isn't it great when capitalism attempts to cash in on feminism?”
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- Moya Crockett
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TravelTV ad for ice cream to be first spoken entirely in Cornish
Diw loyas dhe’n lyha mar pleg!
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- Amy Swales
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Ask A Feminist“End branded feminism: it's a bloodletting of the movement”
"The mainstream is scrubbing our feminism clean when we should be daubing on war paint." by Bertie Brandes
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- Stylist Team
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LifeHow it feels to be a ‘leftover woman’ in China
A powerful new short film is challenging Chinese perceptions of single women
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- Moya Crockett
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