Comments on: TARGETING TARGET

By: Defending Mr. Wasabi » Sociological Images

Defending Mr. Wasabi » Sociological Images — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:21:21 +0000

[...] even in the face of backlash, collective action can [...]

By: Sunny Dark

Sunny Dark — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:35:43 +0000

I thought she was innocently making a snow angel?

By: Business Memes » SEX AND DATING AS A HUNT

Business Memes » SEX AND DATING AS A HUNT — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:59:20 +0000

[...] These all remind me of an unfortunate Target billboard. [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:01:38 +0000

Oddly, I don’t think I would have noticed the connotations of this. I didn’t even notice her crotch was in the center of the bullseye. That isn’t to say that the outcry wasn’t deserved, but it just didn’t strike me as particularly sexist. I could be wrong, though.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:34:26 +0000

I don’t know… she seems pretty happy to be there. Some women LIKE to be a target, it doesn’t (and shouldn’t) have any connotations towards rape. Maybe she wants her crotch targetted – women want action too.

By: Sociological Images » SEX AND DATING AS A HUNT

Sociological Images » SEX AND DATING AS A HUNT — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:00:47 +0000

[...] These all remind me of an unfortunate Target billboard. [...]

By: ShapingYouth

ShapingYouth — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:56:47 +0000

Here’s the original post and context on Shaping Youth.org, and you can see by the 125+ comments, just about every angle and opinion has been covered from when I first wrote about it. http://www.shapingyouth.org/blog/?p=969

Ironically, it’s now become a ‘textbook case’ in social media (not to mention a life lesson for me) because I now use it in media literacy sessions with teens for critical thinking skills, rotating imagery in ‘would it have been different if…(fill in the blank) mode.

Needless to say, depending what you put in that target, the sociological implications elicit various responses and ‘aha’ moments.

By: Le

Le — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:53:57 +0000

Hmmm, this ad wouldn’t have struck me as such if I never read this blog. Maybe that’s just me.

By: Nadav Perez

Nadav Perez — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:09:48 +0000

Even if they did not ‘mean to try to titillate the viewer with fantasies of rape’, I think this ad tells us a lot about what their copywriter thinks is ‘cool’ and ‘getting to people’, and therefore – what is considered ‘cool’ and ‘getting to people’ in our culture. and drawing attention to this removes it from being so.
therefore, it does not matter much if it was a mistake.