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First Mover: Joanna Coles Cosmo's new editor on being scolded by HGB and the right to go bare down there (or not)

Specs Age 50 New gig Editor in chief, Cosmopolitan Old gig Editor in chief, Marie Claire You started as a reporter for The Spectator and later worked for The Guardian and The Times of…

October 22, 2012, 12:01 AM EDT

English National Opera Releases Un-Opera-Like Condom Ad Not everyone's idea of a happy ending

The English National Opera is courting controversy with an ad campaign for its production of Mozart's Don Giovanni that pairs the image of an open condom wrapper with the familiar…

October 9, 2012, 10:10 AM EDT

India Gets Plenty Uptight About Ad for Vaginal Tightening Cream Message of female empowerment rings false

The commercial below for a vaginal tightening cream called 18 Again is causing a backlash in India. The spot shows a wife singing "I feel like a virgin," while dancing…

August 30, 2012, 1:53 PM EDT

What 200 'Playboy' Covers Tell Us About Beauty in America Era by era, a sanitized quest for physical perfection

At this point, Playboy is a relic—an outdated self-parody, much like its creator, Hugh Hefner. But historical artifacts are valuable because they give the present some context by illuminating the…

August 22, 2012, 10:27 AM EDT

Trojan Vibrator Campaign Teases Facebookers, Goes Limp on Twitter Sex brand fails to get off on social media

What could have been an engorgement of social media engagement for Trojan, the condom brand, has instead represented a largely limp effort. Trojan has been trying to give away 10,000 units…

August 9, 2012, 3:16 PM EDT

The Breast of Advertising From Hooters to the cover of 'Time,' does the strategy sell or repel?

Sales were “crazy, crazy,” at Sal Ali’s grocery and news shop in Manhattan, where issues of Time magazine featuring a controversial cover on attachment parenting were selling off the rack.…

June 4, 2012, 12:02 AM EDT

PSA Takes Variety of Positions Regarding Old-Person STDs But basically, they're not good

Like it or not, old people do the nasty. And apparently, they often do it unprotected, which is why you get to witness this new PSA featuring granny sex, set…

April 13, 2012, 9:23 AM EDT

Advertisers Move to Drop Radio Host 20 reported to have pulled the promo plug as Rush Limbaugh’s scandal persists

More than 20 advertisers have now reportedly run from Rush Limbaugh after his apology to Georgetown student Sandra Fluke failed to quell the media firestorm that was sparked by the…

March 6, 2012, 3:39 PM EST

Sears Wins Contest for Most Inappropriate T-Shirt of the Year Item is quickly pulled from online store

When it comes to the politics of provocative T-shirts, there are degrees of complexity and impropriety. JCPenney last year caused much anxiety and heated intellectual debate over gender roles with…

March 6, 2012, 12:30 PM EST

Go Vegan and Knock Your Girlfriend Around a Bit, Says PETA Sexual antics leave woman in neck brace

Love hurts. Sometimes it stinks. Lots of folks have been holding their noses this week, thanks to a relationship-themed spot from PETA that seems to make light of violent sexual…

February 17, 2012, 9:06 AM EST

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