AWNY, ‘Maxim’ make strange bedfellows

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Did it seem odd to anyone else that last night’s Good, Bad & Ugly Awards show was sponsored by Maxim? The Advertising Women of New York, which hosted the event, not surprisingly handed Grand Uglies to the infamous Carl’s Jr. ad with a soaped-up Paris Hilton washing a Bentley and to a “buns and puns” effort for Milwaukee’s Best. Now, I’m happy to shove aside the pretense that I’m a good little feminist. (After all, I find the supposedly “sexist” Axe ads just plain funny, while Leo Burnett’s “Have a happy period” affirmations for Always are just insulting.)

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