Aussie brewer bashed for boobs campaign

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There’s nothing too subtle about this ad for Australian beer Hahn Superdry. It shows a woman drawing a heart in the sand, which her male companion, looking at it upside down, alters with his heel to make it look like boobs. But it’s the online component that really has Australian authorities seething. It opens with a clip of a woman’s hands holding a pair of naked breasts—which turn out to belong to a dude. “Boobs.

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