Comments on: Dove Onslaught – Talk to your daughter before the beauty industry does

By: guioconnor

guioconnor — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:17:23 +0000

@lemonpuff –

well i guess you’re right… the campaignforrealbeauty does make you think about the fakeness of the
“beauty” you see on the media.

Maybe You can even say that the campaign for freal beauty is so enlighted that makes us thing about the fakeness of Unilever itself.

There is a saying I heard once that says “Even a broken clock is right twice a day”: It might be the case here. Nevertheless, the people behind this particular campaign still have my deepest respect.

By: lemonpuff

lemonpuff — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:24:59 +0000

well i guess you’re right… the campaignforrealbeauty does make you think about the fakeness of the
“beauty” you see on the media.

By: guioconnor

guioconnor — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:22:57 +0000

@lemonpuff – I know, you are right: Axe campaings really suck, but in my defense I have to say that I never said that is Unilever that is enlighted but this specific campaing, and I truly think it is, even if there is hypocrisy by Unilever’s part.

By: lemonpuff

lemonpuff — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:11:20 +0000

in my opinion, i think it was solely a great marketing stragety on Dove’s part to make its competitors the “bad guys”, thus earning more profits themselves. If you look closely, you will see that Unilever, Dove’s parent company, also owns Axe products, so that hypocrisy that arises is too much too handle. that’s what i think, anyway.

By: guioconnor

guioconnor — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:58:38 +0000

@ses5909 - Indeed it is, I saw it about a dozen times. Also the first one is worth watching several times.

By: ses5909

ses5909 — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:21:20 +0000

I remember the first time I saw this video, I had to watch it several more times. It is just very powerful IMO.

By: Zo’C » Dove Onslaught Soundtrack - La Breeze by Simian

Zo’C » Dove Onslaught Soundtrack - La Breeze by Simian — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 10:22:19 +0000

[...] my post of Tuesday about the Dove Onslaught Video for the Campaign for Real Beauty a question of many is: Whose soundtrack is [...]

By: guioconnor

guioconnor — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:22:55 +0000

@Jen / domestika –

First off, that video gave me a cold chill up my spine.

Freakingly well done, isn’t it?

Secondly, I’m now officially President of the Guilherme Fan Club. (Can’t we clone you?)

Lol, thanks. I don’t think you can clone me, but I’ll have children one day.

…as long as the boys are continuing to be brainwashed to think that ‘cadavarous’ is beautiful …

Yes, boys, but lets us not forget that the boys just learned this by example, so did the girls. Is the fashion industry that creates the stereotype. The average person can’t afford to transgrede to cadavarous beauty individually.

By: We’re Already Beautiful, Thank You

We’re Already Beautiful, Thank You — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:28:56 +0000

[...] this video to our attention, and it’s really heartening to see the enlightened male viewpoint here and in his previous post, Dove Evolution, both about the Dove Campaign for Real [...]

By: Jen / domestika

Jen / domestika — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 02:36:13 +0000

First off, that video gave me a cold chill up my spine.

Secondly, I’m now officially President of the Guilherme Fan Club. (Can’t we clone you?)

Because you’re absolutely right.

We can talk to girls til we all turn blue, but as long as the boys are continuing to be brainwashed to think that ‘cadavarous’ is beautiful (and the only possible standard of beauty), there’s no hope of raising the next generation to be free of these appalling self-esteem issues that lurk in the back of every woman’s mind, ready to sabotage…

Onslaught, indeed. It’ll take both genders to see the effects of advertising for what they are, to creat any meaningful change.