Comments on: Ethos Water: Another Example of Consumption Marketed as Social Activism

By: Sociological Images » Should Marketing Principles Be Applied to Disease?

Sociological Images » Should Marketing Principles Be Applied to Disease? — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:57:55 +0000

[...] discussed the commodification of activism extensively (see here, here, here, here, and here) and so I’m going to skip this point. Instead, I’d like the ask the [...]

By: White Women Will Save Your Babies « afronautical

White Women Will Save Your Babies « afronautical — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:23:55 +0000

[...] Edit: As some have pointed out there is also the deterministic motherhood thing going on in this commercial. [...]

By: Sociological Images » THE WHITE WOMAN’S BURDEN

Sociological Images » THE WHITE WOMAN’S BURDEN — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:51:24 +0000

[...] of course, is another instance of activism by purchase, which we discussed at length on this blog. Why doesn’t Pampers just buy some babies some vaccines? Wouldn’t that be [...]

By: Sociological Images » Save the Ta-Tas: Fight Breast Cancer

Sociological Images » Save the Ta-Tas: Fight Breast Cancer — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:30:51 +0000

[...] attention to a worthy cause. And yet it’s another example of consumption as activism (see here, here, and here; there are other examples if you search under the “activism” tag). I [...]