Sociological Images

I saw this shirt online at a site advertised on YouTube. It also comes in “women’s cut” tees and spaghetti string tank tops. The story here is old…

Also see the last t-shirt in this post: ”I like my women like my chicken, battered.”

Behold the line of shoes from Heelarious, a company that makes high heels for infants (“her first high heels”):

High heels for babies. High heels for babies. High heels. For babies.

From the web page:

heežlaržižous [he-lair-ee-uhs] – noun:

extremely funny, completely soft, fully functional high heel crib shoes for babies. Not intended for walking (heel will collapse with weight). Not intended to harm children in any way. WARNING: May cause extreme smiling and hysterical laughter when in use (this is completely normal).

The·heelarious®Story

Britta Bacon & Hayden Porter are childhood friends turned business partners. While Hayden was completely obsessed with high heels, Britta wasn’t even sure if she owned a pair. On her way to her daughter Kayla’s 4th birthday party, Britta was reminiscing about when Kayla was a baby and Hayden’s shoe obsession crossed her mind. She thought to herself “That would have been hilarious if I could have brought Kayla to a party in high heels when she was a baby”. It was at that moment that ·heelarious® was born.

After 7 years of working together on various projects, Britta and Hayden joined their creative forces to launch ·heelarious®. With safety and comfort as their main concern, Hayden and Britta were successful in creating a soft, fully functional crib shoe designed to look like a high heel. The style names were inspired by their daughters, Kayla and Brooke.

May these shoes bring as many smiles and as much laughter to your life as they have to ours.
We hope you enjoy ·heelarious® as much as we do.

· Britta and Hayden ·

As my great-grandma used to say when perplexed, “Good god a’mighty.”

Thanks to Jessica O., who found the images here

This video includes an interview with the entrepreneurs (warning: the site plays an ad before the news story):
Found here via Best Week Ever via Radar

A familiar trope: draping the object of sale on a naked woman. This time it’s pasta from a home machine.

Picture via Serious Eats via Erin Doland

Apparently someone thought it was a good idea to take this picture of the Spanish basketball team for an advertisement, in a nod to the fact that the Olympics are in China this year. The mind boggles.

Picture via Scandalist via Guardian via Gawker.

UPDATE: Daniel B. sent in this image of the Spanish women’s basketball team in a similar pose:

Thanks, Daniel!

From the fabulous copyranter comes these ads for Manix extra-thin condoms. I noticed, as copyranter did, that this ad series shows the same man with different women. Also, it’s kind of creepy. I’m just saying.

This is pretty old by now, but I’m not a regular watcher of Nickelodeon’s Teen Choice Awards, so I hadn’t seen this before. The audience reactions are really interesting, I think.