Self-esteem workshops for boys?

If Dove’s Men + Care products became more widespread like Dove’s other products, would a self-esteem workshop for boys be made since there’s one for girls? Would it be appropriate? This is one of the reasons I think Dove’s Men + Care products would work in the U.S. If Dove were to sell a line of men’s personal [...]

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Whaaaaat?

The other day my brother pointed this video out to me. It was airing on a country music television station. What the mess? Margaret Durante covering Kings of Leon’s “Use Somebody”? I don’t know who Margaret is, but she shouldn’t have covered this in the first place, nor should she have made it a single.

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Dove…for men?

I was originally looking for a video I had found the other week that a YouTuber made about a male version of Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty, when I came upon this:     It’s a video (not quite sure if it’s an ad) of men being asked what comfort means to them. I had [...]

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That’s not my headline

Earlier this week I went to a “Black in America” forum on campus. It lasted a little more than two hours, but it was fun. Plus, there was food, and I hadn’t eaten anything all day. Jeff Reid, executive producer of CNN’s “Black in America” documentaries, and Reggie Bullock, independent filmmaker of “A War for [...]

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Dove vs. Axe

Both Dove and Axe fall under the Unilever company, but it seems the two brands are antipodes, as far as instilling self-esteem among audiences. Unilever says this about its personal care brands: Feeling good about yourself gives you the confidence to meet life’s challenges head on. Our personal care brands are designed to make you [...]

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Second Life

I gave Second Life a try this past weekend, and it seemed to take all weekend to get the thing running. I think I had to download the program three or four times. The first few times Second Life wouldn’t run because of some video card issue (never figured it out). But it got running, [...]

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The life of a movie extra

Yesterday I went to Nashville to be one of the extras in the upcoming movie A Pure Country Gift (the not-really-a-sequel movie to Pure Country). Although I like some George Strait, who is featured in the film, every now and then, I didn’t go there specifically for him, nor did I go to have face-time on [...]

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