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"Barbie Girl" by Aqua - Topic 3

Although there were several songs to consider for this topic, I landed on Barbie Girl due to the history of the song. It's popularity was clear as it was played during my high school prom, however I'd never seen the music video until this point. Not

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"Boys Don't Cry" - The Cure

Who created this message? The song was created by Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey, and Lol Tolhurst, the three founding members of the Cure, a famous English band who played a large role in the popularization of "goth rock" during the 1980s. It was released on their second album

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For a Boy

For a Boy by RaeLynn Woodward For a boy your heart is pretty see through For a boy you sure let your guard down When you know you want it Won’t you say it and baby right now you're looking at me The way you say my

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Try by Colbie Caillat

After looking up “tween girls” and being somewhat discouraged by what I found, I looked up “songs about tween girls” and the first post was titled A Playlist for My Daughter: 15 Songs to Empower Girls, which made me feel a little better.  After looking through the list, I found

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I'm Just a Girl... No Doubt

1. Who created the ad/music? This song was written by Gwen Stefani and performed by her and her band No Doubt. It came out in 1995 on their Tragic Kingdom album. She said that it was inspired by her father getting mad at her for driving late at night,

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Pretty Hurts

The song was performed by Beyonce and written by Sia under the Columbia label in 2014. I think the message behind the song is that there is a lot of pressure to feel pretty on the outside, even if on the inside we are all falling apart. In today’s

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Rebel Rebel

Song about gender.

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The freedom of labels

I spend enough time living the reality of a non-binary person in a binary world,  the last thing I want to do is listen to someone else sing about it. So instead I'm posting a poem by Alok Vaid-Menon. I don't have a video of them

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Victoria's Secret by Jax

Lyrics to Victoria's Secret by Jax God, I wish somebody would've told me When I was younger that all bodies aren't the same Photoshop itty bitty models on magazine covers Told me I was overweightI stopped eating, what a bummer Can't have

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Mr. Mom

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"My network has gone kaput!"

Over the past couple of weeks, I have seen this ad multiple times on both my cell phone and T.V. Who created this message? This message was created by Verizon which is an American wireless network operator. With 142.8 million subscribers, Verizon is the largest wireless carrier in

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Hey, It's Me... CeraVe

Who Created the Message The skincare company CeraVe created the message. It is a short 30-second take on why you should use their product. CeraVe has become increasingly popular as a skincare company in the past few years, and most people I know in my age demographic use at least

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Venus et Fleur - Deconstructed

As others have included in their blog posts, I realized that I don't see a lot of "old-school" commercials/advertisements, because like so many of my colleagues, I have enabled ad-blockers, or I just don't use the services where you would see them. I

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Designed To Last

Recently I've been thinking about buying a new bed. My current one is fine, but I've had it a long time and I am looking for a change or upgrade to my bedroom. As I've been browsing numerous reviews online and looking for the

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Who Gives a Crap?

Who created this message? The marketing team for Who Gives a Crap company - 3 product designers who want to help sanitation in developing countries through selling more environmentally friendly toilet products. What creative techniques are used to attract my attention? Their name is really the attention grabber. They started

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Seagulls Selling Insurance?

Who created this message? This message was created by Liberty Mutual, an insurance company that offers a variety of coverage from home and renters insurance to auto and life. What creative techniques are used to attract my attention? This ad is definitely playing on the curiosity gap to catch people’

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Hogwarts Legacy Ad - Topic 2

I recognize there is ongoing controversy surrounding the launch of the Hogwarts Legacy game. Although this post is specifically about the advertisements I've received for the game as of late, I’ll provide some context where needed. 1. Who created this message? Between the developer Avalanche Software and

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Tombolo Clothing

1. Tombolo created this message, which is a leisure clothing brand. 2. The techniques they used to attract my attention were displaying a swipe-able post that shows clothing I would be interested in. This ad came up a few times, though I’m assuming the few seconds I spent swiping

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Dailylook

Dailylook is a subscription box that assigns you a “personal stylist” who puts together boxes of clothes to mail to you. Once you receive the box you can buy the things you like and return the things you don’t. Who created this message? This ad was created by Dailylook

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Cozy & Calm

Who created this message? These ads are posted by the company Cozy Earth. They are not sold in stores, only on the internet. I am assuming they have an in-house marketing team that posting their products.   What creative techniques are used to attract my attention? Starting with the name of

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Pants problems

I decided 2023 was going to be my year of comfort. My subtitle for this year is "no real pants". So, like any conscious consumer in 2023, I immediately searched "comfortable work pants" in Instagram, knowing I would get flooded with targeted ads. "Let them

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Bath & Body Works Email Ad

Candles, Anyone? The advertising team at Bath & Body Works created this email ad.  This is a common form of advertising for the company and many other sales companies.  They send emails many times a week as a way of drawing your attention to their products.  I received 3 emails

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I'll Have Fries with That

Most of my time on media was for work and I was able to miss a lot of advertisements. When I was relaxing in the evening, watching Hulu or playing games, this is where some ads were able to pop up and grab my attention. One that repeated itself was

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The Colorful World of Rainbow Brite

Who created this message? This message was created by Mattel for the Rainbow Brite doll toy. Mattel, Inc. is the world's second largest toy maker in terms of revenue after The Lego Group. The character of Rainbow Brite was originally created by Hallmark in 1983 for greeting cards

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Creepy Crawlers Creations

Who created this message? This message was created by ToyMax. The creepy crawlers toy creation concept has actually been around since the 1960's when originally created by Mattel. As time went on, safety standards were put in place and the toy evolved and lasted the test of time