tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879006027819443616.post8597533834876803701..comments2024-02-27T04:29:23.845-05:00Comments on The Ethical Adman: Similac makes fun of the "Mommy Wars" and it's pretty apallingTom Megginsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10342481605991016501noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879006027819443616.post-83603930479350676522015-04-23T05:22:45.954-04:002015-04-23T05:22:45.954-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Garima Arorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07403391032490429493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879006027819443616.post-80085799225255351592015-04-18T00:37:27.415-04:002015-04-18T00:37:27.415-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Garima Arorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07403391032490429493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879006027819443616.post-75788423274091814162015-02-20T22:46:00.310-05:002015-02-20T22:46:00.310-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05109673961732084799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879006027819443616.post-64459124912061139552015-02-06T10:03:55.707-05:002015-02-06T10:03:55.707-05:00Hilarious end to this piece which has some great o...Hilarious end to this piece which has some great observations (specifically the one about the teller of the tale). Thank you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05381525344211219472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879006027819443616.post-72222195976390497612015-01-28T11:05:47.483-05:002015-01-28T11:05:47.483-05:00What you say is interesting, BUT I think you yours...What you say is interesting, BUT I think you yourselves buy into the argument of the post, which is "all choices are equal (and if you think otherwise you are a bigot)"<br /><br />You say: "I'm a big advocate of breastfeeding," but only "when it works for the mother.". That is a BIG caveat and implies that more often that not it won't work for the mother.<br /><br />Then you say: "If they CHOOSE not to nurse", again, here you imply that breastfeeding is simply a matter of choice, and if you choose not to, no big deal.<br /><br />So what I get from your piece is that when you say: "By positioning itself as the teller of this tale, Similac very sneakily invalidates lactivist criticisms of its product and marketing" I agree, but you are pretty much doing the same thing. Both for Similac and yourself breastfeeding or not breastfeeding are equivalent options and you just choose what suits you best.Andreahttp://www.autosvezzamento.it/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879006027819443616.post-28816413731645126282015-01-27T12:35:47.518-05:002015-01-27T12:35:47.518-05:00Penina I think it is great that some women watch t...Penina I think it is great that some women watch this ad and feel good about their choices(or lack of choices for some). I wish we had a better way to allow women their feelings than through capitalism. Our country needs some help. I think that the point is that this ad of course is trying to sell Americans on the idea that breastfeeding and formula feeding is equal. When the truth is it is not. This is not a judgement it is science. Many women that cannot breastfeed for whatever reason know this and offer the second best food to their babies, formula. Many formula feeding mamas are still appalled that this formula company is trying to profit from the emotion of feeling judged or the idea that breast feeding mamas are judging. Quite frankly the underlining division that this commercial lights up, just brings more division and judgement. It is a choice women have but formula for profit companies should have to stay far away from these topics because after all lets face it they are trying to get more customers, which means less babies are getting the medicine that there bodies deserve. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879006027819443616.post-91821463211950569642015-01-27T11:30:18.323-05:002015-01-27T11:30:18.323-05:00Yes. It is. So?Yes. It is. So?Peninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746168802490653417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879006027819443616.post-43573096689377583232015-01-26T23:53:53.949-05:002015-01-26T23:53:53.949-05:00@Penina - the ad is about making more money.@Penina - the ad is about making more money.Fayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00084620529295792127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879006027819443616.post-54994701828174407182015-01-26T22:50:04.675-05:002015-01-26T22:50:04.675-05:00I have taken so much s#*t for my choices, I was—an...I have taken so much s#*t for my choices, I was—and still am—grateful for the Similac ad. There's absolutely a need for discussion about issues of public nursing, maternal leave and work flexibility (all painfully near and dear to me). But the ad is about the judgment, not the discussion. And the judgment is real, divisive, hurtful. Sure, the “resolution” is trite, but I still cried. Because I would have liked some resolution, however trite.Peninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14746168802490653417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879006027819443616.post-68751684900459728712015-01-26T22:22:23.736-05:002015-01-26T22:22:23.736-05:00Excellent. I think this is the best counter I have...Excellent. I think this is the best counter I have yet read -- boiled down, bare-bones, straight to the underlying issue. Thanks.Staciehttp://www.staciebingham.comnoreply@blogger.com