The Hand Mirror

Feminists were pretty pleased when Facebook bowed to user – well, OK, advertiser – pressure last month and promised it would do more to kee...

Stella Artois beer advertisement, glamourous woman drinking beer, man gazing on, "She is a thing of beauty".  Someone has scrawl...

You may have noticed that the Tui beer ads have changed.  No longer are they as awfully sexist as they once were.  Now they are only very...

am i the only person who watched this ad with an increasing sense of annoyance? i know it's meant to be some kind of tribute to moth...

i was watching 7 days on friday night, as i do when i get the chance. well, wouldn't you know it, one of the news items was auckland fem...

Putting to one side for a moment the merits (of which I think there are many ) of Auckland Feminist Action's campaign against the sexist...

Occupational hazard of wanting to end rape culture: you spend lots of time designing training and education packages for people around the ...

Media release from Auckland Feminist Action, up on Scoop earlier today . Campaign launched against Tui beer ads Auckland group Feminist Ac...

i'm sure you've seen the new libra ad? if not, try here where the comments are pointing out just exactly how bad it is. the first...

this is what we neeed:

There's a new shared space* in Auckland's CBD, in Darby St, and a party to celebrate this innovative approach to urban planning on A...

i've been meaning to link to this post by pablo at kiwipolitico for some days now. it deals with the depiction of men in advertising o...

is it just me, or have all the ads for women's hygiene products lately been more about men than about women? the two that immediately c...

Many thanks to Gina for this guest post, sorry it didn't go up yesterday, that was my fault. In the UK Weightwatchers advertises under t...

Facebook ad spotted this evening: Sorry if you can't read it, here's the text "Know a girlfriend at work who drinks too many su...

Further to my post about AirNZ's vile Grabaseat promotion last week, there have now been articles in both the Sunday Star Times yesterd...

Thanks to a reader who sent this through, here's the text of an email Air NZ has been sending out to promote Grabaseat: Hi XXXXX, Happy ...

i received an email from nicola skews, woman's representative for young labour, regarding a complaint letter she wrote to life pharmacy ...

Widex has bowed to the pressure and decided to withdraw their sexist advertising campaign ! Here's a message from Leonie: Please report ...

Bothered by Widex's ridiculous billboards? You're not the only one, and, thanks to reader Leonie for the info, you can complain dir...