Amazon ad with Girl with mustache

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also hate it.

What makes you so uncomfortable about the ad that you hate it?

[Anonymous]

But Olivia Wilde directed it!

Who cares? It's terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It freaked me out. What was that about? Was it something with trans?

I hadn't seen it until I saw this thread. I'm a trans woman and after watching it, it seems pretty obvious to me that the person in the video is a nonbinary AFAB person, most likely on testosterone. It's clearly queer coded and the person is clearly supposed to be gender nonconforming and almost certainly nonbinary. They could have made it more obvious with something like a trans flag but that's probably too on the nose for cis viewers. I'd wager the only reason that there wasn't a blahaj in the video is because it's an Ikea product. If you're not familiar, it's a large and inexpensive stuffed shark from Ikea that happens to have the same colors as the trans flag and has become a thing in trans culture.

If they were on testosterone because they’re trans, they wouldn’t be upset about the lip hair and trying to remove it…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It freaked me out. What was that about? Was it something with trans?

I hadn't seen it until I saw this thread. I'm a trans woman and after watching it, it seems pretty obvious to me that the person in the video is a nonbinary AFAB person, most likely on testosterone. It's clearly queer coded and the person is clearly supposed to be gender nonconforming and almost certainly nonbinary. They could have made it more obvious with something like a trans flag but that's probably too on the nose for cis viewers. I'd wager the only reason that there wasn't a blahaj in the video is because it's an Ikea product. If you're not familiar, it's a large and inexpensive stuffed shark from Ikea that happens to have the same colors as the trans flag and has become a thing in trans culture.

Or it could be just a reflection of the reality that many women with dark hair have hair on their upper lip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It freaked me out. What was that about? Was it something with trans?

I hadn't seen it until I saw this thread. I'm a trans woman and after watching it, it seems pretty obvious to me that the person in the video is a nonbinary AFAB person, most likely on testosterone. It's clearly queer coded and the person is clearly supposed to be gender nonconforming and almost certainly nonbinary. They could have made it more obvious with something like a trans flag but that's probably too on the nose for cis viewers. I'd wager the only reason that there wasn't a blahaj in the video is because it's an Ikea product. If you're not familiar, it's a large and inexpensive stuffed shark from Ikea that happens to have the same colors as the trans flag and has become a thing in trans culture.

I don’t know. I thought it was about a girl accepting herself as she is with a mustache rather than conform to societal standards, as many women have a mustache if they don’t wax it off. I don’t think everyone nonconforming to societal standards needs to be trans or non-binary. Yes, I’m cis, but also that’s my take on it and the audience is everyone. Maybe it’s vague so we can all take from it as we see fit, and in that case it’s well done. We can all see ourselves in that girl.

I don’t like it mostly because I think, to me, it’s like she wants desperately to find acceptance through buying things on Amazon. It’s just a weird message.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I also hate it.



What makes you so uncomfortable about the ad that you hate it?

DP.
I do not hate it because it makes me "uncomfortable." I hate it because:

--the girl looks terrible with facial hair and bad teeth. She does not rock this look
--the premise that this girl will suddenly become a "cool cat" because she buys a Freddie Mercury jacket while continuing to have facial hair is not realistic
--Amazon is exploiting trans issues with this ad
--Amazon is exploiting Freddie Mercury with this ad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It freaked me out. What was that about? Was it something with trans?

I hadn't seen it until I saw this thread. I'm a trans woman and after watching it, it seems pretty obvious to me that the person in the video is a nonbinary AFAB person, most likely on testosterone. It's clearly queer coded and the person is clearly supposed to be gender nonconforming and almost certainly nonbinary. They could have made it more obvious with something like a trans flag but that's probably too on the nose for cis viewers. I'd wager the only reason that there wasn't a blahaj in the video is because it's an Ikea product. If you're not familiar, it's a large and inexpensive stuffed shark from Ikea that happens to have the same colors as the trans flag and has become a thing in trans culture.

I don’t know. I thought it was about a girl accepting herself as she is with a mustache rather than conform to societal standards, as many women have a mustache if they don’t wax it off. I don’t think everyone nonconforming to societal standards needs to be trans or non-binary. Yes, I’m cis, but also that’s my take on it and the audience is everyone. Maybe it’s vague so we can all take from it as we see fit, and in that case it’s well done. We can all see ourselves in that girl.

I don’t like it mostly because I think, to me, it’s like she wants desperately to find acceptance through buying things on Amazon. It’s just a weird message.

+1

I assumed it was about a woman unlearning toxic beauty standards. Why does everything like this have to mean "queer coded"? This is like how they decided Nymphadora Tonks had to be nonbinary because being a tomboy or an unconventional woman was bigoted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It freaked me out. What was that about? Was it something with trans?

I hadn't seen it until I saw this thread. I'm a trans woman and after watching it, it seems pretty obvious to me that the person in the video is a nonbinary AFAB person, most likely on testosterone. It's clearly queer coded and the person is clearly supposed to be gender nonconforming and almost certainly nonbinary. They could have made it more obvious with something like a trans flag but that's probably too on the nose for cis viewers. I'd wager the only reason that there wasn't a blahaj in the video is because it's an Ikea product. If you're not familiar, it's a large and inexpensive stuffed shark from Ikea that happens to have the same colors as the trans flag and has become a thing in trans culture.

If they were on testosterone because they’re trans, they wouldn’t be upset about the lip hair and trying to remove it…

Maybe you're right. I might be reading too much into the bedroom. I'm not nonbinary but I know many that are and they don't all want the same things in their transition but one cannot dictate what hormones will do to your body. For example, an AFAB NB might not want body hair but would want a mustache. Or they may not want a mustache either. Some AMAB NB's want body feminization without breast growth. You're probably right though and I'm reading too much into it.

[Anonymous]

I hate it. It’s so stupid and she looks bad with the scraggly mustache. My kids hate it too.

[Anonymous]

It’s so creepy seeing a woman with a mustache. It’s gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate it. It’s so stupid and she looks bad with the scraggly mustache. My kids hate it too.

Huh, I wonder where your kids learned to feel so strongly about other people’s appearances? With all of these body hair threads lately, there is so much internalized self-loathing on display. How many of you “ew, gross” posters grew up with parents who were constantly commenting on others’ physical appearances in critical ways? You can stop this cycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Amazon is now using a shortened version of that commercial in which the facial hair is not there and it appears to be just about receiving cool clothes from Amazon and therefore becoming a cool cat. I think they are afraid of being Bud Lighted.

If only.

I just saw the ad on NBC.

[Anonymous]

Apparently these commercial were directed by Olivia Wilde?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Apparently these commercial were directed by Olivia Wilde?

It doesn’t matter who directed this. It’s a flop.

If they had made the commercial about the gap in her teeth and self acceptance about that, then it would actually be a cool ad.

[Anonymous]

I don't mind it.
I can tell when an ad is not aimed at me.
So much dislike on this thread. It's revealing whether you want to admit it or not. Even if you are claiming that it's about the facial hair.