Amazon ad with Girl with mustache

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like that the ad is showing a young person finding inspiration in uniqueness rather than conformity. I mean, yeah, it's an ad and not a public service announcement, but still.

My 7 yo DD is already saying things like "I hate the hair on my legs,", refusing to wear shorts, trying to hide her new buck teeth when she smiles. Where do you think she gets this stuff? It's not from me. I don't understand why adults can't refrain from commenting on appearance. It's fine if you prefer your appearance to conform to feminine beauty standards, but kids pick up on these things so quickly and repeat them and perpetuate the cycle. I don't see the harm in a TV ad showing someone embracing their appearance and feeling good about it. If your kids are like "ew gross" and you are like "yeah, right?" you are part of the problem.

+100 We know exactly where the mean kids learn to be that way.

[Anonymous]

I just saw on Twitter that the model has booked a campaign with Nike.

In general, this ad is getting really bad feedback. They should just share the shortened version.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like that the ad is showing a young person finding inspiration in uniqueness rather than conformity. I mean, yeah, it's an ad and not a public service announcement, but still.

My 7 yo DD is already saying things like "I hate the hair on my legs,", refusing to wear shorts, trying to hide her new buck teeth when she smiles. Where do you think she gets this stuff? It's not from me. I don't understand why adults can't refrain from commenting on appearance. It's fine if you prefer your appearance to conform to feminine beauty standards, but kids pick up on these things so quickly and repeat them and perpetuate the cycle. I don't see the harm in a TV ad showing someone embracing their appearance and feeling good about it. If your kids are like "ew gross" and you are like "yeah, right?" you are part of the problem.

EXACTLY!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw on Twitter that the model has booked a campaign with Nike.

In general, this ad is getting really bad feedback. They should just share the shortened version.

Why? Because facial hair on women is offensive to you?

[Anonymous]

The girl is cute.

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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.

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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.

Because, as always, women are being erased and, as usual, white men are behind it. They are completely manipulating the trans community as a means for eroding the rights and power women have worked hard to secure.

And women are sitting back on their asses and letting this happen. It's almost too funny. Why aren't women standing in mass to fight against their own cancelling? I, as a woman, simply do not understand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The girl is cute.

No she is not.

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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.

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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.

Because, as always, women are being erased and, as usual, white men are behind it. They are completely manipulating the trans community as a means for eroding the rights and power women have worked hard to secure.

And women are sitting back on their asses and letting this happen. It's almost too funny. Why aren't women standing in mass to fight against their own cancelling? I, as a woman, simply do not understand.

Because other (often much older) women will do their damnest to stand in their way. Just look at this thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The girl is cute.

No she is not.

She really, really is!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just saw on Twitter that the model has booked a campaign with Nike.

In general, this ad is getting really bad feedback. They should just share the shortened version.

Why? Because facial hair on women is offensive to you?

I don’t like the commercial. Sorry, I think she looks bad with her mustache. Not sorry.

[Anonymous]

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Another LOVE THIS AD from me - CIS woman who intermittently deals with my facial hair because I don’t like it (on me) but I’m lazy and have sensitive skin.

The point is that she doesn’t care that a bunch of middle-aged women of Northern European/Anglo Saxon descent find her mustache ugly. She’s comfortable with it, and that’s what matters.

See also, how course curly/coily natural hair was/is considered unprofessional and sloppy looking because of the similar Northern European/Anglo Saxon standards.

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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.

Because, as always, women are being erased and, as usual, white men are behind it. They are completely manipulating the trans community as a means for eroding the rights and power women have worked hard to secure.

And women are sitting back on their asses and letting this happen. It's almost too funny. Why aren't women standing in mass to fight against their own cancelling? I, as a woman, simply do not understand.

Nice try.
I see you on the college threads trying to get the Asians riled up against URM. Divide and conquer.

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Anonymous wrote:Women just can't win and other women are the reason.

Unless a woman conforms to a standard that other women have set for her, she is going to be called gross and unattractive. this is supposed to be a child of maybe 15-16 in the commercial just figuring out who she is and trying to love herself. But DCUM harpies have to be hating on everything. I'm sure you'd all be up in arms if someone commented on how your daughter's shorts were too tight.

The thing about ads is this: they should resonate with the most people in a positive way.

I’ll never understand why marketing firms think showcasing something that isn’t likely to resonate with most women will yield positive results. Face it: you rarely see a woman with a mustache IRL. It’s not a good look.

There are other ways to convey nonconformity. A Mohawk. Purple hair. A granny in a moto jacket. A teen in coastal grandma gear.

Haven’t seen the ad, but the bolded is going to vary depending on where you live and what kind of crowd your kid runs with. I have a teenage daughter in a school for performing and visual arts, and there is a whole lot of body and facial hair going on in the born-female crowd. So much so that I hardly register it on young women anymore. There is definitely a conscious radical self-acceptance movement among a certain group of young women and they absolutely couldn’t care less who they offend.

I don’t think a mustache on a woman is offensive. It’s a beauty choice (like everything else).

But it isn’t mainstream precisely because most men and women don’t find it attractive. Which makes it weird for an advertiser to use it as a hook to drive sales.

[Anonymous]

This whole narrative is so desperate at this point.

[Anonymous]

mustache - tranny
gap teeth - royalty
Freddy Mercury - still alive
freaky behavior - f the rules, look at me, ain't I something.
Kids learn from watching tv instead of just being themselves. TV is the absolute most evil. It is nothing but mind altering copycat filth.