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Dove's 'Real' Women: Fakes?

You know that Dove "Campaign for Real Beauty," which featured women slightly less skeletal than the average model, and therefore demonstrated that Dove is the greatest, most big-hearted company ever in the world? Well now there's a scandal about it! A new New Yorker story about Pascal Dangin, the world's "premier retoucher of fashion photographs," contains this tidbit on Dove's campaign, which ostensibly celebrates authentic, unadulterated womanhood: More »

11:46 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
19,415 views, 55 comments

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Tina Fey's "Fecalist"

Like the Rupert Murdoch spoof video before it, this Marie Claire/"Tina Fey has a 'fecalist'" video is pretty well done. That is actually Joanna Coles, the magazine's editor, acting astonished that the funny lady and hero to many would demand that the magazine spring for the $720 to have a guy sift through Tina Fey's poop. The shaky camera work and Coles' natural delivery make you almost think it might be real, until you remember that there's no such thing as a fecalist. Apparently Fey makes a joke about such a specialist in her Marie Claire cover story interview, so I guess this is some kind of elaborate promotional thing. It's fun that Coles was game enough to play along. Maybe she looked at Lisa Love, the LA editor of Teen Vogue who appeared on The Hills quite often, and got jealous. Screen time, viral or whatever else, means you're hip! Appearing on camera is the new editing a magazine!

4:32 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Richard
1,129 views, 10 comments

Latest by moff: Wow. So I guess I've edited a magazine, apparently! A magazine about horse sex. more »

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Fake Vintage Ads: Viagra From The Past

Everybody loves vintage ads, because they're all old and weird-looking with funny language and whatnot. The drawback is, you can never buy the products in them. Well now that problem has been solved! Spooftastic Photoshop wizardry website Worth1000 sponsored a contest for fake vintage ads of current products. In a servicey move, we've culled the entire list down to the five best: Girls Gone Wild, Jagermeister, cell phones, Viagra, and laser hair removal—in the old school style—after the jump. More »

12:32 PM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
6,106 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: I want the lady's outfit in the Viagra ad.....totally retro! more »