Everything That Upset the Internet This Week
What is the web-o-sphere angry about this week? A razor ad that attempts to shave off toxic masculinity, a 14-year-old Netflix star romanticizing a stalker and a Vogue spread that misidentified a model. Here’s everything you need to know:
Gillette Releases Ad Calling Men to Be Better
THE STORY: Gillette, a brand of men’s and women’s safety razors owned by Proctor and Gamble, dropped a new ad urging men to be “the best a man can be.” What exactly does a better man look like? According to the brand, it involves respecting women, teaching compassion, standing up to bullies and discouraging physical violence.
THE REACTION:
I've used @Gillette razors my entire adult life but this absurd virtue-signalling PC guff may drive me away to a company less eager to fuel the current pathetic global assault on masculinity.
Let boys be damn boys.
Let men be damn men. https://t.co/Hm66OD5lA4— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 14, 2019
@Gillette I will no longer be buying "ANY" of your products and would rather shave with a broken piece of glass than one of your razors, how's that for toxic masculinity? #boycottgillette
— jim mcneil (@jimmcneil2) January 14, 2019
the only ones lauding the Gillette ad work in media/advertising. everyone else sees it for what it is: a smarmy, condescending virtue signal aimed at the hardworking decent men they been price-gouging for years.
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) January 15, 2019
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: If you’ve pissed off Piers Morgan, then you’ve probably done something right. What I am struggling to understand is how “men holding men accountable” has become such a politically charged, partisan topic. Men should hold men accountable for their actions, and they should be eager to teach their sons the same. Yes, it’s the future liberals want — it should be the future that all of us want. The backlash only serves to justify the ad.
Millie Bobby Brown Defends You‘s Joe Goldberg
THE STORY: Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown is one of the 40 million Netflix users bingeing on the Lifetime series You. Earlier this week, she took to her Instagram stories to share her take on Penn Badgley’s character, a stalker/serial killer/bookstore worker named Joe Goldberg. She insists that the antihero is “not creepy, he’s in love with her, and it’s okay.”
THE REACTION:
why tf is millie bobby brown defending Joe’s behavior in You is she ok
— lex (@grandeforsabs) January 16, 2019
Millie Bobby Brown, defending Joe Goldberg’s character in ‘YOU’ is the reason why Netflix has a maturity rating. ??♀️ pic.twitter.com/06YpLEDfkt
— Meg Magazine (@megmagazine) January 16, 2019
millie bobby brown’s take on joe in You just proves that she definitely needs to be protected from grown men (cough cough, drake) at all costs because she is much too naive and idealistic to see when someone is very CLEARLY a toxic, manipulative, terrible human being.
— ???? (@imaginespidey) January 15, 2019
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: It’s easy to forget that Bobby Brown is only 14-years-old. When I was 14, my idea of romance was a blood-sucking immortal that snuck into girls bedrooms and watched them sleep. People grow up! And when they do, they learn the dangers of romanticizing toxic, controlling male characters played by attractive actors.
Besides, Bobby Brown seems to have already learned her lesson. She has since uploaded two more Instagram Stories, admitting that she was far too quick to pass judgement on Badgley’s character: “So I just finished You, and I guess the other day I made a video… I was on episode two – I guess I gathered an analysis too quickly. [I] watched episode 10, and he most definitely is a stalker. But it was a really great show, so I’m really excited for season two. My bad if I upset anyone.”
Vogue Mixes Up Activist Noor Tagouri with Pakistani Actress Noor Bukhari
THE STORY: Journalist, activist, and public speaker Noor Tagouri is featured in a shirting-inspired fashion spread in American Vogue‘s February issue. The text accompanying her photo, however, incorrectly identified her as Noor Bukhari, a Pakistani actor, director, and model. Tagouri shared a video of herself seeing the print issue for the first time on social media, which shows her reaction shift from excitement to disappointment.
THE REACTION:
This is so disgusting. And nobody can tell me she’s overreacting. They took this massive moment away from her by making it very clear what she is to them. An image of diversity and that’s it. Noor, you deserve a thousand apologies and you were better than Vogue anyway! https://t.co/6ss8SKKUKk
— Nadira (@AnEthnicDiary) January 17, 2019
Come on @voguemagazine – this woman is changing lives and narratives for Muslims and women around the world, and yet y’all got the most basic thing wrong — HER NAME. But y’all got the designers’ names right. Oh, also wrong? HER RACE. Are all Muslim women interchangeable? https://t.co/9N1zBcbeZ8
— Fawzia Mirza (@thefawz) January 17, 2019
how do you ask someone to grace the pages of your magazine—a dream for millions of ppl—and then you get her name and work wrong?
think the proper way to apologize for this @voguemagazine is for y’all to put Noor on the cover, that is, if she’s willing to work with y’all again https://t.co/5kOJ1MQrZG
— Zaron Burnett III (@Zaron3) January 17, 2019
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Mistakes happen—but some mistakes hurt more than others. Vogue has since apologized for the error, writing to Instagram that they are “sincerely sorry,” and that the misidentification is a “painful misstep.” “We also understand that there is a larger issue of misidentification in media,” the caption reads, “especially among nonwhite subjects.” Here’s the lesson learned: start hiring more people of colour, and stop firing fact checkers.
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Gillette Releases Ad Calling Men to Be Better
THE STORY: Gillette, a brand of men's and women's safety razors owned by Proctor and Gamble, dropped a new ad urging men to be "the best a man can be." What exactly does a better man look like? According to the brand, it involves respecting women, teaching compassion, standing up to bullies and discouraging physical violence.
THE REACTION:
https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/1084891133757587456
https://twitter.com/jimmcneil2/status/1084949292551495680
https://twitter.com/greggutfeld/status/1085002243303182336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1085002243303182336&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.louderwithcrowder.com%2Fgillette-ad-reactions%2F
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: If you've pissed off Piers Morgan, then you've probably done something right. What I am struggling to understand is how "men holding men accountable" has become such a politically charged, partisan topic. Men should hold men accountable for their actions, and they should be eager to teach their sons the same. Yes, it's the future liberals want — it should be the future that all of us want. The backlash only serves to justify the ad.
Millie Bobby Brown Defends You's Joe Goldberg
THE STORY: Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown is one of the 40 million Netflix users bingeing on the Lifetime series You. Earlier this week, she took to her Instagram stories to share her take on Penn Badgley's character, a stalker/serial killer/bookstore worker named Joe Goldberg. She insists that the antihero is “not creepy, he’s in love with her, and it’s okay.”
THE REACTION:
https://twitter.com/grandeforsabs/status/1085354513987502081
https://twitter.com/megmagazine/status/1085470751329644544
https://twitter.com/imaginespidey/status/1085122555080556544
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: It's easy to forget that Bobby Brown is only 14-years-old. When I was 14, my idea of romance was a blood-sucking immortal that snuck into girls bedrooms and watched them sleep. People grow up! And when they do, they learn the dangers of romanticizing toxic, controlling male characters played by attractive actors.
Besides, Bobby Brown seems to have already learned her lesson. She has since uploaded two more Instagram Stories, admitting that she was far too quick to pass judgement on Badgley's character: "So I just finished You, and I guess the other day I made a video... I was on episode two - I guess I gathered an analysis too quickly. [I] watched episode 10, and he most definitely is a stalker. But it was a really great show, so I'm really excited for season two. My bad if I upset anyone."
Vogue Mixes Up Activist Noor Tagouri with Pakistani Actress Noor Bukhari
THE STORY: Journalist, activist, and public speaker Noor Tagouri is featured in a shirting-inspired fashion spread in American Vogue's February issue. The text accompanying her photo, however, incorrectly identified her as Noor Bukhari, a Pakistani actor, director, and model. Tagouri shared a video of herself seeing the print issue for the first time on social media, which shows her reaction shift from excitement to disappointment.
THE REACTION:
https://twitter.com/AnEthnicDiary/status/1085939623963119623
https://twitter.com/thefawz/status/1085939796726280192
https://twitter.com/Zaron3/status/1085896251105632256
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Mistakes happen—but some mistakes hurt more than others. Vogue has since apologized for the error, writing to Instagram that they are “sincerely sorry,” and that the misidentification is a “painful misstep.” “We also understand that there is a larger issue of misidentification in media," the caption reads, "especially among nonwhite subjects.” Here's the lesson learned: start hiring more people of colour, and stop firing fact checkers.){kind=link}