A waste of $4

After bringing a magazine to class, and looking through other magazines I realized what a complete waste they are. I used to love getting magazines, dream about all the things I wanted in them and yes I'll admit it I desired to look like those darn models sometimes too.

Now, as I turn each page I think how ridiculous it was to be spending $4 on something so well boring. The "women's" magazines don't have anything interesting to read and they all basically have the same info written differently. I would rather spend $4 on coffee than another magazine. Typically, I think people got ideas from magazines, all the pictures and the colors gave them inspiration for whatever they were looking for. Now we have the wonderful online pinboard called "Pinterest" (if you haven't checked this website out, you should). I am not going to go into detail about all things pinterest, but to put it simply. It has everything. Recipes, archtecture, clothing, colors, ideas without any worthless articles.

Although I used to flip through magazines when I was younger, I now know that if I want something I can: 1) look online 2) just go to a store and poke around 3) buy a cup of coffee and use my own brain to come up with something creative.


http://www.pinterest.com/

Creative Project

Luckily, my partner for the creative project is someone I have worked with before and would consider us to be friends. I have had a couple ideas for things to present. The main topic I think would be intersting to dive into is women as chef's. The field is full of plenty of men. It's a hot, rough job to have and there is a lot of pressure on those who cook, to make food appetizing and appealing.

I work part-time at Carino's Italian and one of the Chef's is a woman. I think it would be intersting to interview her, some of the male chefs and other people in the restaurant field to see what their opinions and thoughts are.  I ran this by my partner briefly and she agreed it would be interesting, she also said she read an article relating to the topic. I have also donea small amount of research on the topci and think it could make for an interesting presentation.

I have previously talked with the woman chef at carino's, in fact we are friends. She has mentioned that she runs the show in the kitchen, and that the guys she works with wouldn't admit to it but she, in fact is in charge.

I think it would be interesting to learn more about the gender roles in the kitchen and how the two genders work together.

Dr. Pepper 10 Commercial

I saw this commercial for the first time the other day and I was blown away. I think I had briefly heard about it previously but didn't realize the degree to which they took this commercial. I am not even sure I understand the point. Why did Dr. Pepper decide to target the male market with this new product? Was the male market for Dr. Pepper lacking? I wish I could get into the minds of the individuals who 1. came up with this idea 2. said it was a good idea 3. and decided to go through with it.
The part that really suprised me was the end slogan... "it's not for women."

Seriously??

I wonder if guys take offense to the women's deodorant commercial that states "strong enough for a man, but made for a woman."

The whole aspect of this commercial is based off the assumption that all guys like action packed violent movies and girls hate them, which is not always true. I honestly don't understand the angle the advertisers were trying to take with this ad would love to discuss it with other individuals (male and female).