The subliminal advertising conspiracy theory craze was so entertaining and stupid. A lot of it was stuff like this, where some dirty old man, who also happens to be fundamentalist minister, suggests that a photo of a moist cut fruit is evocative of a vagina or whatever, and insists that it’s not just because he has a “dirty” mind.
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In the late 50s and early 60s my dad was a member of the Atlanta Ad Council. I found one of his old brochures from a meeting from sometime in the mid 50s. It was the most misogynistic, racist thing. I was shocked. I couldn’t believe that they accepted that as professional behavior, but they did.
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The breasts are in the eye of the beholder
Wow an advertisement for advertising. Capitalism is a hell of a drug
“Advertising. Another word for freedom of choice”
I SEE THEM! I SEE THEM! Oh, wait. It’s Millard Filmore…. or a stuffed pork chop…?
I remember reading [Subliminal Seduction](https://SubliminalSeductionbyWilsonBryanKeyhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/686039.Subliminal_Seduction) in the 70s, and spending hours looking at the photos in the center of the book. I was fascinated and terrified. 😂
The subliminal advertising conspiracy theory craze was so entertaining and stupid. A lot of it was stuff like this, where some dirty old man, who also happens to be fundamentalist minister, suggests that a photo of a moist cut fruit is evocative of a vagina or whatever, and insists that it’s not just because he has a “dirty” mind.
In the late 50s and early 60s my dad was a member of the Atlanta Ad Council. I found one of his old brochures from a meeting from sometime in the mid 50s. It was the most misogynistic, racist thing. I was shocked. I couldn’t believe that they accepted that as professional behavior, but they did.