NaNoWriMo’s AI BS
NaNoWriMo has come out with a statement of “If you don’t write the novel yourself, we’re cool with that.” And people have things to say about it. NaNoWriMo — National …
LGBTQ+ 102: More Stuff About Pride to Know and Share
You’ve almost certainly gotten some very important information about observing LGBTQ+ Pride Month: Don’t use your LGBTQ+ team members as mascots, don’t drop your support for LGBTQ+ people and causes …
Unrelated to Advertising: Bugs Bunny and gender identity
June is Pride Month, and I was trying to think of something to post about, whether it’s brands doing right during Pride Month (uplifting, but done already) or Target’s disappearing …
Embracing non-toxic neutrality
This one’s for the people who’ve been called “negative.” It’s for the wearers of Resting Bitch Face. It’s for the ones with a naturally deadpan delivery that sometimes confuses people …
How to (and not to) Juneteenth (c/o people qualified to talk about it)
Question: Why did Walmart apologize and withdraw their celebratory Juneteenth ice cream? Answer: Because yikes. Walmart’s Celebration Edition Juneteenth Ice Cream promised to “share and celebrate African-American culture, emancipation and …
What precisely the hell, Ad Age?
[Content warning here for domestic abuse and sexual violence. And possibly some language of a spicier variety than I tend to use in a work-adjacent blog post.] I wouldn’t have …
Your handy Autism Month messaging guide
So, April 1 is the first day of World Autism Month, also known as Autism Awareness Month, also known as Autism Acceptance Month, also known as “Welp, Here We Go” …
Stand with Ukraine
For two weeks, I’ve been trying to figure out what to post, since I try to do that at least biweekly, and… whatever, fuck it, like it matters, like anything …
4,367 more characters on the M&Ms thing
I mean, you knew I was gonna. And before we start, do not think I’ve just gone and cranked out some Bagging On Another Creative’s Hard Work post, because it …
How to do Black Friday (if you must) ethically 2021
If it sometimes sounds like I hate anti-Black Friday, that’s probably because I… do, arguably, just a little. Like, I get it: There are economic benefits to it. The “black” …