How to roll out a social initiative unbadly
In our current national moment, when authoritarianism looms and the First Amendment is under attack, action needs to be taken. Support needs to be provided. Voices need to be raised. …
Unrelated to Advertising: How mRNA vaccines work
Y’all, I seriously just want to talk about advertising stuff, and then people want to mess with me. I should have realized that trying to talk in a reasonable manner …
What public health communicators need to know now that you’re on your own
So, apparently COVID has been surging again this summer — apparently, there’s a “stratus” and a “nimbus” strain, and I hadn’t heard about either — and I had no idea. …
How Subaru seduced lesbians (nope, not kidding)
It’s the mid-‘90s. Subaru is struggling to boost declining revenue after their previous attempt (a luxury car and a stupidly ironic ad campaign — don’t ask) failed dramatically. They’ve just …
Why to hire autistic creatives. (The answer may surprise you.)
It’s World Autism Month, also called Autism Acceptance Month, which is great. I think knowing more about autism, and being more accepting of autistic people, is great. Let’s do that. …
Ads I Wish I’d Made: No Decision Without Us
CoorDown has released their annual video in honor of World Down Syndrome Day 2025, which is tomorrow, March 21. And I Wish I’d Made it because I would have loved …
Unrelated to Advertising: On humans and dehumanization
This isn’t related to advertising at all — I’m not even going to try to rationalize any kind of connection like I sometimes do. It’s just important. It’s also a …
4 Places to Hire Black Freelancers, Because Y’all
I’m happy that, as DEI programs in every industry are under attack (in honor of Black History Month, I guess?), I’ve seen very few advertising people come out and say, …
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 …