I was just channel flipping between a Travel Channel show featuring chicken-fried bacon and House Hunters on HGTV, when I saw this very disturbing ad:
This makes me sad, especially in light of this recent blog article on city pages. And it really, really bothers me.
I saw this image in the November issue of Bon Appetit. It really doesn’t make me so mad that I can’t be bothered to think about it. For some reason, even as I find it to be rather problematic, I like it and that bothers me. We will be discussing this image at length in my queering theory class today–in connection with Judith Butler and her idea of performativity (as it is articulated in Gender Trouble). I can’t wait to see what the students think about it…
The ad copy reads: “Chill, ladies. Take a cue from our entertainment sink that chills champagne.”
So, what do you think?