erased faces ?!?!?!

greenfire

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 8:13 pm

did they really erase the little girls' faces for purim costumes on page 5 ... what are they haman ?!?!?!

http://weeklylink.com/weekly-I.....ssue/

greenfire

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 8:22 pm

as a side point my daughter recently did the rubiks cube in a couple of hours & I think she'd look zexy in that rubik's costume

mummiedearest

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 8:23 pm

greenfire wrote:

as a side point my daughter recently did the rubiks cube in a couple of hours & I think she'd look zexy in that rubik's costume

octopus

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 8:26 pm

thank you for posting. I think this is disturbing ans was going to post but you beat me to it. I refuse to buy costumes from stores that do this.

Ilana Tamar

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 9:08 pm

Always irks me that a frum publication can't publish a picture of a tzniusdik woman (even after she's deceased). Are they implying that even tznius isn't acceptable?
It's just demeaning to know that they'd post a picture of an animal faster than they'd show a picture of me.

naturalmom5

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 9:21 pm

The Lakewood mags all do it
I called and complained once and they told me the Rov told them to
But wouldn't tell me a name
Just laugh and say nebach or you'll have a nervous breakdown

Simple1

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 9:49 pm

naturalmom5 wrote:

The Lakewood mags all do it
I called and complained once and they told me the Rov told them to
But wouldn't tell me a name
Just laugh and say nebach or you'll have a nervous breakdown

The Lakewood mags do print faces of little girls in ads as far as I've seen. I did once see an ad with a blurred face but I dont think its the norm.

amother

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 9:51 pm

I'm bothered even more by the frum WOMEN'S mags that don't publish pics of women. Heck, it's a women's magazine. Women rn't allowed 2 see pics of women?

Barbara

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 9:56 pm

greenfire wrote:

did they really erase the little girls' faces for purim costumes on page 5 ... what are they haman ?!?!?!

http://weeklylink.com/weekly-I.....ssue/

That's the costume! In fact, that's my Purim costume this year. I'll be dressed totally normal, but with a stocking over my face to obscure all my features.

octopus

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 10:50 pm

amother wrote:

Did anybody notice that Toys4U didn't blank out the girl's faces this year.

yes, I did notice! good for them! It's a ridiculous practice to blur out faces. If the girls are so problematic why are they printing there bodies too? yeah, I know, this whole topic is so gross. It's just so stupid to blur a face. as if girls don't have the right to exist. if you have a problemo then just print a picture of the costume without a child model in it. but if you ask me the whole concept(of blurring) is DUMB. DUMB. DUMB. and don't tell me about daas torah. these are children . not even women. if you have a problem with it you are a sicko.

Ema of 5

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 11:18 pm

octopus wrote:

Just wanted to like this again :-)

mummiedearest

Wed, Feb 26 2014, 11:58 pm

Barbara wrote:

That's the costume! In fact, that's my Purim costume this year. I'll be dressed totally normal, but with a stocking over my face to obscure all my features.

BRILLIANT!

I totally want to do this one year. I'd actually add in an oaktag to wear behind me so I look like an ad Smile

too bad I already have a costume for this year. I must keep this in mind for next year. do you mind if I use your idea, barbara?

amother

Thu, Feb 27 2014, 1:06 am

amother wrote:

Did anybody notice that Toys4U didn't blank out the girl's faces this year.

Toys4u it depends where the ad is going. If it's going in a chassidishe publication it usually is blurred and the same add will not have blurred faces when it's not a Chassidishe publication.

amother

Thu, Feb 27 2014, 2:13 am

Just wanted to say: I work for a magazine, and often they are the ones who decide what is acceptable tzniuswise, not the advertisers. So don't boycott a store for having an ad with blacked out faces, because they aren't necessarily the ones who made the decision to do so.

amother

Thu, Feb 27 2014, 2:42 am

amother wrote:

Did anybody notice that Toys4U didn't blank out the girl's faces this year.

The one I got had the faces erased. They probably have two versions, depending on where they are being given out. (I got mine inserted in a weekly link I picked up in williamsburg)

Its about target market.

I work at marketing firm. I typically am not allowed to use pictures of girls, and boys have to look chasidish. If I don't then the company I advertise for gets calls from people complaining that their advertisement is too "megushemdik" or the like.I don't have to agree, but if I am trying to sell to a mostly boropark/williamsburg/monroe crowd, then I have to make sure they dont find it "offensive"

If a magazine refuses to put girls, its probably because they have enough readers who find it "offensive" and complain.

I know its twisted. What can you do.