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Starbucks: Shut Up and Make Coffee That Isn't Garbage
Sam Biddle · 03/24/16 08:42AMInside today’s Wall Street Journal and New York Times are two different, full-page ads about essentially nothing draped in the rhetoric of social justice written by what I imagine was a third party branding agency at the behest of a CEO in order to promote the pseudo-advocacy of a sprawling American coffee chain. We live in dumb, predictable times.
Mountain Dew Presents the PuppyMonkeyBaby, a Horror-Hallucination of Brand Awareness
Melissa Cronin · 02/07/16 09:11PMThe brands were out in full force during Sunday’s Superbowl, reaching the eyeballs of millions of consumers with millions of dollars. Mountain Dew took a novel tack, attempting to create the most grotesque, unsettling, and plain awful character of all (worse, even, than Norm MacDonald’s Colonel Sanders): PuppyMonkeyBaby.
Brendan O'Connor · 01/17/16 03:10PM
El Chapo Wanted to Be a Brand
Brendan O'Connor · 01/12/16 08:41PMDonald Trump's Personal Brand Is Slowly, Excruciatingly Crumbling
Melissa Cronin · 01/11/16 09:35PMBrands Keep Swinging
Alex Pareene · 01/11/16 03:17PMCharleston Marriott: Don't Include Our Hotel in Same Photo as Massacre Church
Sam Biddle · 12/28/15 12:08PMAmerican Zombies Crave the Leadership of Brands
Hamilton Nolan · 12/17/15 09:48AM500 Days of Kristin, Day 325: The Importance of Remembering the Biology of the Skin
Allie Jones · 12/15/15 06:05PMSubway Responds to Pervy New Jared Allegations: "Great Sub Style Chris!"
Sam Biddle · 08/05/15 02:35PMThe New York Times Brand Studio Cares Most About Gay Rights (On Twitter)
Sam Biddle · 07/08/15 09:40AMMoments after the Supreme Court guaranteed everyone in the country the right to marry the person of their choosing this past Friday, gay America’s greatest allies sprung into action, loudly broadcasting their support for the decision. Without a thought to detractors, without a worry about the shrinking minority of people who oppose same-sex marriage, brands everywhere stood up and took a brave stand by changing their Twitter avatars to include rainbows.
90sFest Is Here to Help Brooklyn Babies Forget Inevitability of Death
Andy Cush · 06/18/15 04:30PMRemember the ‘90s? When you were an innocent incorruptible babe, hermetically sealed from the ills of the world around you, and your mom dragged you to that outdoor John Cougar Mellencamp concert because she couldn’t find a babysitter? And she got a little drunker than she meant to and tried to get you to climb on the picnic table and dance with her like This song has a great beat! but you didn’t want to like Ugh, come ON mom? Now you’re the mom. Congratulations, mom.
The Hamburglar Grew Up to Be an EDM-Loving Asshole Dad
Dayna Evans · 05/06/15 03:07PMJohn Oliver Clowns Bud Light and Floyd Mayweather in Single Blow
Aleksander Chan · 05/04/15 10:48AMBud Light Puts "No" Back in Its Vocabulary After Idiotic Slogan Trashed
Dayna Evans · 04/29/15 09:25AMWhat If Teens Aren't Cool?
Sam Biddle · 04/27/15 10:30AMOur depleted, dried-up culture craves teen juice for nourishment. We’ve assumed that because we are tired and aching, we can absorb teenage youth-spirit through social media osmosis, a hot stem cell injection for our whole existence. But what if teens suck just as much as we do?