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		<title>MasterCard Hates Tosin Abasi&#8217;s Shorts, Too</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Hess</dc:creator>
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When he's on tour with his metal band, Born of Osiris, guitarist Tosin Abasi gets a lot of shit for wearing women's khaki shorts. Now, MasterCard's new "Perfect Pair of Jeans" promotion is here to tell Abasi that every cool person in history hates his shorts, too. The credit card company's commercial features some iconic [...]]]></description>
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<p>When he's on tour with his metal band, Born of Osiris, guitarist <strong>Tosin Abasi </strong><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/08/26/metal-guitarist-wears-womens-shorts-hell-breaks-loose/">gets a lot of shit for wearing women's khaki shorts</a>. Now, MasterCard's new "Perfect Pair of Jeans" promotion is here to tell Abasi that every cool person in history hates his shorts, too. The credit card company's commercial features some iconic jeans-wearing celebrities&#8212;like <strong>Marlon Brando</strong>, <strong>John Wayne</strong>, <strong>Carlos Santana</strong>, and the <strong>Ramones</strong>&#8212;and lists off the types of bottoms MasterCard thinks they would never wear:</p>
<blockquote><p>"A pair of pleated slacks: I don't think so."</p>
<p>"A pair of capri pants: Never in a million years."</p>
<p>"A pair of khaki shorts: Ain't gonna happen."</p></blockquote>
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<em>The Ramones would never wear Tosin Abasi's shorts.</em></p>
<p><strong>Marilyn Monroe</strong> makes a token appearance in the spot to make it seem less sexist. After all, it ain't much of a stretch to imagine Marilyn in a pair of capri pants. The real message of the spot is clear: Real men don't wear khaki shorts, so buy some jeans on your MasterCard. The saddest thing about the whole thing? We all know that Santana would totally rock a pair of khaki shorts.</p>
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		<title>Last Week&#8217;s Most Popular Blog Posts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 13:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Hess</dc:creator>
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The Sexist is out for the weekend, so we're wrapping things up a little early this week. Today, kick off your Memorial Day holiday early by tying on a CockBib, throwing on some denim jeans, and blasting that new Jamie Foxx joint on the radio. Also, the Sexist reached its 1,000th blog post this week, [...]]]></description>
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<p>The<em> Sexist</em> is out for the weekend, so we're wrapping things up a little early this week. Today, kick off your Memorial Day holiday early by tying on a CockBib, throwing on some denim jeans, and blasting that new <strong>Jamie Foxx</strong> joint on the radio. Also, the<em> Sexist</em> reached its 1,000th blog post this week, which surely means something about where my life is headed.</p>
<blockquote><p>1. <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2008/11/14/advice-on-how-not-to-advise-women-not-to-get-raped/"><strong>Advice on How Not to Advise Women Not to Get Raped</strong></a>, in which a rape apologist by the name of "Rational Reader" rises again!</p>
<p>2. <strong><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/05/19/the-five-most-inappropriate-cock-bib-phrases/">The Five Most Inappropriate CockBib Phrases</a></strong>, in which "Pussy Killer" isn't even the most inappropriate of all!</p>
<p>3. <strong><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/04/17/george-f-will-hates-jeans/">George F. Will Hates Jeans</a></strong>, in which the rich shall not deign to dress in the uniform of the proles.</p>
<p>4.<strong> </strong><a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/05/18/top-five-date-rape-anthems/"><strong>Top Five Date Rape Anthems</strong></a>, or, a soundtrack to your acquaintance-rape-justification.</p>
<p>5. <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/04/01/why-sex-positivity-is-bad-for-feminism/"><strong>Why Sex Positivity is Bad for Feminism</strong></a>, in which I probably would have headlined this differently if I knew anyone was going to actually read it.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>George F. Will Hates Jeans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:06:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, George F. Will wrote 700 words in the Washington Post yesterday on why he hates jeans. The column, "America's Bad Jeans," was largely inspired by last month's Wall Street Journal piece by Daniel Akst on why he hates jeans. Apparently, Will felt that just one rich white guy opining on his distaste for plebeian [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, <strong>George F. Will </strong>wrote 700 words in the <em>Washington Post</em> yesterday on <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/15/AR2009041502861.html">why he hates jeans</a>. The column, "America's Bad Jeans," was largely inspired by last month's <em>Wall Street Journal </em>piece by<strong> Daniel Akst</strong> on <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123751483315591559.html">why <em>he</em> hates jeans</a>. Apparently, Will felt that just one rich white guy opining on his distaste for plebeian fashion was not enough, in this economy.</p>
<p>I'm tempted to sympathize with Will here: Some weeks, <a href="http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/sexist/2009/04/15/butt-lifts-for-cougars-a-local-newspapers-recession-game-plan/">you're just really hard up for a column</a>. In this case, however, Will's misuse of his cushy <em>WaPo</em> spot is too egregious not to mention. Will spends half his jeans essay rehashing Akst's jeans essay, chortling along as he relives Ackst's every turn. Will co-opts Akst's argument that the blue jean, once decidedly working-class, has now become an expensive, obnoxious, and hypocritical mark of the American elite, who take pains to "slum it" in their unwashable designer jeans. Will then rehashes Akst's SUV-to-the-Whole Foods joke, his McMansions joke, and his Steve Jobs joke.</p>
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<p>Akst's sartorial commentary, though as curmudgeonly as Will's, works because Aksts sticks to elite subjects for his satirical ribbing. Now, more than ever, rich people who act extravagantly and decadently poor are ripe for criticism, even by fellow elites. When Akst writes, "Our fussily tailored blue jeans, prewashed and acid-treated to look not just old but even dirty, are really a sad disguise," he's making a social commentary&#8212;when even the richest men in the world are begging for government handouts, it's important to remember that the rich are well-versed in acting like the poor when it suits their expensive tastes.</p>
<p>But when Will finally forges ahead with his <em>own</em> ideas as to why denim is so terrible, he ditches Akst's class argument. From there, things get much, much, worse.</p>
<p>It's not just the rich who wear denim who deserve Will's scorn&#8212;no, Will hates poor people who wear denim, too. When he goes on to call jeans the "infantile uniform of a nation," he sneers at all those pathetic, lower-class Americans who will never rise to the occasion of sporting an anal bow tie and smug grin in promotional photos for their bloviating Republican columns. With jeans-wearers he also tears down grown-ups who watch sitcoms, cartoons, and Indiana Jones movies (two of the three television shows made <em>Time</em>'s list of the "Best Television Shows of All Time," which I suppose is only impressive for those heathens who actually watch television), and also anyone who wears anything not sported by <strong>Fred Astaire </strong>(seriously).</p>
<p>Will isn't pissed at the rich for their hypocritical adaptation of the fashions of the working class. He's pissed at the rich for not looking rich enough, and at the poor for not <em>being</em> rich. Will's essay is a call-to-arms for the rich to flaunt their wealth in tailored suits and real, <em>full-sized</em> mansions.</p>
<p>The only worthwhile flourish in Will's condescension-layered <em>WSJ</em> expectoration is the postscript:</p>
<blockquote><p>(A confession: The author owns one pair of jeans. Wore them once. Had to. Such was the dress code for former senator Jack Danforth's 70th birthday party, where Jerry Jeff Walker sang his classic "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother." Music for a jeans-wearing crowd.)</p></blockquote>
<p>Now this&#8212;beyond being a thinly-veiled, name-dropping kiss on the ass to Jack Danforth&#8212;is interesting. If only Will had devoted his essay to this one incident, the near 1,000 comments on the Washington Post Wen site wouldn't all be calling for Will's resignation. Please, George: Tell us how the denim bristled unnaturally against your leg hairs in the Saks fitting room! Describe how you carefully belted the pair over a crisp Oxford shirt! Regale us with details of that infamous night, when George F. Will, swathed in Mom Jeans, rocked self-consciously to the backwoods music of redneck country, one hand cradling a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/09/AR2008070901934.html">boutique beer</a>, the other uncomfortably pawing uncomforably at his bow tie. Now that's a column.</p>
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		<title>Diesel Sells Jeans Through Ridiculous Porn Satire Featuring No Jeans</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Hess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a part of a marketing campaign for its new line of "XXX" jeans, Italian jean-maker Diesel has released this video, titled "Diesel Productions Presents: SFW XXX." It features no jeans.
The video is a compilation of totally NSFW porn clips made "safe for work" by superimposing cartoon drawings over the porn actors' naughty bits. The [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a part of a marketing campaign for its new line of "XXX" jeans, Italian jean-maker <a href="the Italian Fashion house">Diesel</a> has released <a href="http://sfwxxx.com/">this video</a>, titled "Diesel Productions Presents: SFW XXX." It features no jeans.</p>
<p>The video is a compilation of totally NSFW porn clips made "safe for work" by superimposing cartoon drawings over the porn actors' naughty bits. The cartoon animation cover-ups include a koala clinging to a woman's naked body, a harmonica placed in a woman's mouth as she performs oral sex, and a giant, firing bazooka placed in a man's hands in place of a naked woman.</p>
<p>Whether or not the video is actually SFW depends on where you work. Word to the wise: Might want to plug in the headphones on this one. Watch it after the jump.</p>
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