#ChooseBeautiful? #WhatsYourWay? Dove Really Just Want Your Cash
Dove are a company selling personal care products for women. You may have heard of them. They were in the news in the summer of 2017 for a somewhat…err… misjudged ad campaign for Baby Dove in which they talk about breastfeeding in public, and feeding crying babies in general, and somehow this has something to do with soap? I guess? I guess the idea was supposed to be “YOU GO GIRL, whatever your way is that’s totally fine [PS: buy our stuff]” but it does seem like serious ignorance over how contentious baby feeding is. Thanks for reminding new mothers that people see breastfeeding as disgusting and gross, Dove! Thing is, either: - they really didn’t think this through, or - they’re intentionally courting controversy to sell body wash. And honestly it could be either. Because Dove doesn’t REALLY care about you. It just wants you to buy stuff. Specifically their stuff. Furthermore, Dove are owned by Unilever, the same corporation which owns, amo...