Reading through The Influencing Machine I found the objectivity and bias pieces most interesting in the book. I immediately though of the War on Terror and the surfacing of a lot of feminist commercials showing girls in a different light than mainstream media is used to. I wasn’t quite sure which bias (Visual, Narrative, Status Quo, Commercial) these commercials follow but I thought I’d show everyone some of the commercials I had in mind. The first  highlights what it means to be a girl and how people tend to use girl as an insult when doing something related to sports or power positions.

The second one, which happens to be one of my favorite, shows women bleeding from being active outside. It’s very different from normal tampon and pad commercial that make me feel uncomfortable. I remember watching Fantastic Four with the commentary on and actors were expressing how much they didn’t like the final scenes because Jessica Alba’s character, Susan Storm, was shown bleeding while holding up a force field. I recall her counter arguing that it was nice, because it showed her being strong. It also proved that women superheroes could get just as dirty as the men and elude the same amount of strength. I think that this commercial is awesome because every woman looks strong with their blood and are not shying away from it. Personally, I think every tampon commercial should look like this, or make a woman feel powerful. Instead, it shows us ways to hide our periods and woman are only confident if it is a secret.