{"id":945,"date":"2008-04-14T08:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/?p=945"},"modified":"2015-07-22T13:58:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T17:58:58","slug":"barska-binoculars-puts-the-king-back-in-stalking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2008\/04\/14\/barska-binoculars-puts-the-king-back-in-stalking\/","title":{"rendered":"Barska binoculars puts &#8220;the &#8216;king&#8217; back in &#8216;stalking.'&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The two ads for Barska binoculars are part of a&nbsp;print trio that trivializes stalking. From <a href=\"http:\/\/adsoftheworld.com\/media\/print\/barska_optics_bert\">Ads of the World,<\/a> as noticed by <a href=\"http:\/\/shakespearessister.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/stalking-hilarious.html\">Shakesville.<\/a> To compound the creepiness, the supposedly female stalker is actually a guy in drag [note Adam&#8217;s apple], a move that adds extra layers of dismissal and degradation. While some commenters opine that the series is creepy [see Shakesville comments], sexist and stupid, the majority seem to think it is funny [see Ads of the World comments or that it deserves <a href=\"http:\/\/copyranter.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/i-prefer-to-think-of-myself-as-stranger.html\">&#8220;kudos.&#8221;<\/a> No, it doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ljcut\" text=\"Two of three Barska ads below\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddpla.net\/blog\/ads\/BarskaBert.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oddpla.net\/blog\/ads\/BarskaSharon.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two ads for Barska binoculars are part of a&nbsp;print trio that trivializes stalking. From Ads of the World, as noticed by Shakesville. To compound the creepiness, the supposedly female stalker is actually a guy in drag [note Adam&#8217;s apple], a move that adds extra layers of dismissal and degradation. While some commenters opine that&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/2008\/04\/14\/barska-binoculars-puts-the-king-back-in-stalking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Barska binoculars puts &#8220;the &#8216;king&#8217; back in &#8216;stalking.&#8217;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[664,662],"class_list":["post-945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-misogyny","tag-sexist-stereotypes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5772,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/945\/revisions\/5772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/oddpla.net\/modernwizard\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}