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Mashable: This video powerfully reminds the ad industry that women are not objects

A new campaign is tackling how women are depicted in ads — and it’s using a simple Google search to start the conversation.

On Nov. 18, 2015, ad executive Madonna Badger Googled “objectification of women” as part of a campaign called #WomenNotObjects, turning up years’ worth of sexist ads that hypersexualize and objectify women’s bodies for marketing. In a new video released this month, the campaign spotlights some of these ads, with women sarcastically confronting the images for their harmful depictions.

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