by Furry Girl
05.30.10
Now, I love Babeland, and I refer people there to buy anything that I don't sell myself. I bought my first couple of sex toys at the Seattle store when I was 18, and still pick things up occasionally. So this is in no way criticism of the company.
But, in browsing some sex blogs today, I have to say, it was damn funny to see one of Babeland's new advertisements featuring the exact same stock photo used on the cover of a book I found when I was searching for anti-feminist writings:

It reminded me of the Cockeyed article tracking a stock photo model being used to sell everything from high-class dating to a prolife crisis pregnancy center. I wonder where else this red-haired woman's photo has ended up over the years.
I wish I was that stock photo model. If anyone does, I have the right to be known to the world as That Ecosexy Bitch. (Seeing as how I've been a bitch my whole life, and was selling "ecosexy" before most anyone had ever heard of such a strange thing.)
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My wife brought home a flier about organ transplants featuring Billie Piper of Dr. Who fame... The use of stock photos to infer personal relationships is astounding and terrifying.
Comment by Jason — May 30, 2010 @ 5:35 pm
There was another piece on Cockeyed in that same vein: http://www.cockeyed.com/photos/lostgirl/lostgirl.html
Comment by Furry Girl — May 30, 2010 @ 5:40 pm
Interesting. I only went into Babeland a few times when I lived in Seattle. Seemed like a cool place, my girlfriend bought a strap on there, though a lot of their stuff is way out of our price range.
Comment by Royce Icon — May 30, 2010 @ 10:53 pm
There's a clothing store that I see now and again that uses the same stockphoto that the late Quizdiva website used (it was a site that I visited sometimes in high school for find out what my "inner sex animal aura color personality" was or some crap). Anyway, seeing her on a sign in the middle of town made me feel like the Internet had broken out of its box and was lumbering down the street toward me. Very surreal.
Comment by lovesickrobot — June 9, 2010 @ 5:09 am