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Sarah Haskins in Target Women: Story Time

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Inside every woman is a little girl. And inside that little girl is a littler girl. And inside THAT little girl is a princess, waiting to be rescued by a hot dude with a magical product.

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Target Women is a recurring segment on Current TV's weekly television show, infoMania. In each episode of Target Women, Sarah Haskins takes a look at the often-ridiculous way the media reaches out to women.

infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at http://current.com/infomania/ or on Current TV. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.
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  • Mikeyyy
  • Apryl_Goldstone
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      Apryl_Goldstone  

    • haha...um, so what about women, er, princesses who happen to be lactose intolerant? no milk boys for them huh? and wishing for croissants? wow...deep. I suppose their next wish would be jam. Sarah you are awesome! preach on sista!

    • 3 years ago
  • hollylelujah
  • anglcazn
  • beingwoman
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      beingwoman  

    • How can I tell you that I love Sarah Haskins comedy about women and those who harm them in the fluffiest way possible. Ms. Sarah- great work!

    • 3 years ago
  • ny_nj_soulchild
  • misterhead
  • Macheco
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      Macheco  
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    • Hi Sarah,
      You are a comedic genius. Thanks for doing the Target Women segment. You inspired me to do my own. I posted it on my blog, MachecosWorld, but here it is for those of you too lazy to click on the link. LOL
      Target Women Ugly Men with Sexy Wives. Why is it that sitcoms always show ugly fat men married to super hot mamas? Case in point: According to Jim's Jim Belushi and Courtney Thorne-Smith, King of Queens' Kevin James and Leah Remini, Still Standing's Mark Addy and Jami Gertz, and of course Family Guy's Peter and Lois. What is up with that! No way in real life would a woman like Leah Remini marry a guy like Kevin James (especially if he was a UPS delivery man). Okay, I know that comment is sexist, saying that a pretty woman would only marry a fat guy if he was rich, but lets get down to the root of the issue here. There is obviously a double standard in Hollywood. The standard is that if you are playing the part of the average family member, it is okay to be fat and ugly if you are a man, but not if you are a woman. It is okay for a guy to let himself go, but not for a woman. Let's get real here. There is only one time in television history that I can think of when a fat woman was married to a hunky guy and that was on Days of Our Lives (Patrika Darbo) .
      You go girl. Actually, I think this was an attempt by Days of Our Lives to identify with its viewer and let the average woman know "Yes, you too can have a hunky guy". Bravo NBC.

    • 3 years ago
  • liliya
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      liliya  
    • Macheco:

      Haha, totally, and whenever I hear TV sitcom sexism brought up, it's usually by GUYS who whine, "the only real victims of sexism in modern america are men! why is it that on TV, the [shrewish, naggy, and obligatorily attractive] woman is always right when the man is wrong and goofy and stupid?!" (Why, it's a hilarious inversion, of course. Like Tom and Jerry, where the mouse always outsmarts the cat.)

    • 3 years ago
  • prochore
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      prochore  

    • I am in total hate with those milk commercials. Like a real fairy tale, they are unbelievably creepy. The voiceover makes my skin crawl and the animation reminds me of Tim Burton meets Bratz.

    • 3 years ago
  • beck7422
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      beck7422  

    • Real fairy tales are scary and teach lessons while doing bad things to seemingly "good" people to encourage kids to not stray from home or trust others.

      This fairy tale princess crap has got to stop. Not every little girl has be a princess.

      If they are going to show milk helping a Princess's hair why can't she go searching for the "cure". Make the Princess an active participant, not just an object to be won.

    • 3 years ago
  • liliya
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      liliya  
    • beck7422:

      I know... the whole passive princess thing never ceases to bother me because it's utterly illogical. I never understood the hype for The Princess Bride, for one example of many... It never made any sense to me when a girl just sat the fuck around waiting for a deus ex machina instead of searching for a solution, until I realized nobody involved in the creation of this stuff ever put themselves in the position of their girl characters to realize they had created soulless, empty shells. "Duhr help my hair make me sad. What I do. I sits around. Oh no my hair." It's clear that such stuff is written by dudes with no empathy for the perspective of the female characters they write (or in the tradition of stories written by dudes, using the sort of tropes established by many many eras of such writing. even girls can get in on the fun of making totally shitty female characters!!).

      Or maybe I'm raging for nothing and it's a class thing that's really at the root of the discordance. Maybe these pansy royals would get up off their asses and do a little grunt work to find their own goddamned dairy if they had been raised with the work ethic of the proletariat!

    • 3 years ago
  • beck7422
  • LeaFranco
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      LeaFranco  

    • So great, and yet there's an American Apparel ad with a topless woman lying down and clutching a color-changing pole *right next to Sarah's video*.
      Current, you are part of the problem.

    • 3 years ago
  • snobographer
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      snobographer  

    • I love all your videos, Sarah, but this one's my favorite so far. I hate that infantilizing, essentialist fairy tale crap. I haven't seen those milk ads, and I hope I never do.
      That princess looked way cooler with the snake hair anyway. I'll make a point of not consuming dairy products at all if it means I can have snake hair.

    • 3 years ago
  • Sharkdiver07
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      Sharkdiver07  

    • Well, I tried taming a princess by bringing her milk after I saw that commercial. But little did I know she was lactose intolerant and she ended up in the hospital. That milk ad totally screwed me over!!!!!!

    • 3 years ago
  • elizs
  • liliya
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      liliya  

    • "Inside every woman is a little girl. And inside that little girl is a littler girl. And inside THAT little girl is a princess, waiting to be rescued by a hot dude with a magical product." Like a matrioshka of fairy princess femininity! and stupid.

      How can the same team that produced a sentence/plotline like "The princess' ugly hair was the reason she was unmarried" be responsible for that neat animation? It breaks my heart. Also... milk? Milk makes you break out, people. Milk provides little nutritional content. Milk ain't doin you no favors. Don't believe the hype!

      Sparkles!

    • 3 years ago
  • MissMeliss
  • photosbyiman
  • TheBrownKid
  • tears2kisses
  • Ellen_Fox
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      Ellen_Fox  

    • Favorite Haskins-ism since "molesty wind" from chocolate commercials piece: "Milk will also bring sunshine to a land devastated by your period tears"!

      Guess it's my fault it's been rainy in New York all week.

    • 3 years ago
  • Denica_Cassandra
  • ellemoons
  • TonesTestament
  • EmperorThan
  • krag2112
  • oracleruby
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      oracleruby  

    • Hahahaa! I didn't even notice it. I always thought that all of those commercials are dumb. They make me want to go to the store and destroy all of those products!

    • 3 years ago
  • margarita_coffee
  • pheidias
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      pheidias  

    • When I first saw the beginning of that Crescent Rolls commercial I thought: "I wonder what they're wishing for. Their long lost sister? A cure for their grandfather's cancer?" Oh well.

      Fabulous as usual, Sarah :)

    • 3 years ago
  • kaviare
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      kaviare  

    • Oh. My. God. Those milk ads are... they're just...

      The sentences aren't even gramatically correct! They can pay for 3D animation but they can't get someone to proofread. You know. Proofread for grammer. And for STUPID.

    • 3 years ago
  • clew
  • ScorpioGee
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      ScorpioGee  
    • kaviare:

      Aside from the grammar it's somewhat misleading. Drinking milk is healthy but it doesn't cure unruly hair and PMS. It makes you slightly bloaty and have bad breath but...yeah. You get my point.

      Besides, if they ad execs wanted to REALLY based REAL fairytales in their ads a lot of the main characters would have died lol.

      Super Edit: If you want to know the truth of it in my world:

      (Creamcheese+Crossants)+(Milk+Espresso+Ice+Coconut flavor)> than prince charming

      lol

    • 3 years ago
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