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November 26, 2024 The Cranky Creative

Rollback: Walmart abandons DEI and other ‘woke’ policies

BREAKING: In a seismic shift that will send shockwaves throughout corporate America, retail giant Walmart said on Monday that it will roll back a number of diversity, equity, and inclusion

Car company Jaguar ‘Bud Lights’ itself with new woke ad

November 25, 2024 The Cranky Creative

Ad Review: Jaguar ‘Bud Lights’ itself with ridiculous new ad

With its controversial new ad campaign, “Copy Nothing,” British luxury car company Jaguar becomes the latest brand to sacrifice its reputation and sales at the altar of “modern audiences.” I

June 9, 2024 The Cranky Creative

Why Google is not your friend

(AKA, The Internet is neither free nor fair under Google) Remember when Google felt like a helpful search engine, a gateway to all the world’s knowledge? Now, it’s more of

The Cranky Creative reviews Jessica Harper's new book, Jessica Harper and the Culture War Murders

March 13, 2024 The Cranky Creative

Book Review: Jessica Harper and the Culture War Murders

Calling all mystery novel fans! Jessica Harper and the Culture War Murders (The Misadventures of Jessica Harper Book 2) is a fun and funny read for anyone who loves a

A young black girl in a business suit prepares for a job interview

February 19, 2024 The Cranky Creative

Forced quotas or fair chance? The debate around ‘racial parity’ in hiring

In the current push for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), some businesses are focusing on “racial parity” in their workforce demographics — that is, prioritizing the hiring of people of

November 16, 2023 The Cranky Creative

Peloton TV commercials are ESG gold

Luxury stationary bike company Peloton must have gotten really freaking spooked by the backlash it received from professional agitators and perpetually offended amateurs for its holiday 2019 “Grace from Boston”

September 23, 2023 The Cranky Creative

Apple’s cringey ‘Mother Nature’ ad gets climate science hilariously wrong

Apple debuted a new iPhone last week, but that’s not what’s got people talking. No, what’s got people talking is a five-minute video shown during the company’s annual keynote event

September 11, 2023 The Cranky Creative

Is Big Tech censoring The Cranky Creative blog?

You bet your free speech it is. I’ve noticed it for more than two years: Every time I publish a blog post saying something that goes against an approved mainstream

A typical commercial break on Amazon Freevee

September 6, 2023 The Cranky Creative

What a typical TV commercial break looks like today

As we’ve been catching up on some popular TV shows we missed from the early 2000s, I’ve been struck by the commercials on free streaming platforms such as Tubi, Pluto

July 29, 2023 The Cranky Creative

Hollywood films reflect the decline of Western culture

Modern movies, much like advertising (and especially TV commercials), attempt to reflect — or, some would say, shape — the culture. So it is a searing indictment of these times

Cover art and author photo for the book, Jessica Harper Is Not Woke

July 16, 2023 The Cranky Creative

Book Review: Jessica Harper Is Not Woke pushes back against knee-taking, statue-toppling, man-hating madness

It was bound to happen: the Left are spilling their blue hair dye over Jessica Harper Is Not Woke, “the first anti-woke novel” by new author Jessica Harper. But don’t