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Can You Steal Me Now? Brand Appropriation at its Best
What do Khloe Kardashian’s Bantu knots and Oberlin College’s sushi menu have in common? You might not see the connection at first glance, but many would argue they’re both examples of cultural...
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Why are This Year’s Back-to-School Ads all the Same? Blame 90s Nostalgia!
It doesn’t take much to get me excited about back-to-school season. Though I graduated years ago, there’s something magical about office supply stores this time of year. The smell of graphite, rubber...
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Deck Your Desk: Designing a New Nebo Tradition
For a 12-year-old agency, Nebo sure has its share of myths and legends. Of course there’s Neboween, the most sacred day in our cultural calendar, but there’s also the beer goat, impromptu Ping-Pong...
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#OscarsSoOldFashioned: How to Lose Friends and Alienate Customers
For the first time more than a decade, I missed the Academy Awards. This omission wasn’t by choice, and it certainly wasn’t for a lack of trying. About an hour before the stars hit the red carpet, I...
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Luck of the Advertiser: The Long, Sordid History of Selling Irishness
If you’re like most Americans, you’ll probably spend Friday night wearing shamrock-shaped sunglasses, getting plastered on green Miller Lite and doing your best impression of the Lucky Charms...
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Is Slack Making Slackers of Us All?
It’s not even noon and the Slacks are flying. Monday morning is here and the “Game of Thrones” channel is a fury of fan theories, mortality bets and fiery dragon memes. HR pipes in on the Free Food...
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Should Black Friday Take a Backseat to Cyber Monday?
When Black Friday rolls around, the same thought always crosses my mind: do we really hate our families this much? On the day after Thanksgiving we could be sitting in our pajamas, having a wholesome...
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20 Years Later, “Titanic” Sails Straight for Your Heart
In 1997, the Spice Girls invaded America. My brother came down with a disastrous case of frosted tips. And Radiohead’s “Creep” played on MTV’s “Dawn Patrol” while I ate my Honey Nut Cheerios. Life was...
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