{"id":962,"date":"2008-05-20T14:30:02","date_gmt":"2008-05-20T21:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/?p=962"},"modified":"2008-05-20T14:30:02","modified_gmt":"2008-05-20T21:30:02","slug":"go-girl-please-destroy-go-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/?p=962","title":{"rendered":"Go Girl, Please Destroy Go Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a radio commercial running right now that makes my brain and guts wilt every single time it airs. It features a focus group-y type gathering of ladies sitting around and discussing the sheer awesomeness of a new energy drink “for women” called Go Girl<\/a>, which apparently boasts the following desirable attributes:<\/p>\n

1) It’s sugar free
\n2) It only has a few calories
\n3) It comes in a bright pink can!<\/p>\n

No, really. At the end, they make a point of saying “look for it in the BRIGHT PINK CAN!” The whole thing sounds dated and dumb and like someone put together a simplified-to-the-point-of-mental-impairment matrix for “how to sell stuff to girls.”<\/p>\n

Anyway, after my brain and guts have somehow righted themselves a tiny bit, I always wonder what Trina Robbins would think. Because, if you’ll recall, she penned a comic<\/a> that bears the same name. I never completely fell in love with this series (I did fall a little in love with Go Girl’s kicky mod outfit, but that’s probably a discussion we should have some other time), but it seemed like something that might appeal to younger readers, particularly girl readers, and I’m all grossed out that this dumb-ass product decided to name itself that as well. (And by the way? There might not be any sugar, but there’s apparently as much caffeine as there is in a cup of coffee, so I guess the goal is to hype you the fuck up without, you know, making you fat. Yay?)<\/p>\n

I would like to request that Go Girl — the real Go Girl, not the pink drink — maybe team up with U-Go Girl<\/a> and take this shit DOWN. Or at least make them stop airing the commercials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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