IPA On… Breaking taboos with Kit Altin and Vicky Janaway

This podcast looks at how adverts can help break taboos and normalise the conversations surrounding perceived shameful or embarrassing topics, through the lens of The Gate’s award winning campaigns on Anusol, bum’s the word, a cream for piles and Replens, sex never get’s old, a moisturising cream for dry vaginas. Kit and Vicky discuss bums among other matters, including: • Dissect their adverts on Anusol and Replens • How British humour is the best way to break taboo topics, as the British are leaders in toilet humour • How the Anusol campaign aims to educate by giving a diagnosis as well as removing the shame • Don’t treat the female body as a problem to be solved • The importance of adverts on behavioural change, but also not to exaggerate their impact – the issue with purpose washing • Don’t slip into stereotypes