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January 08, 2008
Bait n' switch
I was watching Law & Order today, and this commercial came on during the break:
When I heard the first few seconds, I said, "oh, this girl can't go to school because getting one's period is shameful and cause for shunning in Africa. What backwards and misguided people!" But no, it turns out she can't go to school because there isn't enough whatever it is women use for their periods to go around. Personally, I don't know about any of that stuff. Nope. No how. Don't wanna know about THAT.
The gist of the commercial is, buy Always, help girls in Africa. This is an admirable goal. I'm mildly disappointed the commercial wasn't a militant call to arms against oppression of women, though. Oh well.
entry no. 1054
Posted at January 8, 2008 05:52 PM
Comments
Speaking of Law & Order, I can't wait for Fred Thompson to drop out of the presidential race so NBC can start showing L&O episodes with Thompson again. (Not that I'm a fan of his character, just the show itself.)
Posted by: Pete at January 9, 2008 09:23 AM