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Redux: uneducated romance readers
So, the Metro advertisement that I complained about last fall (see my post here and the much longer thread over at Smart Bitches) is still being used. Hadn't seen it on the Metro, so it slipped out of my mind. But recently billboards have been added to the train platforms for the Amtrak/MARC/VRE tracks at Union Station. And guess what's up (on track 10, I think)? Yes, that ad. Grr.
Of course, I'm less than thrilled with all of the ads I've noticed. One is for HIV drugs. My problem isn't with the drugs, but the implied message about coolness and the inconvenience of medicine-taking. WTH? Big Pharma's new lure isn't that it'll save your life but that the drugs/dosages will be more convenient for you? And the breast feeding ones which imply that only bad mothers choose not to breat feed.
Or maybe I'm just being contrary and would find something to bitch about no matter which ads were posted. :shrugs:
Of course, I'm less than thrilled with all of the ads I've noticed. One is for HIV drugs. My problem isn't with the drugs, but the implied message about coolness and the inconvenience of medicine-taking. WTH? Big Pharma's new lure isn't that it'll save your life but that the drugs/dosages will be more convenient for you? And the breast feeding ones which imply that only bad mothers choose not to breat feed.
Or maybe I'm just being contrary and would find something to bitch about no matter which ads were posted. :shrugs: