So, during today's grown-up snowday event, I found myself watching marathons of Top Chef. LOVE that show. I pretty much watch it oogling over how much I want to be Padma and taste their food! Mmm, someday.
Whilst I was watching said wonderful tv show (in HD I might add) a commercial came on for a new form of birth control: Beyaz. This birth control is created by the makers of Bayer, which leads us consumers into thinking it must be a good product, since Bayer has such a reputation for being "heart healthy" and all. Unfortunately, I do not know much about the birth control, itself, but I do know about the commercial they used to promote it. Has anyone seen this? It's a bunch of women in a shopping area picking up and looking at things they can do: Trip to Paris, Buy a House, etc. Suddenly, as I was watching this advert I looked at my friend and laughed, saying, "You do realize they are saying "look at all the things you can do if you don't have children!" ". It was amazing. They were literally saying that these are things you are capable of doing sans little ones....which leads me to believe, by their logic, they don't think you can do these things once children are in the picture. Hmm. Interesting. I find it hysterical, I bet a lot of women find it helpful and true, but equal amounts of women will find it offensive in terms of content.
Good job Bayer. Not sure if you helped or just offended a bunch of people, but you definitely made me laugh. We'll see if your birth control can be effective without causing crazy side affects like so many others have done in the past.
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