http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/01/02/please_try_not_to_vomit Comments On: Please Try Not to Vomit by Erica C. Barnett en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:45:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Wait. What??
Posted by Jane]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:14:55 -0800 The Stranger Posted by brandon]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:38:54 -0800 The Stranger
The foolish joke in a silly movie has become real at The Stranger.
Posted by Mike]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:35:07 -0800 The Stranger Posted by kristinbell]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:55:51 -0800 The Stranger Posted by kristinbell]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:53:33 -0800 The Stranger
Also, the strains of HPV that cause genital warts are not life-threatening. Genital warts are annoying, but they are purely a cosmetic issue. So to imply that the genital wart-preventing part of the vaccine is somehow more important than the "anti-cancer" part of the vaccine is, uh...a bit off the mark. Which one has the potential to kill you?

I see where you're going with the religious thing, and you might have a point, if you weren't completely wrong about everything else you wrote.

Educate yourself, and next time you post about this you will make some sense: http://www.gardasil.com/



Posted by take a deep breath and try again]]> Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:13:45 -0800 The Stranger
Some fucking marketing went into this bitch to make people think it's an anti-cancer when in truth it's just a STD vaccine, with anti-cancer on the far sidelines.

If not for god and jesus, this would just be a normal hpv drug, hailed as such and used as such and marketed as such. But because of god and jesus we have to pretend this is about cancer. When it's not.

If religion, god, and jeebus ever just die out, I will be 100% happier.
Posted by Urgutha Forka]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:50:41 -0800 The Stranger
...nice to see it can still get swung around anytime without regard for whether or not there is any actual anger or man-hating going on, though. You can always count on that old standby.

Posted by angry manhating is sweaty work!]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:37:47 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Mrs Jarvie]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:46:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by I Enjoy Being A Girl]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:43:37 -0800 The Stranger
While I don't entirely agree with the Hoyden About Town post on the topic, it is certainly annoying to see the grossed out / confused reaction to female physiology played up in an ad that should be fighting it. Embarrassment and ignorance are factors that prevent women from obtaining health care. The intent of the ad is obviously to make light of these things in an attempt to relate to women, but I think in execution the attempt fails miserably.

Ugh.

Posted by meg]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:07:04 -0800 The Stranger Posted by slog jerk]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:45:05 -0800 The Stranger

Posted by It's all about the marketing]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:42:49 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ams]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:24:26 -0800 The Stranger
But don't let that stop you making uninformed snap judgements.

Then again, I shouldn't be _too_ harsh, you're only paraphrasing the cheap outrage of the original site.

But then again - you have push out several link-bait articles a day, so we can't expect too much original thought behind these.
Posted by John Galt]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:17:19 -0800 The Stranger Posted by women's clinic employee]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:29:44 -0800 The Stranger Posted by meg]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:25:35 -0800 The Stranger
Really? REALLY, people? They really think that doctors and nurses, who have seen, handled, and smelled shit and vomit, and treated oozing pus-filled infections and fecal impactions, find anything offensive about normal, healthy female genitalia? If a gynecologist finds it that unpleasant to carry out such a basic and routine medical test, he or she really should start looking into another profession.
Posted by ekey]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:20:05 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Angry deodorant-rejecting Feminist]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:13:25 -0800 The Stranger Posted by ecbfan]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:41:29 -0800 The Stranger Think about this: Enough people actually thought that this utterance was a way to persuade a woman to get a pap smear for it to have made its way onto the website.
Unbefuckinglievable.
Posted by Gehannah]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:33:43 -0800 The Stranger Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:13:15 -0800 The Stranger
Way to be offensive while complaining about finding something offensive.
Posted by Mike]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:32:15 -0800 The Stranger Posted by poltroon]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:15:50 -0800 The Stranger Posted by wench]]> Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:05:17 -0800 The Stranger