As far as viral marketing schemes go, this one certainly gets your attention.
For the sophisticated bachelor whose tastes are très chic and equally expensive:
“Pac-Man,” the eight-division world champion boxer and Filipino congressman, is throwing his weight behind the Church as it fights the Philippine government’s attempt to liberalize birth control in this impoverished archipelago.
Sure, we could say that America’s favorite Jack-swigging, garbage bag-wearing pop star is the poster girl for reckless behavior. But at least this time she’s encouraging you to don something besides glitter when you head to the bedroom.
First they crack down on Valentine’s Day, and then condoms vanish. Where’s the love in Malaysia?
Newly released rubbers take royal protection to a whole new level.
The weekend’s over and you’re back at the office, so you’ll no longer be forgiven for being out of the loop. But if you’ve missed all the major stories of the past two days, don’t sweat it. NewsFeed is here to fill you in on all the goings on you’ve missed while you were weekending. [...]
The biggest news of the weekend was the headline-perfect story that Pope Benedict XVI was endorsing condoms after the Vatican’s decades old stance against them. The problem? That’s not actually true. (via TIME)
What’s that now? Harry Potter promoting safe sex? Don’t be ridiculous, this is Harry Popper, a bespectacled, wand brandishing, pink prophylactic that, according to its Swiss manufacturers Magic X, “has nothing to do with Harry Potter.” Ahem, of course not.
Simmer down — the Provincetown, Mass. school district taking heat for its decision to give out condoms to students who request them from a nurse or counselor — without parental permission — did not, in fact, plan to give condoms to seven-year-olds.
