{"id":3042,"date":"2010-02-24T15:02:56","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T13:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2010-02-24T15:02:56","modified_gmt":"2010-02-24T13:02:56","slug":"for-better-for-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/for-better-for-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"For better &#038; for worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3043\" title=\"1-exotica-mother-day-campaign\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1-exotica-mother-day-campaign.jpg\" alt=\"Last week on my way to work, I bumped into the latest exotica campaign for mother's day. It showed a mother and daughter with huge ear, and the slogan was &quot;For the good and the bar, thank you Mom&quot;. Oh my! Where have their chic visuals gone?\" width=\"546\" height=\"935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1-exotica-mother-day-campaign.jpg 546w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/1-exotica-mother-day-campaign-175x300.jpg 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3044\" title=\"2-exotica-mother-day-campaign\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-exotica-mother-day-campaign.jpg\" alt=\"Then few meters later, another, except this time mother and daughter have oversized noses. &quot;Hmm.. Are they seriously profiling certain physical traits as BAD?&quot;\" width=\"546\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-exotica-mother-day-campaign.jpg 546w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/2-exotica-mother-day-campaign-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3045\" title=\"3-lebanese-society\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/3-lebanese-society.jpg\" alt=\"Class Setting. Lebanese Society 101. &quot;In the look-obsessed country we live in, we often see scenarios as follows&quot;.\" width=\"546\" height=\"834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/3-lebanese-society.jpg 546w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/3-lebanese-society-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3046\" title=\"4-nose-job\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/4-nose-job.jpg\" alt=\"This campaign reinforces the complexes a lot of young girls have about how they look. Now, they might start blaming their mothers for genetic inheritance, instead of them understanding that a big nose -ear is actually, NOT, bad.\" width=\"545\" height=\"734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/4-nose-job.jpg 545w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/4-nose-job-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3047\" title=\"5-child-beating\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/5-child-beating.jpg\" alt=\"If I want to associate their slogan with a visual, it would not be as funny. Billboard showing mother beating child.\" width=\"546\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/5-child-beating.jpg 546w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/5-child-beating-253x300.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3048\" title=\"6-hiv-positive\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/6-hiv-positive.jpg\" alt=\"Or... HIV positive mother and daughter\" width=\"546\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/6-hiv-positive.jpg 546w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/6-hiv-positive-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3049\" title=\"7-conclusion\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/7-conclusion.jpg\" alt=\"As you can see, there are far worse things a mother could give to her children than a big nose - ear. Things they, in fact, could never possibly thank her for. In all cases, I have one thing to say: Thank you Exotica for the good and the bad! ;) In the hope the next campaign will catch up!\" width=\"546\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/7-conclusion.jpg 546w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/7-conclusion-300x138.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You might say I am overreacting. However, the reason I am, is because I believe huge billboards have great influence on the large amount of people who cross them daily. Big corporations should thus think twice before shouting such messages at us. And I do know that &#8220;it got people talking about it&#8221;, but wouldn&#8217;t it be better if it also, on the way, got through a more responsible message?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I just had to say what I think about this campaign, it&#8217;s been bothering me everyday when I pass by it. Now, back to music, here&#8217;s Sarah Vaughn&#8217;s Broken Hearted Melody. Have a wonderful day \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"250\" height=\"40\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"window\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&amp;widgetID=20245409&amp;style=metal&amp;p=0\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/listen.grooveshark.com\/songWidget.swf\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"250\" height=\"40\" src=\"http:\/\/listen.grooveshark.com\/songWidget.swf\" flashvars=\"hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&amp;widgetID=20245409&amp;style=metal&amp;p=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" wmode=\"window\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . You might say I am overreacting. However, the reason I am, is because I believe huge billboards have great influence on the large amount of people who cross them daily. Big corporations should thus think twice before shouting such messages at us. 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