Comments | feminist: "Ugly, Fat, Undesirable? Socially Acceptable Relationship at Risk? SUICIDAL? Try UTEROL!"

grusinskaya in feminist

"Ugly, Fat, Undesirable? Socially Acceptable Relationship at Risk? SUICIDAL? Try UTEROL!"

Sep 12, 2005 01:13

I recently switched over to gmail. As some of you may know, google mail scans your e-mails, and on the side of each e-mail conversation that you view, it provides a list of links that are somehow related to whatever you wrote ( Read more... )

reproductive rights and health, menstruation

Comments 13

slytherinblack September 12 2005, 05:22:13 UTC

[winces] any drug that claims to work "like magic" automatically sends up red flags for me.

cappucinogrrl September 12 2005, 05:39:36 UTC

It looks like a joke.

grusinskaya September 12 2005, 05:46:52 UTC

I kind of think that too, especially since there are so many grammatical/spelling errors on the website and all of the examples are so extreme. But then another part of me wonders why google would recognize it as a legitimate company if it was just a joke

kelseysjp September 12 2005, 06:06:18 UTC

But don't companies have to pay to be advertized like that? I always thought that the links that google provided post-emails were paid for. Hmm...

grusinskaya September 12 2005, 14:17:29 UTC

Yeah, Uterol was listed under "Sponsored Links." I know that some people will go pretty far for a joke, but the joke usually stops at their pocket-books. I guess that's why I'm inclined to believe that it's "real."

kelseysjp September 12 2005, 05:43:30 UTC

"vaginal odor" relief
I am hoping this is a joke...If it is not, it is disgusting.
This whole "company" is ridiculous

changelingjane September 12 2005, 06:13:25 UTC

I'm fishing for signs that Selmedica is a joke, and I'm not finding them. Which, after going through their entire website, is entirely horrifying. Since they offer "income opportunity", they are most likely yet another "company" with a fancy pyramid-scheme going that operates on hype. In other words, it's real, but it's bullshit.

onlyicando September 12 2005, 13:27:42 UTC

Check this out: http://www.midsouth.bbb.org/commonreport.html?compid=1200382

I took your idea hoping that I would find that it's not a real company, but sadly the BBB has them listed. (At least, it is the same name of the company, I don't know if that means that they are the same company.)

_ninabruja_ September 12 2005, 12:00:27 UTC

Advertisers do pay Google to advertise on their e-mail...I've had gmail for almost a year and have experimented with the "links;" most of them are serious spam sites. That's really besides the point though- I think it's even more frustrating that not only are we treated like ditzy space cadets when it comes to any female product, but there is never any information (widely) available on non-medical relief for cramps, etc. It's like, not only are we treated like we're stupid and desperate, but we're expected to pay money to be treated as such.