OK, here's a link that helps me articulate my irritation, annoyance, and anger regarding the Morning After Pill thing: [link]
Back to the problems: No. 4 is that the episode wasn't thorough in its depiction of RU-486, either, since RU-486 is usually just the first part of a two-drug chemical abortion process, the second part being misoprostol, which is taken two days after RU-486 to induce uterine contractions. (If someone slipped that into Bonnie's food, too, the episode didn't cover it.) Fifth, while the CW did go back after the episode aired and correct the episode description, replacing the mention of the morning-after pill with RU-486, the episode's title is still "There's Got to Be a Morning After Pill." I like a '70s music reference as much as the next guy, but in a show whose target audience is young women, it really seems worth giving accurate reproductive health information priority over Maureen McGovern puns.
Signed,
One of Those Humorless Feminists
IMO it's odd to be angry about the episode title, which is only lightly publicized, if at all. I agree that it's a huge problem that the MAP is confused with abortifactants, but seeing that episode title on the internet or a DVD isn't going to make me assume that RU-486 and the MAP are the same. And misdescribing RU-486 as, well, a one-step abortifactant isn't a big public health issue.
seeing that episode title on the internet or a DVD
Why do you specify these two sources?
The places most people will see the episode title: on their dvr or in their digital cable listing.
I'm not sure how much weight people give to titles. (Online or on the dvd would be other places.)
The first and foremost place I see episode titles is on my DVR. I can't play a show without it being displayed. No need for me to go to the Internet or buy the DVD. Do print TV listings (the ones that have episode descriptions) use the titles?
I haven't bought a tv guide in a very long time but my cable company insists on sending me their montly publication and I think that it goes to press to far in advance to list episode titles.
Why do you specify these two sources?
That's the only places I thought of. My DVR sometimes shows titles, but not for VM episodes.
Well, \"There\'s Got to Be an RU-486\" would be a pretty lame title.
Right. They couldn\'t possibly come up with an RU pun...
RU-486 Experienced?
RU-486 Having Fun Yet?
etc.
For me, the episode title was up front and centre, as they all are. If I hit play on a recording
without
looking at the episode description, it overlays it (and the title) on the first few seconds of play.
