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Bristol Palin: Don't get pregnant unless you're privileged

posted by Feministing
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 9:48pm CDT

Bristol Palin has shot a new PSA for the abstinence pushing and just generally creepy Candie's Foundation. And it is so not OK:


Transcript after the jump.

Even entertainment website E! Online recognizes that this add is messed up, saying the message is:

"I'm privileged, so it's OK that I got pregnant, but you're not, so don't." (We paraphrase...but just barely.)

Apparently you should keep your legs crossed (Candie's Foundation's preferred method of birth control) if you're poor, don't have family support, or are not a celebrity. What a despicable, classist approach.

    <p>Transcript: What if I didn't come from a famous family? What if I didn't have all their support? What if I didn't have all these opportunities? Believe me, it wouldn't be pretty. Pause before you play.</p>

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