March 15, 2007

Aptly named

Conquest Student Housing's idea of a good PR move on Facebook, following widespread student protest over last year's shameless profit-driven eviction of low income families in Isla Vista.

I guess the strategy is to deflect criticism with a distraction appealing to the lowest common denominator (obviously not below Conquest). A diversion that says "Hey kids! Over here! Sex!"--perfect.

Gentrification...you know you want it.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought this opened up a great opportunity for some guerilla tactic fake ad action. See http://www.stopconquesthousing.com/

Anonymous said...

i didn't know it was possible to use sex to sell housing... but then again, sex has been used to sell just about everything else. fuckin conquest!
ps come visit sb soon!

Unknown said...

omg this ones even better
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v430/zortnac/conquest.jpg

Heather_B said...

Wow, no shame.

*Disclaimer: Sex partner not included in cost of lease...though for what they're charging, they should be.