Quirky Take on Child Abuse May Leave You Feeling Queasy

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Here’s a set of prints that go with this child abuse/wedding reception ad by WhybinTBWA Sydney for Australia’s ASCA (Adults Surviving Child Abuse). Each approaches the topic with blithe, discomfiting irony.

You know, it’s the kind of thing you’d find funny if it weren’t so … not-at-all.

See greeting card: “You’re a special dad (slap, kick, pow!)”
See birthday cake: “Celebrating 20 years since you said I should have been aborted” — arrow down if you can’t see all of it at once.

Collective wince.

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Steve Hall

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