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marketing = abuse
Just in case anyone tries to say that modern capitalism isn't predicated on making people - primarily women - feel bad about themselves to sell products they don't actually need:
In 1941, Lysol was marketed for internally cleaning one's nethers to keep one's husband from cheating.
Take a look at the marketing that you see every day, especially this ( Read more... ) -
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TIL that Julia Child, at 6'3", was the shortest of her siblings. 😳 Her brother was 6'4" and her sister was 6'5".
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Decolonizing the Thanksgiving Myth
Let's decolonize the Thanksgiving Myth!
Shall we start with Squanto, the "kindly native" who helped the pilgrims by teaching them how to grow vegetables?
The famous indigenous person who helped the Mayflower Pilgrims was a member of the Patuxet named Tisquantum, but he was called "Squanto" by the settlers. He spoke English because he had been ( Read more... ) -
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