[425] in Humor
HUMOR: Eco-emollients
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Andrew A. Bennett)
Wed Aug 24 10:10:53 1994
To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 10:07:17 EDT
From: "Andrew A. Bennett" <abennett@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 94 17:44:17 PDT
From: Connie_Kleinjans@Novell.COM (Connie Kleinjans)
From: krowan@rosalind.SJF.novell.com (Kaye-Ailsa Rowan)
>From qotd-request@ensu.ucalgary.ca Fri Aug 19 03:40:19 1994
My conditioner, bless its little Brazil Nut soul, is "Against Animal
Testing." So are my shampoo and styling gel. I'm not sure exactly what
that means, but I can just imagine.
My guess is that when I go shopping, my hair care products attend
rallies and organizing meetings, then waddle back onto the shower ledge
before I get home. Perhaps they hold consciousness-raising sessions in
the bathroom itself, desperately trying to recruit my moisturizer which,
though never actually tested on animals, has yet to take a pro-active
stand against the heinous crime. Although face cream is well-known for
its squishy politics, I don't think it can withstand my hair care
products' direct-action techniques much longer - little eco-emollients
that they are.
I have to admit that I've never been active in the animal rights
movement myself (although I am all for the furry tykes, of course).
There are just so many causes these days, who has time? So I sleep
better knowing that although I do nothing for animal rights (okay, so I
eat meat and wear leather but don't tell my shampoo), Brazil Nut
Conditioner is my delegate, my personal envoy, to this very worthy
movement. And I don't mind telling you that it keeps my hair soft and
manageable like there's no tomorrow. These social contributions are
coming from my bathroom alone - just wait 'til I tell you about the
global revolution that lurks in my closet.
- Naomi Klein, in _This Magazine_, takes a tongue-in-cheek look at
environmental marketing
Submitted by: Terry Labach <terry@ensu.ucalgary.ca>
Jun. 29, 1994
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