on grossing oneself out
Many thanks to eldan for reposting Skin Deep.
I doubt I will get cancer from using up what remains of the goos/gels/soaps I have (much more likely I will lose the genetic lottery...) but it gives one a good idea of what to replace all that stuff with when it runs out. Look up everything you use each day. Be grossed out.
I can't help but be reminded of The Beauty Myth when I do this. That, and overhear midday TV ads, the one shilling some sort of sugar "protein" water "to take the edge off your hunger and help you lose weight"; the directly following one exhorting you to take your kids to a pizza chain and get an extra-large pepperoni or you're Clearly A Bad Mother. It's all kind of heartbreaking.
I doubt I will get cancer from using up what remains of the goos/gels/soaps I have (much more likely I will lose the genetic lottery...) but it gives one a good idea of what to replace all that stuff with when it runs out. Look up everything you use each day. Be grossed out.
I can't help but be reminded of The Beauty Myth when I do this. That, and overhear midday TV ads, the one shilling some sort of sugar "protein" water "to take the edge off your hunger and help you lose weight"; the directly following one exhorting you to take your kids to a pizza chain and get an extra-large pepperoni or you're Clearly A Bad Mother. It's all kind of heartbreaking.