When Thomas Frank moved from the University of Virginia to the University of Chicago
to begin graduate school, The Baffler, which self identified as The Journal that Blunts the Cutting Edge, moved there as well.
Aunt Leora
In 1973, Robin Morgan addressed The American Home Economics Association as “the enemy.” The organization changed its name to the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences in 1994.
Noisy Toys
Toys made of plastic were rare before World War II. Their late twentieth century ubiquity came to symbolize the excess of consumer society.
The Poet
In the 1960s, most soda pop was sold in reusable glass bottles, but in the 1970s these were replaced by cans and plastic. The last Coca Cola plant to produce reusable bottles closed in 2012.
After this podcast was produced, I also learned that Coke had ended production of Tab.
An Art Form
Back in 2006, Alison S. M. Kobayashi produced a video based on an answering machine tape she found in a thrift shop.
