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Default American Experience: Tupperware

Bryan Simmons wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 7:27:40 PM UTC-5, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 19:24:49 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>>
>>> Interesting documentary. It's mostly about Brownie Wise, who
>>> invented the Tupperware Party and made the company millions, then
>>> got dumped on her ass and nobody ever heard of her again.
>>>
>>> https://thepiratebay.org/description.php?id=9179722

>> Oh, and empowering women in the 50's and 60's when business was
>> booming and men didn't want their wives to work. Tupperware parties
>> kept them in the kitchen and fit the Happy Homemaker profile, so it
>> was acceptable to the husbands.
>>> I'm seeding at 10Mb/s for the next 10-12 hours if you'd like to
>>> download. There's only one other person sharing it.

>
> I had a live-in girlfriend who went to a Mary Kay event, and was disgusted
> by their philosophy. When I told her that I knew what Mary Kay was all
> about, she was angry with me for not warning her, but if I would have,
> she would have been angry with me for being critical of something she
> wanted to check out, and would have accused me of being controlling.
> It was no-win for me either way. Compared to Mary Kay, Tupperware
> was pretty benign.
>>
>> -sw

>
> --Bryan
>


Your woman wanted a pink caddilac. You didn't even own a grey
volkswagen. So, she ran to mary kay. You're still whining.