Jade ‘egg’ in the Vagina and other woo-based remedies, one step back.
Dear Gwyneth Paltrow,
Once upon a time (okay, last year) you said that anyone who was going to fuck with you had better bring their A game. This, I was led to believe, was a response to concerns that I and others had raised about the quality of the advice and value of the products that you sell on GOOP.
However, hearing about the $145,000 settlement that GOOP was required to pay because you lied about the benefits of jade eggs, quartz eggs and an essential oil spray brought those words rushing back.
Did the government bring its A game and did you reply with yours?
I know the money is likely less than your annual budget for vagina steaming and pocket change for a company that claims to be worth $250 million, then again you and your company claimed jade eggs are recharged with energy from the…
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bleatmop
The Intransigent One
Mystro
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September 9, 2018 at 8:49 pm
bleatmop
As much as I would like to shit all over Gwyneth Paltrow that would be counterproductive. She is but a symptom of the problem here. Her success is her celebrity plus the disease of magical thinking. Her company is only valued at $250 million dollars because people want to believe her tripe. If our societies had taken ahold of the Red Scare after the Russians beat the USA to space a little bit harder then we would be in a much better space right now. The emphasis on STEM after sputnik was great but we would have been better served by starting to teach critical thinking at grade one and continuing that through life.
Could you imagine if all of Gwyneth’s customers were trained to say “really?” on her claims of magical stones that you stick up your vagina and take the power of the moon and magically heal you? I doubt she would have recouped the initial cost of setting up the web page. If only we valued critical thinking as a society. But instead we value magical thinking, which is fine when it comes to entertainment and recreation. But when it comes to health care and making important decisions magical thinking can and does do serious harm.
Shame. We missed a massive opportunity in the years after sputnik. One I think we’ll not get again.
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