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Toxic in More Ways than One (Thinx) | Corporate Casket

iilluminaughtii

Blair Zoń

Documentary, Education, Business, Society & Culture

4.4961 Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Go to http://mintmobile.com/casket to cut your wireless bill to $15 a month. Go to http://dipseastories.com/casket to get an extended 30-day trial. If you are a person who needs to use menstrual products in your day-to-day life it is likely that you have run into the same frustrations over and over again. Certain products can literally kill you if you keep them in too long, others are a mess, and all of them seem to be important. But, when Thinx came along we thought we had the answer to our period woes. Unfortunately, after news about dangerous chemicals and a toxic workplace, it seems like we’re back where we started. Why can’t we get a menstrual product that doesn’t harm us? Welcome to the Corporate Casket, a weekly series where bad businesses go to die. Connect With Me: https://linktr.ee/iilluminaughtii’ Sources: https://justpaste.it/83t3x Writers/Researchers/Helpers: Jess Hubbert This episode was edited and mixed by: G. Thomas Craig Album cover art created by: Betsy Primes Intro Song Credits: Trauma- Will Van De Crommert Outro Song Credits: Electronica Punch- Oleksandr Koltsov Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

It's that time of the month and you've suddenly found out that you're out of what you need.

0:11.0

When you waltz into the store to spend an outlandish amount of money

0:14.2

for something you physically cannot live without,

0:16.3

you're met with a plethora of options.

0:18.4

But which one will you choose?

0:20.9

Your mind flashes back to all the commercials, all the ads you've seen on TV and on the internet,

0:26.0

and surely you don't want to go with the company that uses that stupid blue liquid to showcase

0:30.3

its product, right? Like, why are we even doing that in the first place?

0:34.3

You seriously doubt that buying from a brand that uses peppy, sporty,

0:38.1

excited models in the advertisements will give you the same feeling. But wait,

0:42.3

there is one company that seems to

0:44.3

advertise its products in a more accurate way. Thinks. The underwear for your time

0:49.8

of the month, it's as easy as getting dressed and going about your day, even if your day is just laying around with some fried food and some chocolate cake.

0:57.0

Their advertisements are enticing and the company is run by the girl boss of all girl bosses.

1:06.8

Mickey Agruall seems to have won every reward for her company and innovation under the sun. She prides herself on women's empowerment and

1:11.6

complete transparency.

1:13.0

So far, there's no reason not to buy the underwear, except maybe the price.

1:17.5

But in the long run, you might actually spend less because of the stupid Tampon tax.

1:23.4

So like millions of other people, you decide to go ahead and buy them.

1:27.0

What could go wrong?

1:28.0

Well, you could find out that everything was a lie.

1:31.4

Mickey wasn't this magical, awesome, sweet woman trying to make the world a better place.

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