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The Problem With Products Marketed To Kids

The Problem With Products Marketed To Kids

Just because a product is marketed to babies or kids doesn’t mean it’s safe, and new research published just last week has alarming things to say about the presence of phthalates in personal care products for children.

While minimalists know that excess stuff harms our emotional well-being and mental loads, *sustainable* minimalists understand that products can and do  harm our physical health. On today’s show: Applying the tenets of sustainable minimalism to the hair and skin products our children use each day.

 

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[7:00] If phthalates make plastics flexible and bendy, what on earth are they doing in personal care products?

[10:00] Don’t see the term ‘phthalate’ on a product’s ingredients list? That doesn’t mean it’s phthalate-free!

[13:00] Are phthalates the reason why our daughters are getting their periods younger and younger?

[19:00] No 10-step skincare regimen to see here: Here’s a 5-step cleanup regimen for your household

[25:00] Musings on the tween and teen skincare beauty craze

 

 

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The Shopping Conspiracy

Women have been targeted for decades with the message that shopping is recreation. It’s a way to relax and unwind, sure, but recreational shopping also contributes to the climate crisis, supports the worst of shareholder capitalism, and creates an awful lot of unnecessary waste.

Enter Buy Now: The Shopping Conspiracy, a hard-hitting new Netflix documentary that forces viewers to look at our waste-related woes. On today’s show producer Flora Bagenal offers a behind-the-scenes look at the documentary’s creation; she also answers your pressing, post-viewing questions.

A note from Stephanie: This episode was recorded before the Los Angeles wildfires. If you're able, please consider donating to one of these organizations. 

 

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[7:00] People find it hard to look at waste, and yet the film makes us look. A behind-the-scenes examination all those hard-hitting images

[16:30] Adidas, Amazon, Unilever, and Apple: Here's why the film featured former employees-turned-whistleblowers

[26:00] Corporate execs must show growth, and corporations are on a treadmill of extracting more and more $$ by pushing unnecessary and redundant products. Is not buying an effective act of resistance?

[30:00] Mindset shifts! Quality is a climate issue, and once you press ‘Buy Now’ you become responsible for the item’s end of life

[36:00] Exactly how to Use. Your. Rage!

 

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