Marina Hyde in the Guardian today has an interesting piece on the beauty industry – and why we still spend money even without really believing – a sort of non-placebo effect.
But it was a snippet at the end that I really noticed: the brand Dove, which has got a host of good media coverage with its “real women” adverts (rather carefully selected real women, one has to say – gosh up to UK size 14) is owned by Unilever, which also owns “Fair & Lovely”, a “skin-whitener” marketed in India with distinctly racist overtones.
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