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Sarah Silverman wants brands to stop calling their 'exclusively Caucasian' products 'nude'
Yahoo Lifestyle ^ | March 16, 2019 | Erin Donnelly

Posted on 03/17/2019 6:42:37 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Sarah Silverman has a bone to pick with how certain household items are labeled — and she’s calling for more diversity.

The comedian took to Twitter to point out that products like pantyhose and bandages come in shades marked as “nude,” though the peachy-beige tone really only applies to some white people.

“I can’t [expletive] believe that there are still ‘nude’ bras and nylons and Band Aids,” she wrote. “If you are a company still using nude to describe an exclusively Caucasian shade in 20[expletive]19 you need to change now or go tha way of zee dinosaur.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: bandaid; bandaids; blackface; fakeoutrage; fauxoutrage; hollywood; pantyhose; phonyoutrage; sarahsilverman; silverman; twitter
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To: EdnaMode
It's like leftists wake up every morning hoping to be outraged about something.

It's like leftists are daily eating their own or throwing each other under the bus.

Female fashion is not after all a Conservative concept.

61 posted on 03/17/2019 11:05:46 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken)
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To: EdnaMode

I’ll concede: I suppose “b!tch” is a necessary accommodation.


62 posted on 03/17/2019 11:10:22 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: EdnaMode

change the term to “prude”


63 posted on 03/17/2019 11:26:34 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: EdnaMode

This woman has always been as foul-mouthed as a fishwife.


64 posted on 03/18/2019 1:05:04 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: Bullish

RE Write:

Yeah, it’s all Hale... I manage a good rant now and then. :^)


65 posted on 03/18/2019 4:10:10 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: EdnaMode

Dey is what dey is, and dey be’s what dey be’s... :^)


66 posted on 03/18/2019 4:10:40 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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