Brands Mean a Lot

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The Surreal Solidarity in Women's Deodorant
“Researchers say women's friendships are face to face: They talk, cry together, share secrets.
 • Jared Holst
Hate and the Hippocratic Oath
Most companies treat customer service like a bandaid for its real problems. What's it mean that the bandaids are doctors?
 • Jared Holst
What is time to a brand?
Time is different to us all, maaaannnnn
 • Jared Holst
Black Guck on a Duck
What do those Dawn commercials where they clean ducks say about our desensitization to man made disasters?
 • Jared Holst
Guest Post: Selling Fancy Mustard Is Just Like Selling an Academy Award
All you have to do is ask
 • Jared Holst
Gender Reveal... It's Brands!
In the future, brands will be identifiable genders.
 • Jared Holst
How a dumb hat threw me in a tailspin
A banner ad from a small clothing site opens my eyes to the unpleasant daily confrontations in online advertising.
 • Jared Holst
Working for integration
Integration isn't only for TV's "Severance", it'd serve us to try for it as well.
 • Jared Holst
Today's Political Nihilism
What the NYC mayoral race tells us about the state of politics at large
 • Jared Holst
The inversion of The Deal
How AI has re-shaped our understanding of value
 • Jared Holst
Good normin' sunshine
An op-ed about returning to offices causes me to return to you.
 • Jared Holst
Gummy Candy Eucharist
How some gummy candy gave me the strength to be more outspoken on LinkedIn.
 • Jared Holst
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