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Toxic Protection / Confidence Shock / Forgembering / Cracker Tin |
Forgember: Verb
(combination ‘forget’ + ‘remember’) Definition:
1. To publicly go
through the motions of remembering, in such a way as to encourage others to
forget
2. To encourage others
to remember, but in such a way that they assign responsibility for past events
to the wrong parties
(see also: blaming
the victim)
3. To inadvertently bring about remembrance of
past events, without having had any intention of doing so
Forgembering,
forgembrance. Examples: Forgembered
history; solemn forgembrance; forgembering is easier than remembering
(see also: forgery,
forge)
Right to Left: Ritz Cracker Tin purchased online through
eBay, circa 2002; Contents of tin as purchased: Black pepper, Magic Button canning lids, Defender pins, Durkee
red pepper flakes, BerNARdin no. 63 canning lids, Playtime chalk and Rely
tampons, circa 1980.
It may seem odd that an
unopened box of Rely tampons, a long-discontinued brand linked to the illness
and/or deaths of menstruating women, would be combined with ordinary household
items in an online eBay auction – but it’s possible that some of the women who
became ill and/or died from Rely-related toxic shock syndrome had some or all
of these items in their home at the time of their deaths.
Interestingly, six of
the items (including the cracker tin itself) have the color red in their
packaging artwork. The menstrual product
Rely does not.
Right to Left:
One of the 25-year-old Rely tampons, split open to show contents; an
older tampon with its plastic case, circa 1940s?–1950s USA, maker unknown.
In the Rely tampon
above left, the tan particles are the “sponges and superabsorbent fibers” that
have melted together. They were sticky to the touch, a bit like wax, and had a
vaguely familiar odor – perhaps due to their carboxymethyl cellulose
content, used as a thickener and emulsifier in foods, as well as in other household products.
The older tampon to
the right was dry to the touch and odorless.
It divided neatly into a single piece of wadding, tied in the middle
with string.
Click here to view the original patent for the Rely tampon;
click
here to view a similar patent application by the Kimberly-Clark corporation.
Forgetting,
remembering...or forgembering?
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