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The Hygiene Culture Wars That Started on Social Media

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This article, inspired by the social media outcry around hygiene practices that differ by race and ethnicity, is a commentary on how hygiene access and practices have historically and continues to be used as tool to criticize and control.

“The most marginalized people in society are stereotyped as dirty or smelly, but the privilege to wash once or twice a week, at most, is hardly afforded to those who live outside the margins. Ideas of “dirty” and “smelly” have marginalized many minority groups.”

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Nicole Froio. The Hygiene Culture Wars That Started on Social Media. Medium. August 2019. https://zora.medium.com/the-hygiene-culture-wars-that-started-on-social-media-3e5c0ac8be55