A Symphony in Pink

01/10/24 • 41 min

Mary Kay Ash spun a tale of female empowerment, and today, is hailed as a feminist icon. Their cream, goop, and makeup has been a fixture in pop culture Americana for decades, but the model it uses to sell products and Mary Kay's culty corporate culture is worth a second glance.
Sources:
Mary Kay
Mary Kay Income Disclosure
Pink Truth
KRTV Mary Kay Ash, 1982
Mary Kay Inc., CBS 60 Minutes
The case for and against multi-level marketing, Jon M. Taylor MBA, PhD, Consumer Awareness Institute
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Clean Conscience

Arbonne boasts that their products are vegan, non-GMO, and tout their B Corp certification as an extension of their clean ingredient mission. Consultants rave about Arbonne’s healthy living products - while toxic diet culture reigns supreme. I also sat down with Julie to talk about her climb up the ranks in Arbonne and what happened when her vantage from the top...did not look so pretty.
Sources:
Arbonne
Arbonne Income Disclosure
The Economic Cost of Devaluing “Women’s Work” by IMF
The State of Moms and Dads in America 2022 by National Fatherhood initiatives
Is Arbonne Greenwashing? by Better Goods
B Corp - Arbonne
B Corp Greenwashing by Sustainable Jungle
2017 Class Action v. Arbonne
Facial Moisturizer Recall
Liquid Eyeliner Recall
Day Creme Recall
Detox Body Wash Recall
Peanut Butter Cup Recall
NIH - Patterns and Prevalence of Disordered Eating and Weight Control Behaviors in Women Ages 25–45

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The Wolf of Main Street

Insurance MLMs have given rise to a new wave of super bros, who are convinced that selling supplemental insurance is how they will make it big. American Income Life is famous among the MLM world, or maybe...infamous. American Income Life reached out to me to see if I would be interested in talking about their life-changing opportunity, so I took them up on it.

Sources:
2021 Agent contractor class-action lawsuit
AIL BBB
No evidence that women using oral contraceptives have weaker preferences for masculine characteristics in men’s faces
Insider: Inside the tawdry, drug-fueled, violent world of America's top life insurance salesmen by Susan Antilla
WTAE: Lawsuit alleges fraud, sexual abuse and illicit drugs at Wexford insurance agency
2022 Plaintiff Amended Complaint vs Arias Agencies, Michael Russin, and American Income Life

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