Tuesday, January 11, 2005
The Plush Revolution
Our society is obsessed with filth, sickness and filth. Antivirus software to protect us as we frolic in the plague fields of the internet by proxy of our billions of little and not so little digital plug-in gizmos. Anti-bacterial soaps and cleaners to keep us free of the invisible grasping putrescence of doorknobs, restrooms and small children. The government badgering us for years to get out and get our flu shots and just as the programming is nearly complete executing some sort of evil Piagetian reversal designed to send the otherwise hale and healthy influenza-phobes into a panicked frenzy, overturning walkers, digging pit traps in the Ensure aisle, running entire casino-bound tour busses off of bridges all to assure their place in line for the precious ambrosia of immunity; all the while fulfilling the ruling powers' underlying agenda of relieving strain on an over-burdened social security system.
Well, change is in the air. A movement it brewing to emancipate us from the washing, scrubbing, foaming and sudsing anti-bacterial cleanser-loving mania. Enter… the lovable germ. Yes, in a re-imaging the like of which has not been seen since Taylor Dayne discovered cream rinse the reviled denizens of the microsphere have gone the route of many other maligned organisms and turned to the Gund-ian creed. Whether actual villains or simply misunderstood custodial staff, the members of this community have decided to focus on their commonalities and do their best to use that accumulation of strength and resources to snuggle their way into our collective heart. We may just be seeing the future, and if so, the future is plush.
Well, change is in the air. A movement it brewing to emancipate us from the washing, scrubbing, foaming and sudsing anti-bacterial cleanser-loving mania. Enter… the lovable germ. Yes, in a re-imaging the like of which has not been seen since Taylor Dayne discovered cream rinse the reviled denizens of the microsphere have gone the route of many other maligned organisms and turned to the Gund-ian creed. Whether actual villains or simply misunderstood custodial staff, the members of this community have decided to focus on their commonalities and do their best to use that accumulation of strength and resources to snuggle their way into our collective heart. We may just be seeing the future, and if so, the future is plush.
