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"How Kids' TV Got Way Too Normal' by Elissa Strauss" First line: "My son Levi..." That is a pseudonym, hopefully.

• lioeters 1y ago
  Why? Claude Lévi-Strauss is respected figure in anthropology. (He hasn't been cancelled, as far as I know.) Oh you mean the jeans company. Levi is a common boy's name of Hebrew origin (so is Elissa for girls), and apparently rising in popularity in recent years. > 12th most popular boy's name in the U.S. as of 2024
  • thomassmith65 1y ago
    My first thought is that I wouldn't want to go through life disambiguating myself from a detergent brand. But now I realize that's shallow. So yes, let McDonalds name their sons Ronald, Bonds name their sons James, and Crockers name their daughters Betty. Now we just have to convince the other eight billion people these children might encounter in life that there's nothing silly about it.
    • quickthrowman 1y ago
      I was in a meeting with a guy named ‘Henry Henry’ the other day. I didn’t ask if his middle name was also Henry, but he did look suspiciously like Henry Fonda.