A Word That’s True to Its Core

The summer of 2023 was painted pink. The “Barbie” movie broke records at the box office and inspired “Barbiecore,” an aesthetic “made up primarily of hot pink, and similarly bold rosy hues like fuchsia and magenta,” according to a New York Times article about the rise of Barbie-inspired home décor. “Everything I buy is always…

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Why Businesses Are Now Obsessed With the Word ‘Citizen’

But for some, the citizen-as-brand trend rings hollow. “To me, the word ‘citizen’ is a synonym for ‘responsibility,’” Sarah Vowell wrote in an email. Ms. Vowell, whose essays and books, including “The Partly Cloudy Patriot,” interrogate America’s past and present, said: “In a republic, every citizen is saddled with a perpetual, time-consuming, unpaid part-time watchdog…

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