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Walmart and Cosmo: 9 things to know about the anti-porn group claiming victory
Will these socially conservative groups just crawl into a hold, and die already?
If you’re looking for 6 Ways to Get Rid of a Hickey Fast, you’re going to have to walk a little further into Walmart. The big-box store announced that it is pulling Cosmopolitan magazine from checkout lines at 5,000 locations because of its content, which some have decided is too racy. (Basically, this.) The publication will be sold in the store’s magazine aisle instead.
The move comes after the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) sat down in “collaborative dialogue” with Walmart, per the BBC, and the group is chalking up Walmart’s decision as a big win. “This is what real change looks like in our #MeToo culture,” Dawn Hawkins, the group’s executive director, said in a statement that is sure to go down in the history books as an impressive example of appropriation.
Will these socially conservative groups just crawl into a hold, and die already?