"Who cares about the men who steered your breakfast cereal through winter storms? How ironic that the more ships have grown in size and consequence, the less space they take up in our imagination."
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Rose George is a celebrated British author and journalist known for her incisive explorations of complex topics ranging from sanitation to maritime disasters. Born in 1974, she has penned influential works, including "The Big Necessity," which highlights the global sanitation crisis, and "Ninety Percent of Everything," a deep dive into the world of shipping and its unseen impacts on our daily lives. Through her engaging storytelling and rigorous research, George has contributed significantly to public awareness and discourse surrounding critical global issues.
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"What they have done in Japan, which I find so inspirational, is they've brought the toilet out from behind the locked door. They've made it conversational. People go out and upgrade their toilet. They talk about it. They've sanitized it."
Rose George"Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement."
Rose George"Rules governing defecation, hygiene, and pollution exist in every culture at every period in history. It may in fact be the foundation of civilization: What is toilet training if not the first attempt to turn a child into an acceptable member of society?"
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