The idea of purity — whether in food, body or belief — often masks hierarchies of power.
—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
In most cases, the natural tendency to organize large teams into smaller groups wins out, and flat teams end up establishing makeshift hierarchies in the absence of formal ones.
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