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Selling "Christmas Babies"
41:59 - 47:35 (05:36)
Georgia ran ads in December selling "Christmas Babies" - 100% blank slate babies that people could mold into whatever they wanted.
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Carmen Laran is back with an all-new season of Beauty Translated, where she challenges perceptions of trans people and has conversations that go beyond just skin deep, featuring people from beyond Atlanta and the South.
41:59 - 42:57 (00:58)
Summary
Carmen Laran is back with an all-new season of Beauty Translated, where she challenges perceptions of trans people and has conversations that go beyond just skin deep, featuring people from beyond Atlanta and the South.
ChapterSelling "Christmas Babies"
EpisodePart One: The Woman Who Invented Adoption (By Stealing Thousands of Babies)
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Georgia Tann made a name for herself as the director of the Tennessee Children's Home Society, but behind closed doors, she was kidnapping and selling children to desperate families.
42:57 - 44:22 (01:25)
Summary
Georgia Tann made a name for herself as the director of the Tennessee Children's Home Society, but behind closed doors, she was kidnapping and selling children to desperate families. One notable example involved Tann procuring a newborn for a member of the Tennessee state legislature's daughter on the same day her grandchild was delivered stillborn.
ChapterSelling "Christmas Babies"
EpisodePart One: The Woman Who Invented Adoption (By Stealing Thousands of Babies)
PodcastBehind the Bastards
An ad from December 1929 featured a picture of two "real live Christmas presents", offering potential parents the opportunity to adopt and shape them into anything they want.
44:22 - 46:19 (01:56)
Summary
An ad from December 1929 featured a picture of two "real live Christmas presents", offering potential parents the opportunity to adopt and shape them into anything they want. This ad solved the advertiser's issue of finding a spot for their advertisement, while finding homes for the babies in their care.
ChapterSelling "Christmas Babies"
EpisodePart One: The Woman Who Invented Adoption (By Stealing Thousands of Babies)
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Georgia's ad campaign featuring different babies every day in December took an unsettling turn as the ads played into the desire for blonde babies, with customers being able to choose the hair color and gender of their "perfect" child.
46:19 - 47:35 (01:15)
Summary
Georgia's ad campaign featuring different babies every day in December took an unsettling turn as the ads played into the desire for blonde babies, with customers being able to choose the hair color and gender of their "perfect" child.