The authenticity scam, a Thanksgiving roundup, and lemurs

Plus: the wartime origins of a popular cocktail [] To ensure delivery of your JSTOR Daily please add daily@jstor.org to your address book. [] Weekly digest [WEB VERSION](4c7f/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] [DON'T BUY INTO THE AUTHENTICITY SCAM](4c7f/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] [DON'T BUY INTO THE THE AUTHENTICITY SCAM](4c7f/ct1_1/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] BY CHARLOTTE LIEBERMAN [] From Starbucks’ triumph turning the countercultural coffeehouse into a ubiquitous global conglomerate to the mainstream-ification of the farm-to-table “movement,” the consumerist search for the authentic has never been more prevalent. At its core, the quest for authenticity is paradoxical: After all, how can anything be authentic if we are doggedly searching for it? [] [Read more](4c7f/ct1_2/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] [] [thanksgiving family](4c7f/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] [THE INVENTION OF MODERN THANKSGIVING](4c7f/ct2_1/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] BY LIVIA GERSHON [] Thanksgiving as we know it—turkey, stuffing, and patriotism—was invented by the women’s magazines of the nineteenth century. [] [] [lemur dog](4c7f/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] [ARE LEMURS GOING TO THE DOGS?](4c7f/ct3_1/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] BY ALI WUNDERMAN [] In Madagascar, feral dogs are driving out lemur populations and messing with the country’s ecosystems. How one organization is fixing the problem. [] [] SPONSORED [WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS](4c7f/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] [] [rum and coke on table](4c7f/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] [THE WARTIME ORIGINS OF THE RUM AND COKE](4c7f/ct5_1/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] BY LIVIA GERSHON [] The popular soda mixed with cheap, abundant rum for servicemen stationed in the Caribbean during WWII. [] [] [frog thumbnail atlas obscura](4c7f/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] [THE FROG FARMS OF THE 1930S WERE A GIANT FAILURE](4c7f/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] BY SARAH LASKOW [] From [Atlas Obscura](4c7f/ct7_1/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7): why Americans didn’t leap for do-it-yourself frog farming. [] [] [librarian digital mentorship](4c7f/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] [LIBRARIANS AND DIGITAL MENTORSHIP](4c7f/ct8_1/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] BY ALEXANDRA SAMUEL [] Librarians can help shift kids from being passive technology consumers and towards being active technology maker-creators. [] [] PS: Get more JSTOR Daily stories sent to your inbox on Wednesdays, sign up for our Sustainability & the Environment Newsletter. [Put Earth first: sign up to receive our latest stories about sustainability and the environment.](4c7f/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) [] [] Contact Us 2 Rector Street, New York, NY 10006, USA [daily.jstor.org](4c7f/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) | daily@jstor.org | [@JSTOR_Daily](4c7f/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) | [Facebook](4c7f/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) | [Tumblr](4c7f/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7) ©2000-2017 ITHAKA. All Rights Reserved. JSTOR®, the JSTOR logo, and ITHAKA® are registered trademarks of ITHAKA. Interested in advertising with JSTOR Daily? [Contact us](4c7f/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7). If you prefer not to receive email messages from JSTOR Daily in the future, you may [unsubscribe here](4c7f/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3A4xp0isvA7).