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Rebecca Onion
Rebecca Onion is a history and culture writer based in Athens, Ohio. Her work appears regularly at
Slate
. She has also written for
The Boston Globe
,
Aeon Magazine
, and the
Virginia Quarterly Review
.
Matt Sayles/AP/The Atlantic
Ode to Green Slime
How a glorious blob of goop became a pivotal symbol of kids
’
culture, an
Object Lesson
Rebecca Onion
February 6, 2015