consumerism
Consumer Retorts: Are Anti-Hauls the Antidote to YouTube’s Cult of Consumerism?
Swapping “whatever you are will never be enough” for “whatever you have will never be enough” is a lateral move at best.
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Day of Woe: Black Friday Has a Darker Message This Year
Anti-capitalism activism is so much bigger than one day, and Black Friday is hell, no matter which way you slice it, so do what feels best for you.
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Behind the Pink Curtain: The Soft Sell of Multilevel Marketing
There’s no way to make money from MLMs.
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Home Run: How Neoliberalism Took Over Home-Makeover Shows
One thing home-makeover shows have decidedly done is recalibrate what poverty looks like.
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Who Owns Afropunk?
The annual festival is no longer an enclave for Black punks seeking refuge from whiteness.
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Brewed Awakening: Has Coffee Culture Become Too Gendered? Talk Amongst Yourselves
Coffee—especially strong, black coffee—is coded as unquestionably masculine.
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No Innocent Dance: The Casual Imperialism of the American Tourist
Every Western tourist is a capitalist, exploiting the world with every step of their beaded thong sandal.
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Curses and Kitchens: “Jell-O Girls” Looks at the Secret, Sexist History of America’s Classic Dessert
“Jell-O Girls” is at once a memoir, a family history, and an overview of the domestication (and dissolution) of the American kitchen.
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Uninformed and Uncompensated: Between 23andMe and Ancestry, Who Owns Our Genetic Data?
With the increasing popularity of genetic home-test kits, our DNA might soon be at the disposal of scientists without our knowledge, with semi-dubious consent, and without any credit or compensation.
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Big Money, Little Vision: “Ocean’s 8” Serves Up a Marketplace Feminist Heist
Ryn, Helen, and Donna are challenging Bristol Cove’s violent legacy.
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