consumer culture

Fertile Ground: Attention Shoppers! The Problems with Celebrating Memorial Day by Shopping

Social Commentary post by Alison Parker on May 29, 2012 - 2:55pm; tagged anti--consumerism, consumer culture, ecofeminism, Memorial Day, shopping.

a memorial day ad featuring three women under a 25% off banner

Memorial Day, a day of remembrance in the US for fallen soldiers, is also a day of shopping for many Americans—at least, according to TIME magazine it is. The social media data in the article suggest that most people were more excited about shopping this past Memorial Day weekend than they have been in years.

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The Biotic Woman: What Big AR Gets Wrong

Social Commentary post by Brittany Shoot on February 16, 2010 - 1:14pm; tagged animal rights, animal welfare, coffee, consumer culture, fur, global trade, labor politics, PETA, Starbucks, The Biotic Woman, veganism.
Last week, I got a message in my inbox: Starbucks is now selling vegan cookies!!!! Vegan revolution OMG!! And my cynical first thought was, "What? And why the hell should I patronize an organization I lovingly refer to as Starfucks?" Maybe I'm an anomaly as a vegan, or maybe I'm just an idealist, but I care about liberation for all, not just the animals. We shouldn’t have to sacrifice one set of rights for another.
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