When you stop buying stuff, you might very well find that you have quite enough. The story of my 200-day Buy-Nothing-New challenge doesn’t start with an object or a possession. It starts with my dad, many months ago. My father had been living with me as he went through chemotherapy treatments. He was fighting a […]
This is just another example of celebrity rock stars engaging in a cause that perpetuates negative stereotypes of Africa and its people by whitewashing complex events into feel-good consumer moments. For the first second, we hear nothing, but we see a healthcare worker in a white Hazmat suit standing idly at the end of a dark and […]
Walmart will soon put a logo on products produced by women-owned companies. Is this helpful or patronizing? Shouldn’t women be striving for a level playing field rather than special treatment? “Your dollar is your vote” has echoed across the consuming nation in recent years, and the attitude behind it, that we should all care about the […]
This originally appeared on Eat The Damn Cake. Republished here with permission. Is it really necessary to advertise everyday products using naked women? I’d like to raise my daughter in a world that didn’t force these images down her throat everywhere we look. My husband, Bear, opened his new headphones. “Check it out!” he said […]
