Tag Archives: Consumerism
The personal is political: princess parties
TweetAs we wound round and round in circles, nice little breaks from the monotony of the chicken dance, my goddaughter, R., stared up at the “real live princess” with big, serious eyes. Every move the princess made–whether twisting a pink balloon into a phallic sword for her male cousin, or painting a butterfly on her [...]
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Guest post: consciously clothed
TweetThis guest post on fashion, among other things, comes to us from Jessi Arrington, a designer, creative philanthropist, and as our mutual friend Chris described her, an “outfit scientist.” Her full bio is after the jump. Raise your hand if you think what you wear matters! I’d like to make the case that it does, [...]
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Modern Lady v. “Pinktober”
TweetLast week on Infomania, Erin Gibson took a critical look at the corporate-sponsored pink-ribbon madness of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Gibson, who is clearly all for awareness and research funding, is nonetheless skeptical of companies that slap a pink ribbon on their products for the month of October, and of people who buy those products [...]
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Girly Consumerism
Tweet Via Sociological Images comes this heinous credit card teether. It’s pink and the name on the card is “Ima Spender.” Gross. Though I suppose we shouldn’t expect better from the creator of baby high heels. This reminds me of the Barbie “Fashion Fever Shopping Boutique” that came out a couple of years ago. The [...]
Ellen Degeneres endorses Bic For Her pens