Today I read the book “Do Americans Shop Too Much” by Juliet Schor. Schor wrote an essay about her thoughts on contemporary American consumerism and consumption and reflected back on her earlier work “The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need” (which I also checked out from Homer Babbidge). What I liked about [...]
There are so many documentaries available online!
I watched the documentary “I.O.U.S.A.”. When random citizens were being interviewed off the street, I couldn’t help but feel troubled after people, casually, kept telling the crew how they didn’t save money but would keep spending anyways. There was one woman interviewed that told the crew that she had [...]
You know, you think you know a topic, but then you find out you don’t. In the movie, “The Corporation”, they discussed privatization, censorship, globalization, consumerism, marketing, etc. There was a part in the movie where they discussed how protections of the 14th amendment got extended to corporations themselves. You know, I never realized that [...]
Currently, I’m in the middle of watching The Corporation, recommended by my friend/former comm. design alum, Andrew Bacon.
I’m having an internal conflict, I’m not sure whether I still want to do my senior project on “Cute Aesthetics” or “Consumerism” (again). I’m watching the movie my friend recommended me and I’m going to look at things [...]