The breast cancer awareness industry has become a multibillion dollar juggernaut spanning multiple continents, flooding them with a sea of pink ribbons and tie-in products intended to entice socially aware consumers. Buy enough pink things, and you, too, will conquer cancer; the next level of awareness is always a step away and with it will […]
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The Commodification, and Hipsterism, of Sustainability
I’ve lived around chickens for most of my life, with the exception of a brief period of living in the City. If I didn’t personally keep chickens, the neighbours did; right now, for example, we have a roaming flock of chickens that hangs out on the property. They belong to my landlords, but I look […]