Consumer culture

Barbara Kruger weighs in on consumer culture on a recent New York Times editorial page.

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"Pop culture, populist views and trends, mass marketing in western societies appeals to the "herd instinct", the Status Quo, the bourgeois and those who feel they need to fit in with the latest trend, fashion and widget of societal norm. Those who do not "fit in" tend to be viewed as "outsiders" and are prone to being labeled as outcasts." Colin Wilson‎ - Hehe, although we outsiders don't fit in to mainstream middle class society we have a unique perspective of society and as such are above…

There hasn't been a newborn baby in my home for a while. My son, Ben, turned 15 last May. While feeding a teenager healthy, unprocessed food has its own host

New York's Museum of Modern Art opens an exhibition of some of the pop artist's most iconic works

This is an example of cultural jamming. The designer of this ad used the Nike logo and symbol "Just Do It" with the backdrop of a child laborer. This ad is making a commentary on how many companies such as Nike use underpaid foreign laborers and children to make their products.

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On a freezing Friday in January, Khmer-American artist Kat Eng sits in front of retail giant H&M’s Time Square store working on a manual sewing machine. For eight hours, Eng stitches together U.S. dollar bills while wearing a surgical mask and bloodstained shirt. Her performance “3 Less Than Three” protests the way fast fashion and consumer culture creates oppressive

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The subprime lending giant is a textbook case in creating a corporate culture of denial.

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The disappearance of the “consumer” in the new productive models drives a growing social space of productive networks and egalitarian oriented to abundance.

Receipts, parking stubs, old newspapers, plastic bags, crumpled cans, worn down slivers of soap and hotel-size shampoo are the stuff of Gabriel Kuri’s art. Kuri has a particular fascination with…

A stylist's guide on how to become a more ethically conscious consumer.