Logomania: Understanding Our Obsession with Flashy Logos
Comprehending the clout: A psychological, evolutionary, and sociological glimpse college students’ desire for products with loud, trendy logos.
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ColourPop: The Rise of Fast Beauty
Fast fashion is harming our environment, and now this trend is growing in the makeup industry. ColourPop is one of the leading businesses contributing to the problem.
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How to Shop Ethically for a Halloween Costume
There’s nothing spookier than fast fashion and cultural appropriation.
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Consumerism and Halloween
You already know how capitalism has taken over holidays such as Valentine’s Day and Christmas, drowning us in themed products, stuffed...
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Can We Be Conscious Consumers Under Capitalism?
Last week, the Swedish oat milk company, Oatly, came under fire for claiming to be a sustainable company yet accepting an investment from...
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How to Start Shopping Ethically and Sustainably for Clothes
Some reserach is involved, but totally worth it in the name of sustainability!
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Greenwashing: How Consumer’s Environmental Efforts are Turned to Profits
When shopping for dish soap or cleaning supplies, do you feel yourself reaching for the packaging that shares its eco-friendly practices or...
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How Amazon’s Retail Revolution is Taking Over the World
Amazon has changed the way we shop in the 21st century. We are able to buy anything that catches our eye with just the click of a button...
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Why We Need to Talk About Conscious Consumerism
At the start of the year, I began to seriously evaluate how I can start living more sustainably and living a more environmentally conscious...
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What Working in Retail on Christmas Eve Taught Me About the True Meaning of Christmas
I may have nothing in my “Accomplishments” section on LinkedIn, but at least I can say I have been told “happy holidays” much more than the average person.
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How Influencers Manipulate or Consumption Choices
I am a child of mass production. I get instant satisfaction from a new purchase, snagging the best deal at the mall, and checking off...
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Consumerism, Capitalism and Chinese Societies
“减肥，是女人一生的事业” “Losing weight is a woman’s lifetime job” How about no. I can’t help but see this phrase being repeated time and time again...
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2020: A Low Buy Year
At the end of 2019 I discovered the concept of a low or no-buy year, where people cease their shopping habits in the pursuit of using what...
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Cutting Back on Consumption
My top resolution for 2020.
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The Minimalist Project
When people think of minimalism, they might think of white walls and practically empty, soulless rooms. They might think of owning one...
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Holidays Are Ruined by Modern Consumerism
I don’t like the holidays, but don’t be so quick to call me a Grinch. I just think that they are very superficial, despite the fact I can...
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Sex Sells Because Consumer Behavior Says So
Capitalism is the root and continuous fuel that drives the American economy into greatness. When someone has an idea, and wants to push...
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Anti-Consumerism, but Make It Sexy
The more widespread the anti-consumerism movement is, the more powerful it becomes. The first step is admitting we have a problem.
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Walmart Stops Selling Fish due to Consumer Demand, Here's Why That's a Victory for Animal Rights
Whether you won it at a fair or picked it out from a pet shop, a pet fish is a fond childhood memory for many people (up until the burial...
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Do You Really Need a 13-Step Skin Care Routine?
How much skin care it too much skin care?
