Critical Nonsense
163! That Darn Disposability Culture
What do we do about disposability culture?
This week, Joey and Jess talk about fast furniture, Shein, quality-assurance signaling, direct-to-consumer mattresses, darning, and nubby sherpa chairs. They don’t talk about Dres and Mista Lawnge.
references
- Salt-N-Pepa's here, and "here" appears to be a veterinary office
- NPR: Ways to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine
- Helen Rosner's Twitter question about fast furniture
- Brightly on the environmental waste of fast furniture
- Vox: Shein is the future of fast fashion. Is that a good thing?
- CNBC: There are now 175 online mattress companies—and you can’t tell them apart
- Corrections Department: The (possible) 18th-century New England origins of "Darn it!"
- ShINO vs. Sherpa