I shop, therefore I am (exhausted)
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I shop, therefore I am (exhausted)
Shopping is no longer fun though when every single product, down to water bottles and toothpaste, has some sort of status points attached to it . Instead of simply spending money on the stuff you like, you start thinking about what every purchase says about you
Viktoriia Vasileva • Have We Reached Peak Brand?
Clearly the cultural pressure to achieve a unique self is old, strong, and not unique to hipsters, so why did the authenticity drive spin out of control after CE 2000? One possible reason is that the hundreds of studies on authenticity in tourism and subcultures have also been read and in many cases sponsored by business thinkers who directly... See more