Consumer Culture
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Do My Nike's Make Me A Bad Guy?
Do my new Nike's make me a bad person? I hope not, because I really like them!
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Knowing When To Speak Out
Sometimes we get carried away with the crusade against consumer culture and we make silly arguments. I think we need to be careful of this practice, since it makes us looks like bloody fools!
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Surreal Shopping at the Mall
Shopping at the mall is a surreal experience for the non-teenager. My latest trip left me feeling like Grandpa Simpson--tired, confused, and eager to complain about how things were different back in my day.
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It's TV Turnoff week, but I can't turn my TV off!
It's TV Turnoff week, but I can't seem to turn the thing off. What can I do? The NBA Playoffs are on! But the commercials are almost unbearable...
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KFC, Genetic Engineering, and Myth
Have you heard that KFC had to change its name because it was using genetically altered chickens? Might want to re-evaluate that one, my friend. But can a well-crafted lie serve a noble purpose?
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Abusters' Fool's Fest 2001
The Adbusters' Culture Jammers Network wants to cause some chaos on April Fool's day by having you blanket your local mall or stock market with cash. I say, let the madness begin!
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Handguns are Consumer Products
Gun violence has been in the news once again. Yet, we continue to ignore the issues. Why do we continue to allow the unmonitored and unabated sale of a deadly product? Guns are a product, sold for profit like any other. Human lives are being sacrificed knowingly for these profits.
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Trust Us, We're Experts
A review of the book Trust Us, We're Experts. This brilliantly written book exposes the lies often perpetrated by the public relations industry in the name of big business.
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Bud Light and The Lowest Common Denominator
The latest Bud Light commercial is too much for me to bear. What can we do when commercials insult and offend us?
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Christmas Consumerism
Christmas time never fails to inspire an even greater glut of advertising pressure than consumers are normally subjected to. We must learn to pay closer attention to the messages we absorb in order to avoid passively allowing companies to influence our desires.
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