Episode 25 - Shopping

Right now the thrill of a package arriving is one of our small joys, but who, how and why makes that happen? Hear about consumerism as a form of entertainment, from satirical reviews to Wish-haul videos. How indie artists are manipulating Disney’s god-like powers for good. Plus, Harry Styles, TikTok knits, ghost carts, hacking capitalism and more.

References 

1. Myth of the ethical shopper, Michael Hobbes, Highline at Huffington Post 

2. Amazon scooped up data from its own sellers to launch competing products, Dana Mattioli, Wall Street Journal 

3. No logo to new logos, looking back on Naomi Klein James Poletti, Medium 

4. Merchants Say Amazon Is Copying Their Products, Fortune

5. Dear M Bezos, All birds CEO letter, Medium

6. What is Wish? Hilary George-Parkin, Vox

7. Second hand shopping in lockdown, stats from Refinery 29

8. What is fast fashion? The Good Trade 

9. Global fashion stats, Fashion United 

10. How JW Anderson’s cardigan went viral on TikTok, Kati Chitrakorn, Vogue Business

11. ‘We Committed Copyright Infringement and Want to Be Sued by Disney’, Fortune 

12. New Threat on the Rise - Denial of Inventory Attack, Global Dot

13. Are TikTok activists actually shutting down Trump’s merch stores with abandoned shopping carts? The Verge 

14. Uber sued by non-white drivers alleging race-biased ratings lead to firings, Fortune 

15. The Prodigal TechBro, Maria Farrell in The Conversationalist

Videos

1. Fashion during a Quarantine by JW Anderson, YouTube 

2. Luxury: Behind the mirror of high-end fashion DW Documentary, YouTube

3. The Rise & Fall of Twinkies, Business Insider, YouTube

4. Kinky Wish Shopping Haul, Watts the Safe Word, YouTube

Podcasts 

1. Anthropocene reviewed podcast 

2. Containers podcast 

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