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90sfashiongal:

Britney bitch. 1998

It did what all ads are supposed to do: create an anxiety relievable by purchase.
David Foster Wallace, ‘Infinite Jest’
(via dharmarainbow)
I understand why people with a lot of stuff feel burdened by it, and the contrasting appeal of having less of it. I cleaned houses to put myself through college as a single mother. I spent my days in expensive homes, full of large televisions and stereo systems, fully furnished rooms that collected dust. I was alone and isolated most days, and at night, I concentrated on the three or four online classes I took through a local community college. My daughter and I had about $50 in spending money a month.

Over the course of a year, and after seeing how the other half lived, I started to recognize that by having less, by trying to find joy in what little things life brings — like a 25-cent puzzle we found at a garage sale — we were living a somewhat happier life. Or, I assumed we were, after noticing while cleaning bathrooms that my clients tended to be on several medications for depression, pain and sleeplessness.

In some ways, I was practicing what minimalism preaches. But it didn’t make me happy. And I imagine for millions of other working-class Americans who struggle to get by, minimalism’s principles don’t sit well either. Buddhist belief says happiness is the freedom from want, and yet, what if your life is streamlined out of necessity, and not choice?
The Class Politics of Decluttering - The New York Times (via brutereason)

agirlnamedally:

why is going fishing seen as a fun family activity, but killing dolphins or whales is globally protested?

why is it seen as totally normal to kill and eat piglets, chicks, lambs, calves and ducklings, but people would be sent to jail for doing the same to kittens or puppies?

why is fur seen as cruel and unnecessary, but leather is the norm?

why do we hate cruella deville and the humans trying to kill babe or wilbur, but then financially and morally support those same actions each day ourselves?

why do we love nemo, simba, free willy, bambi and stuart little, but then kill them, eat them, enslave them or subject them to a life of experimentation?

why was there a global outrage over the yulin dog festival and cecil the lion, while we do much worse to other animals every single day?

why are we so violently opposed to seaworld holding animals captive for human’s entertainment, yet have no issue with paying for other animals to be killed, skinned, burned, cooked and packaged for our tastebuds and pleasure?

nasa-official:

when 👍 you 👍 look 👍 at 👍 the 👍 night 👍 sky 👍 and 👍 remember 👍 aliens 👍 are  👍 out 👍 there 👍 somewhere 👍 

blkbruja:

I live for girls realizing their worth, demanding the respect they deserve and cutting off anything that brings negativity into their lives.