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...favorite, the hydrogen operated $100,000 BMW 750 class) to a safer place of simplicity and community—a place where one spends less than $100 on holiday celebrations, uses green cleaning products, eats organic foods and celebrates a generally happy and fulfilled life. As Schor??s personal bumper sticker reads, “More Fun, Less Stuff...
Schor helped spread her lifestyle ideas by becoming a founding member of the Center for a New American Dream, a non-profit resource for Americans who aim to liberate themselves from an existence dominated by consumption. Shedding light on many of the center’s ideals, Schor??s latest book features a collection of visions for such a sustainable society. Author Mary Pipher styled her piece “In Praise of Hometowns” like a Chicken-Soup-for-the-Soul heartwarmer, romancing about one’s “personal slice?...
...Schor??s solutions to the fashion problem highlight treating clothes as “pets”: loving our favorite sweater as we love Fido, spoiling it with attention and taking responsibility for its well-being. Americans should demand better-quality tailoring and versatility, moving from cheap and plentiful to more rare and valuable apparel. Moreover, Schor argues that small-scale design shops with customized production offer an alternative to Nike-style employment arrangements...
...significant portion of Schor??s talk dealt with presenting the issue of sustainability and the New American Dream to the general public. Schor admits that in terms of consumption patterns and the environment, “there’s not much to be upbeat about,” and speaks from experience when she observes that “Americans shut down when you go to them with bad news.” So, instead of bombarding Americans with depressing environmental factoids, she focuses on the benefits of adhering to the goals of a sustainable lifestyle, which...
...Schor??s influential 1987 book Breaking the Chain: Women, Theory, and French Realist Fiction “she explored feminism and psychoanalysis in the 19th-century realist novel. She focused on how male authors portray femininity and feminine difference,” said Maurice A. Samuels, who was a graduate student of Schor?...