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...bestselling book The Overworked American, Schor decided to tackle a more accessible topic: fashion. In her chapter entitled “Cleaning the Closet: Toward a New Fashion Ethic,” Schor attempts to find a happy medium between materialism and minimalism, filling the gap between thrift stores and Prada boutiques with well-made clothing produced by socially equitable relationships. She acknowledges that “a growing number of young people critique their generation’s slavish devotion to Abercrombie, North Face and Calvin, preferring the thrift shop aesthetic.” But clothing has many aesthetic...
...have the spend-thrift Republicans dumped over $250 million into unproven abstinence-only programs over the past five years? Because they wanted to reward the religious and right-wing groups that brought them to power. Nearly every group that receives abstinence funding is either faith-based or staunchly conservative, and has campaigned for the Republican party during the past few elections. In addition, many pro-life groups have begun to market themselves as providers of abstinence education to start receiving taxpayers’ money. Abstinence funding is simply another way to channel federal funds to reactionary groups...
...acquaintance introduced Ogami to Inoue, whom Ogami hired to launch G. Cosmos in 1999. "His next plan was to get his money out of Japan by buying an overseas bank," claims Inoue, "then use it as his own piggy bank." In September 2001, G.O. Group purchased a $13 million thrift bank called Unitrust...
...myths that blondes have more fun. Although I don’t have a Ken to call my own, I sported a Barbie look for the swimsuit competition; my pink zebra print bra complemented my skimpy pink sarong. While it was simple to select sleazy clothes from my favorite thrift stores, I was incapable of making my acne vanish and my lips shine. What to do? I enlisted the help of Brooke L. Chavez ’04. A veteran beauty queen, Brooke agreed to serve as my pageant coach and my makeup artist. She introduced me to the wonders...
...Fast-forward to the present and what do you find? A "kinda" culture. The country's youth these days aspire to little more than to be considered kojare, or kinda stylish. Clothes from inexpensive thrift stores, like mom's elastic-waisted skirts from the late '70s, are the height of fashion. Makeup is unnecessary. Kids get their kicks at cheap eateries, where they can flirt with kogirei (kinda attractive) waiters. Even emotions and sensations are getting a yen-like devaluation. Japanese youth don't work up a proper appetite, they get kobarabeta (a little peckish). The good jobs are disappearing...