“Consumerism” Articles

The tragic history of racism can be traced directly to the lust for wealth.

Materialism mesmerizes us, as it does Loki, because it’s a way to place ourselves at the center of our own little universe composed of people and products that exist to serve us.

In a moment when easy consumerism reigns, jarring and difficult shows like BoJack Horseman are exactly what we need.

After Yang offers a refreshing, compassionate perspective on how technology might make our world more human instead of less.

Stories that don’t end hint that the storyteller is writing aimlessly into the void, and they trap the audience in the world of the story.

Steak-umm has dramatically subverted our expectations of advertisers’ behavior, winsomely reminding us of our interconnections and shared humanity in an environment that thrives only by desensitizing us to that reality.

Consumerism is eating us alive. Save yourself! Save the world! Read this issue of Christ and Pop Culture Magazine.

We’ve entrusted Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Amazon to fill the holes in our hearts—holes they could never possibly fill.

The most striking theme in Corinna Nicolaou’s book ‘A None’s Story’ is the consumeristic mentality.

By bending reality to suit their viewers’ whims, fake monster documentaries represent the logical end of our consumerist culture.

Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s romp through the Louvre, punctuated by pastes and posts to her website, highlights a potentially disturbing trend of our culture.

Is being a good consumer ultimately impossible?

We should never be tricked into thinking that ads exist to do anything other than sell us things, and we should never start to believe that being better consumers is the key to building a better world.

“Worship is not about me, my feelings, my learning needs, or even those around me: It’s about God.”

There are some people for whom the enjoyment of Black Friday is essentially hardwired into their physiology.