When You Wish upon an Empty Star
Wish presents a fundamentally materialist Marxist world.
Finding a New Glorious Purpose: Loki and the Failure of Materialism
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.
Run the Jewels’ “Ooh LA LA” Video Imagines Parties Instead of Protests
Though Run the Jewels’ vision of a world that is not dominated by division and greed might be imperfect, it is a vision of hope.
Less Is More? What Minimalism Can (and Can’t) Teach Us
Minimalism shows us that owning more stuff cannot satisfy, but the idea of minimalism by itself will not satisfy in the long term either.
Stations of Home Alone: Where the Wilderness Meets Civilization
Station 3: “Nightime has fallen at the Mcallister house, but it is not a silent one.”
So Much Stuff, So Little Time: How Do We Keep Our Possessions from Possessing Us?
Denying the appeal of the material world will not in and of itself bring a sense of balance.
Mixed Signals: Christians and the American Dream
“No matter what messaging floods the marketplace, no amount of access, fame, or world change will put our hearts at rest.”
