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Excessive Consumption archive

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Documented observations from a completely cooked year online AND offline.

Emily Mann Emily Mann

BREAKING NEWS (…???)

Gaza is starving, and we’re finally talking about it.

Not because it just started, but because we’re finally willing to look.

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DID THEY JUST MAKE COOL UN-COOL?

As a brand and marketing girly (with a double-major in sociology and politics 🤓), believe me when I say I love me some market research. 

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LATE-STAGE CAPITALISM, BUT CUTER

Surely you’ve seen them by now - if not IRL then definitely online. Sadly, I didn’t spot a single Labubu in Sydney over the weekend, and believe me when I say my eyes were peeled.

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ME, MYSELF + BASTIAN

I recently listened to the first episode of the OpenAI podcast with CEO Sam Altman, and like, it was...fine.

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SEND IN THE CLOWNS

When something goes wrong in the circus, they send in the clowns to distract the audience. But as a Millenial, I’m barely mustering a reaction.

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BAD FEMINISM

Our reaction to Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover says a lot more about us than it does about her.

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BATTLE OF THE BILLIONAIRES

A case study in how social media has fully absorbed, and maybe even superseded, the traditional political arena. 

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