Rachel Webster

I'm just a ditz with a credit card. But these stereotypes make about as much sense as Carrie Bradshaw's ability to buy new Manolos every season on a freelance writer's salary.

I'm just a ditz with a credit card. But these stereotypes make about as much sense as Carrie Bradshaw's ability to buy new Manolos every season on a freelance writer's salary.

It was all she ever wanted, and back in the day, probably all she would have for years and years.

It was all she ever wanted, and back in the day, probably all she would have for years and years.

Listen, as Billy Joel famously said, we didn't start this. We didn't start the fire. No, we didn't light it, but we're trying to fight it. Yeah, it's that one. Thank you. As I was saying, we didn't start this fire sale. The market did. Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn Scott, and Winning Tea. Oh, God, sorry. Okay, I'm done.

Listen, as Billy Joel famously said, we didn't start this. We didn't start the fire. No, we didn't light it, but we're trying to fight it. Yeah, it's that one. Thank you. As I was saying, we didn't start this fire sale. The market did. Einstein, James Dean, Brooklyn Scott, and Winning Tea. Oh, God, sorry. Okay, I'm done.

Just like Jamie needs to sing every lyric to every song, the market needs us to buy every product from every store.

Just like Jamie needs to sing every lyric to every song, the market needs us to buy every product from every store.

If the market were to function as intended, there needs to be a constant, compulsive, conspicuous consumption operating in the American populace.

If the market were to function as intended, there needs to be a constant, compulsive, conspicuous consumption operating in the American populace.

Tell me more.

Tell me more.

You mean the idea that things should be designed to last long enough to have some value, but not too long, so that people will be forced to buy something new? Exactly. God, when you say it out loud, it sounds like a conspiracy theory.

You mean the idea that things should be designed to last long enough to have some value, but not too long, so that people will be forced to buy something new? Exactly. God, when you say it out loud, it sounds like a conspiracy theory.

Sounds like every iPhone I've ever had.

Sounds like every iPhone I've ever had.

Just like Billy Joel created mass production of addictive lyrics, the Industrial Revolution and the capitalist economy it spawned created mass production of addictive goods. Why did you say Billy Joel again?

Just like Billy Joel created mass production of addictive lyrics, the Industrial Revolution and the capitalist economy it spawned created mass production of addictive goods. Why did you say Billy Joel again?

There was one notable time in American history that we were actively advised to actually stop consuming. You may have heard of it. World War II. You know Rosie the Riveter?

There was one notable time in American history that we were actively advised to actually stop consuming. You may have heard of it. World War II. You know Rosie the Riveter?