Shopping sustainably may weaken the fast fashion industry, but it fails to address our compulsion to consume. “Ethical” buying lets us avoid the root of the issue: overidentification with products as indicators of worth and signifiers of our identities. Our self worth should not be built around what we can or cannot buy.
How many people’s most beloved childhood stuffed animals are actually teddy bears, like I feel like that’s a thing someone made up. Reblog this and put what your longest owned and/or favorite stuffed animal as a child was in the tags, inquiring minds want to know