loved this analysis! it reminded me of this book i read in my high school world history class called the world in 6 glasses which analyzed the role that different drinks played throughout different times
How easily these beverages offers moral relief is unsettling. Dash Water, the Stanley Cup, the adaptogen can: each becomes a proxy for care, letting us perform responsibility while sidestepping its cost.
If consumption can be framed as virtue, and packaging as worldview, what space is left for actual agency and response?
I’ve been really obsessed with the topic of consumption lately and what it signifies about us as people - this essay was exactly up that alley
loved this analysis! it reminded me of this book i read in my high school world history class called the world in 6 glasses which analyzed the role that different drinks played throughout different times
wonderful!! such a great read.
Absolutely fantastic, thank you!
Perfect study break reading material thank you Helena 🫶🏻
Hahaha is it obvious that this isn’t what I was meant to be reading Barthes and Fischer for
How easily these beverages offers moral relief is unsettling. Dash Water, the Stanley Cup, the adaptogen can: each becomes a proxy for care, letting us perform responsibility while sidestepping its cost.
If consumption can be framed as virtue, and packaging as worldview, what space is left for actual agency and response?
Helena this is awesome! No over analysis, I loved it all