Everything Is Awful. Buy This Instead!
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A short heartfelt paragraph on ICE, followed by 45 shopping links.
Tomorrow is Friday, January 30, and many Americans are joining a nationwide day of no school, no work, and no shopping. It’s just one day. That doesn’t sound very hard. But if there is one thing Americans are bad at, it’s taking time off work. Not buying things might be even harder. I’ve felt that discomfort all over social media this week. The influencer formula is eerie and familiar by now: a brief acknowledgment of the horrors unfolding in this country, a throat clearing pause about how terrible everything is, and shortly after, a pivot to creatine powders, new shoes, or the top three…
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