Aug 28 2008
To bring the post from your individual blogs into the class group consumerism blog, simply create a category titled shopping (you only need to do this once):
And then be sure to check that category when publishing your post. Automatically a copy of your post will be sent to the group Consumerism blog.
Aug 14 2008
Knee pain. That’s what it started with. Then there was pain in my ankles and hips. I tried to run less, but as the pain continued I finally decided that I had to stop running altogether. After a few months and once the pain subsided, my spouse and I decided that it was time to pick up a new pair of running shoes and to start running again. I visited Gotta Run, a local running store in Arlington, VA, and picked up a pair of Brooks Addiction 7s ($90). I had run in Brooks before—they have the widest toe box on the market and fit my “flipper feet” perfectly. Because the Addiction 7 helped to control my excessive pronation, almost all of my knee pain is gone (it’s still aches when I run up and down a lot of hills, but a knee strap and stretching usually helps). If you have similar problems, then consider changing your shoes!!!
Aug 02 2008
As I mentioned on Wednesday, the Internet Archive’s Prelinger Archive may prove a really rich source for you over the semester.
Check out the videos under the consumerism tag on the Prelinger Archive tag cloud.
Note: The videos may take a minute or so to load.
There is “In the Suburbs,” a 1957 advertising sales promo film extolling 1950s suburbanites as citizens and consumers.
Download In the Suburbs
Here is a reel of classic 50s and 60s television commercials.
Download Television Commercials 1950s-1960s
Or the two part series “Consumers Want to Know” from 1960.
Download Consumers Want to Know, Part 1
Or even the strangely bizarre and gendered “Consuming Women” (1967).
Download Consuming Women
Or this 1955 gem “A Word to the Wives” about two women who trick their husbands into buying a new kitchen.
Download A Word to the Wives
Anyway, enjoy the Archive.
Jim