#overconsumption

[sparklyfrogy]

i fear we have lost the true meaning of overconsumption.

buying 15 body washes is overconsumption, buying 3 because there was a good deal is not.

buying every shade of a lip gloss the second it comes out and never using them again is overconsumption, buying 2 from a new collection you know you will use is not.

i’m saying this because i saw a video of someone doing a home restock and she had bought 2 sent bead things because there was a good deal and over half the comments were people saying how it was overconsumption. this is not overconsumption this is saving money.

overconsumption is buying things you don’t need and will never use just because you want to buy something. it is buying in bulk knowing you will never use the products. what overconsumption is not is buying two body scrubs because it was buy one get one free and you know you will use them. it is not buying two shampoos at once so you have a backup. that’s not overconsumption.

Edit : guys I didn’t mean for this to be some kind of guide, if y’all use it before it expires then I don’t gaf. I wrote this late at night after not sleeping for 2 days. Y’all live yo life however you want

[potchiware]

STOP BUYING THINGS: a semi-personal mini zine on my "no-spend" month | free on my ko-fi!

my first zine! trying something new! :D i love zines so much and have been feeling very inspired to make one lately..! sharing things like this is kind of scary, so i hope people like it! might do more zines and share it on this sideblog too, who knows...

[sunmoonyandstars]

it's actually okay to not read for a while. it's okay to only read one or two books a month. it's okay to not have a yearly reading goal. it's okay to read books that aren't all over the internet. it's okay to get books from the library or kindle and not buy a copy after.

[our-trans-punk-experience]

Can I just say: I hate it when people call every little thing over consumerism. No, putting something into a reusable container to fit in your cabinets properly is not over consumerism. No, having home personalization (ex: a pink themed kitchen) is not over consumerism.

I've seen people call DIY-ing a jewelry plate over consumption. THEY MADE IT THEMSELF???? How is that over consumerism?!?

I feel like people need to learn the real definition of it. For anyone who doesn't properly know (/lh):

"Overconsumption refers to the excessive use of goods and services to the point where resources are depleted or the environment is negatively impacted. It often leads to waste and can harm both individual well-being and the planet's health."

It just bothers me so much how so many people think the smallest amount of personalization is bad! Even if it came from themselves and their own creativity.

yeah all this is right on. people saying this have a very not correct idea on what overconsumerism is. its not an aesthetic issue, its an ethical one.

you can have a clean girl ikea showroom hashtag minimalism core home and still be doing overconsumerism

you can have a home covered in throws and pillows and trinkets and maximalist fancies and that not be overconsumerism

people who call ornamental additions in a home overconsumerism have that "does having decorative pillows make you part of the bougeoisie" mindset, and to that just remember that people have real problems.

go diy yourselves an unnecessary jewelery plate today punks

[wintersangelic]

not to be a buzzkill, but marketing financial illiteracy to girls and young women as "girl math," equating hyper-consumerism to femininity, and discouraging girls and young women from developing any positive financial habits during an economic recession isn't cute and "girlypop."

it's a ploy to normalize women giving up financial independence so men can completely control their finances. stop it.

[kitkatstu-dies]

8/29/202

hiii. I've been doing (sort of) project pan for a few months now. If you don't know what that it- it's a way to declutter/use what you have and limit excess consumption. I want to do it for my art supplies too haha

I have so many art supplies (usually gifted to me), so I'm going to go through them and a) donate/giveaway anything that I don't want or b) dedicate a sketchbook to get rid of it.

[mintconditioned]

overconsumption isn’t cute. you don’t need 47 foundations to feel beautiful. late-stage capitalism just wants you to think you do.

[flesh-tree]

the most evil thing resale culture ever did was convince people that books are meant to be kept pristine and looking new forever. this is a lie. your books are an extension of yourself. they’re meant to have cracked spines, dogeared pages, weird discolouration, mud stains, imprints from your bookmarks. they’re meant to smell like your bedroom, like the perfume you only wore once and forgot about, like the couch you lost them under, like grass from dropping them in the park one too many times. they’re meant to be written in with marginalia like stupid inside jokes that only you understand, shitty doodles from your most boring class, questions you’ll never google, definitions of words you like, and cringy comments about your favourite lines. books showcase all the beautiful imperfections of human life, both through the words inside them and the things surrounding them. there’s no such thing as messing them up. let yourself (and your books) feel.