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Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism by Aja Barber
evangelineosbon's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
I enjoyed listening to the audio book version of this! Really informative and empowering, and ended on a high note, rather than feeling helpful!
oumeugo's review
challenging
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
This book was about more than consumerism and the fashion industry. It was about self love, standing up for people who are marginalized, and the price of integrity. Excellent read
hurricaneflora's review
slow-paced
2.0
If you've already started to reduce your fast fashion consumption because you care about the planet/workers rights this book isn't for you, there's nothing to be gained by reading it. It's an overly friendly (I don't know you, author!) beginners guide. However, this being said if you shop on Shein or Temu probably worth picking up if its on offer.
libraryforspooky's review
3.0
Surface level book on fast fashion. It’s a good starter read into this world, informative at best for those who know nothing on this subject. However, after doing case studies on both Zara and SHEIN whom are the leaders of fast fashion currently, this is the same things listed in my reports. It’s mentioned that cheap boots are made with plastic instead of rubber so you can’t get them re-upholstered. That is great knowledge to have. Why didn’t we have more of it? Sustainable fashion isn’t for the fat or the poor - so corporations should do better.
sammybecause's review
2.0
this book grazed the surface on a lot of really important topics, even ones mentioned on the cover (colonialism and climate change), but left me wanting more. it felt like i was reading someone's adhd rambling. the book lacked structure and a natural flow and felt VERY repetitive given the information we were given was very surface level. it felt underresearched. perhaps i went into this book already knowing the 'surface level' issues with overconsumption and fast fashion and this book wasn't written for me
i also feel like the entire book was tip-toeing around pointing the finger of blame at the (in my opinion) very obvious culprit: capitalism. it is so weird to write a book on overconsumption and not criticize capitalism almost at all. there are nods at putting more blame on the major corporations and demanding action from our governments but the book spent the majority of the time demanding individuals to change in consumer habits which, i mean like yeah, but also that's not the sole solution or even a sliver of the solution.
is it hater-core to say i could tell the person who wrote this book spends a good amount of time on twitter? .....
i also feel like the entire book was tip-toeing around pointing the finger of blame at the (in my opinion) very obvious culprit: capitalism. it is so weird to write a book on overconsumption and not criticize capitalism almost at all. there are nods at putting more blame on the major corporations and demanding action from our governments but the book spent the majority of the time demanding individuals to change in consumer habits which, i mean like yeah, but also that's not the sole solution or even a sliver of the solution.
is it hater-core to say i could tell the person who wrote this book spends a good amount of time on twitter? .....