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<td>The Story of Stuff</td>
<td>Annie Leonard</td>
<td>Casual</td>
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<td>A Life Less Throwaway</td>
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<td class="snippet">Bill Watterson, the writer of the brilliant Calvin and Hobbes cartoon strip, was under constant pressure to make merchandise out of the strip - Hobbes cuddly toys and Calvin bumper stickers - but he realised that by doing that, his purpose for writing would shift from creativity to selling things, his characters would lose their voices and then the money he earned would have to supply all the meaning he needed.</td>
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<td>Thrifty Green</td>
<td>Priscilla Short</td>
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<td class="snippet">The deal was that I would give them my time, energy, and skills, and they would give me money. The fine print that I had only skimmed said that I would also give them my ideals, principles, physical fitness, and mental stability. In exchange, they would give me stress, "core values," and lip service to work-life balance - ironically, a phrase coined by the corporate world where there is none.<br>The downside to me was obvious once I stepped back and looked at it: I was sacrificing all aspects of a healthful life for a paycheck.</td>
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<td>Can't Buy My Love</td>
<td>Jean Kilbourne</td>
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<td class="snippet">Advertising encourages us not only to objectify each other but also to feel that our most significant relationships are with the products that we buy. It turns lovers into things and things into lovers and encourages us to feel passion for our products rather than our partners.</td>
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<p><a class="button" href="#moids">&gt; Show books by men too?</a></p>
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<p><a class="button" href="#">&gt; Aahh! Never mind!</a></p>