163! That Darn Disposability Culture

What do we do about disposability culture?

This week, Joey and Jess talk about fast furniture, Shein, quality-assurance signaling, direct-to-consumer mattresses, darning, and nubby sherpa chairs. They don’t talk about Dres and Mista Lawnge.

references

• Salt-N-Pepa's here, and "here" appears to be a veterinary office
• NPR: Ways to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine
• Helen Rosner's Twitter question about fast furniture
• Brightly on the environmental waste of fast furniture
• Vox: Shein is the future of fast fashion. Is that a good thing?
• CNBC: There are now 175 online mattress companies—and you can’t tell them apart
• Corrections Department: The (possible) 18th-century New England origins of "Darn it!"
• ShINO vs. Sherpa