WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE

WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE

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Comfort Is Political

Comfort Is Political

Simplicity became a primary comfort this spring, for some of us

Lauren Maxwell
May 16, 2020
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Reading, by Louis Tiffany (1888)


Comfort was commoditized in our culture before we even realized it was happening. Millennials who had to weasel their way to stability after the 2007-2009 recession eventually burned out and, as a result, recognized a need to focus on health and wellbeing. Enter "self-care." 

But capitalism knows no limits, and all resourc…

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