People of colour use consumer goods to help buy status and acceptance
As a follow-up to my post about why people without resources buy luxury goods, I think I should clarify another point: People of colour buy their acceptability with consumer goods,
Were women really all that greedy in the past?
Having read the amazing biographies of late, and other fictional-yet-historically-based takes on some of these women by Michelle Moran and Emma Campion, I can’t help but wond
Want to feel strong and feminist? Become financially empowered
By this, I don’t mean to become financially empowered by learning how to day trade, what a butterfly option is, or any of that other high finance stuff. I am talking about ba
Exposé: “I worked for a few months as a sex worker, and this is what I’ve learned.” – Part One: The Industry
*WARNING* This post contains very graphic, sexual language and descriptions that may trigger any of you who have not healed from any kind of sexual or mental trauma related to it.
How to stop shopping addictions (or at least, shop with conscious intention and purpose)
I. Love. To. Shop. I really do. And why? Because….. I see shopping as my hobby, basically. I enjoy nice pieces, clothes, shoes, accessories, and coming up with ideas, and so
Diamonds really are a girl’s best friend – Why women weren’t gold diggers
In watching “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” (1953), it struck me that people found it funny, entertaining, or even a bit rude because it’s assuming all women are gold
Women weren’t frivolous magpies in the past: Jewellery was their only source of wealth
Women get a bad rap for being frivolous magpies. Honestly, when they talk about getting gifts, jewellery and so on, people always disparage how frivolous and dumb such a practice i
Are we Privileged or Hardworking?
I posted this wonderful illustration by emanu.se the other day on Instagram and the comments were so revealing: It is incredible how one picture can stir up so many angles, discuss
Just because I am a woman who makes a high income doesn’t make me a sex worker
This is not the first time I have gotten this #$@!… The Instagram post of my response is here. I won’t mention who is saying the following notes below, but you can clic
Know what’s unsexier, romance-killing and more transactional than asking for your fair share? Divorce.
On Instagram @saverspender, I post about 3X a day in regular posts, but my Stories are where I put my daily life – photos of things I am doing, seeing, notes, thoughts, whate