Buy Nothing

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04/06/23 • 36 min

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How to Be Fine

On this episode of How to Be Fine, Kristen and Jolenta discuss the Buy Nothing project and the downfall of the community. Plus, they offer up advice on having an inexpensive wedding, and a return-to-office dilemma.

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Sources:

https://www.wired.com/story/the-battle-for-buy-nothing/

https://www.curbed.com/2023/02/buy-nothing-gifting-with-integrity-drama.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/02/06/buy-nothing-free-stuff/

https://gothamist.com/news/extra-extra-the-buy-nothing-groups-are-beefing

https://www.theverge.com/tech/2022/1/12/22878353/buy-nothing-groups-facebook-app

https://buynothingproject.org/tpost/1hsmrslur1-a-brief-history-of-the-buy-nothing-proje

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/04/inside-the-hyper-local-world-of-facebooks-buy-nothing-groups

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Sources:

https://www.wired.com/story/the-battle-for-buy-nothing/

https://www.curbed.com/2023/02/buy-nothing-gifting-with-integrity-drama.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/02/06/buy-nothing-free-stuff/

https://gothamist.com/news/extra-extra-the-buy-nothing-groups-are-beefing

https://www.theverge.com/tech/2022/1/12/22878353/buy-nothing-groups-facebook-app

https://buynothingproject.org/tpost/1hsmrslur1-a-brief-history-of-the-buy-nothing-proje

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/04/inside-the-hyper-local-world-of-facebooks-buy-nothing-groups

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Sources:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tiktok-crunchy-radicalize-parents-1234641814/

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https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9663381

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/DietarySupplementsInTheTimeOfCOVID19-Consumer/

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/06/the-anti-vax-movements-radical-shift-from-crunchy-granola-purists-to-far-right-crusaders/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/88ggqa/how-the-far-right-is-radicalizing-anti-vaxxers

https://www.newsweek.com/crunchy-mom-wellness-joining-cult-1765911

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