Now 42, he still believes a clear mind should be used to fight social ills such as consumerism, homophobia and racism, and though he admits not all straight edgers follow this ethos, he has trouble picturing "straight-edge fraternities or juice crawls".
For Jacqueline Mak, whose collages engage themes such as consumerism, objectification, and body politics, this translates to an NSFW treasure trove.
McCay targeted middle-class pretensions such as consumerism and squeamishness over bodily functions, while reaffirming the social order by ensuring that Sammy received punishment.
In India too, the discourse around yoga in less privileged and westernized social contexts is marked by an emerging critique of the normalized practices of today's society such as consumerism or junk food.
The video installation is "Displaced Pleasure," and like much of Wood's work -- which includes photography, ceramics, video, and performance art -- it focuses on issues within American contemporary culture such as consumerism, the perception of the female body, beauty, and human design.
Many in the island bemoan infiltrators such as Spanglish, consumerism and individualism.
In their highly political staged exhibitions, the collaborative examined such issues as consumerism, democracy, and the relationship of artist, art object, and viewer.
A GAS often emerges from informal associations based on the sharing of common values, such as ethical consumerism, attention to the environment, proximity among families, the desire to support local agriculture and so on (Migliore et al., 2012).
Western ideology is, however, equated with economic success, with emphasis on Western consumerism such as Starbucks and Burger King, while being critical of the society at large.
