Authenticity: buy it by the bag. My problem with many rejections of consumerism is that in fact they are rejections of the consumerism of people with fewer dol

Authenticity: buy it by the bag. My problem with many rejections of consumerism is that in fact they are rejections of the consumerism of people with fewer dollars and perhaps degrees. I hoped the peak of absurdity was reached when the NY Times Sunday Magazine featured the Reverend Billy, who does anti-Starbucks stunts. It did not seem to bother those who wrote in the following week that the magazine routinely features outfits in the fashion section that would cover the monthly mortgage on a pretty good house in much of the country.