Subscribe to Dollars & Sense magazine. Recent articles related to the financial crisis. Feminism and ConsumerismWhat could be better than smart talk, swell people, and sweet food? On Tuesday, December 11, join the Center for New Words at 7 Temple Street in Cambridge for their Feminism and Dessert event to discuss American consumerism in the shadow of holiday shopping. The event's title is "Not Buying It: American Consumerism." The featured speaker will be Esther Cervantes, former D& business manager extraordinaire, currently of South End Press.The Center for New Words hosts Feminism and Dessert each month, and each event is an engagingly informal talk about subjects that affect our daily lives. Feel free to bring your dinner, but dessert is on the Center for New Words! The Center for New Words is dedicated to a simple mission: to use the power and creativity of words and ideas to strengthen the voice of progressive and marginalized women in society. Click here for more info. Labels: Center for New Words, consumerism, feminism, holiday shopping |