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Pamela Haines

Pamela Haines

About Pamela Haines

Gifts and the American Dream

December 22, 2014 by Pamela Haines Leave a Comment

As I’ve struggled with the incredible pressure of the season to buy in order to prove our love and our worth, I’ve been helped by considering how gift-giving is shaped by people’s relationship to the American Dream. For those who are just too poor to even engage with the Dream, they may not buy much […]

Filed Under: Consumer culture Tagged With: American Dream, class cultures, gifts, holidays

Demolition Derby

August 16, 2014 by Pamela Haines Leave a Comment

I remember my first demolition derby, years ago as a young parent. It was the thrill of illicit activity that drew me there.  My parents—middle class academic types with progressive values—would never have dreamed of lending their support to such an uncouth spectacle; their disapproval would have been unconditional. A theme of my adult life […]

Filed Under: Class cultures, Classism in Everyday Life Tagged With: class cultures, classism, cross-class bridge-building, working class

Children and mass culture

July 11, 2013 by Pamela Haines 1 Comment

We can’t escape mass culture.  Everywhere, children and adults are bombarded: TV, movies, video, radio, books, newspapers, toys, comic books, billboards, friends and neighbors, etc., etc., etc.. Through all of these media we are pounded with messages that glorify consumerism, reinforce sexual stereotypes, and trivialize and homogenize anything if it will turn a buck. We […]

Filed Under: Classism among Kids, Classism in Everyday Life, Consumer culture Tagged With: consumerism, corporations, kids

Gifts, power and money

December 9, 2012 by Pamela Haines 1 Comment

The holidays can be hard times. With all the hopes and expectations of the season up, disappointments have more room to play. And when we most want our attention to be on loving and giving, it can easily slide toward getting, proving and comparing.  The pervasive materialism of the season, and the expectation that we […]

Filed Under: A World Without Classism, Classism in Everyday Life, Consumer culture Tagged With: consumerism, kids

Lettuce in winter: When more is less

November 20, 2012 by Pamela Haines 1 Comment

We all know what it’s like to appreciate a rare event–a fine restaurant dinner, a vacation to a far-away place, even an evening at home without the children.  We savor them.  We talk about the pleasures and hold them in a special place in our memories.  These times are part of what makes our lives […]

Filed Under: Classism in Everyday Life, Consumer culture, Spirituality and Ending Classism Tagged With: consumerism, gratitude

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