Carlnita P. Greene
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Wonder and Moderation
Thanks Sammi for this excellent post! I especially think that your comments about moderation and wonder are extremely insightful. To some extent, your piece raises the question of why is it that, as a society, our beliefs about wonder often directly are l ... -
Masking Addiction
Great post, Stephanie, and excellent discussion so far! One aspect that strikes me about Candy Crush and other games of this nature is how they mask other key issues, like addiction, behind a veneer of "the shiny, cute, warm, fuzzy, and/or playful.&q ... -
More to Consider about Candy in Fashion
Thanks Stephanie and Eric for your keen comments! I certainly agree that there are several differences between the ways in which candy functions as “couture” versus its usage in “everyday” fashion that are definitely worth further consideration. Particula ... -
Longing and Childhood
Thanks to Natalia for this wonderful post! It raises several questions about the intersection between candy, longing, and childhood. I wonder whether or not one of the reasons that this longing for foreign candy was heightened during that time was because ... -
Conflating Work and Play with Candy, Oh My!
Thanks to Eric for posting this insightful piece and to everyone for the rich discussion so far! In addition to considering the varied, and often contradictory, roles that candy plays within our society and culture, it also makes me wonder about the ways ... -
Food as a Shortcut to Character
Helle’s insightful post not only demonstrates how ubiquitous food has become within media today, but also suggests how much we have become more attuned to, and aware of, food’s role within our societies and cultures. Although food would have been an aspec ... -
If Food Production is Invisible, Does Naming Our Food Matter the
Sarah’s thought-provoking post and the comments from others raise interesting questions about the paradoxical nature of our relationships with food today. Although many people seem to be more concerned about what they eat, simultaneously there seems to be ...