
Consumed
The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism
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Narrated by:
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Aja Barber
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Aja Barber
A call to action for consumers everywhere, Consumed asks us to look at how and why we buy what we buy, how it's created, who it benefits, and how we can solve the problems created by a wasteful system.
We live in a world of stuff. We dispose of most of it in as little as six months after we receive it. The byproducts of our quest to consume are creating an environmental crisis. Aja Barber wants to change this - and you can, too.
In Consumed, Barber calls for change within an industry that regularly overreaches with abandon, creating real imbalances in the environment and the lives of those who do the work - often in unsafe conditions for very low pay - and the billionaires who receive the most profit. A story told in two parts, Barber exposes the endemic injustices in our consumer industries and the uncomfortable history of the textile industry, one which brokered slavery, racism, and today’s wealth inequality. Once the layers are peeled back, Barber invites you to participate in unlearning, to understand the truth behind why we consume in the way that we do, to confront the uncomfortable feeling that we are never quite enough and why we fill that void with consumption rather than compassion. Barber challenges us to challenge the system and our role in it. The less you buy into the consumer culture, the more power you have. Consumed will teach you how to be a citizen and not a consumer.
©2021 Aja Barber (P)2021 BalanceListeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
“A rallying cry for collective responsibility. A call-to-action to bring about systemic change to textile industries, which has reaped the benefits of unfair labor practices, consumer exploitation, and caused environmental harm for far too long.” (Christine Platt, The Afrominimalist)
"Consumed takes us through the hideously complex topic of fashion and sustainability, from its knotty colonial roots to what everyday people can do to uproot those systems, today." (Yassmin Abdel-Magied)
"SUCH integrity. Aja is no bullsh*t." (Florence Given)
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honestly, this book is really good. It's a fantastic overview that goes into a fair amount of depth of the full reach of how we as a society deal with clothes, by extension consumption, by extension colonialism.
truly it's a great book and Aja does a wonderful job narrating the book! Their voice is (in both their tone and the words they choose to write) filled with empathy.
It does what it says on the tin!
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Must read for anyone who plans to buy or donate clothing in the foreseeable future.
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excellent and enlightening
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An educational journey
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Buy it now
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Inspiring and Engaging
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Everyone, please read this
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Informative & Motivating
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And thank you, Aja, for taking the time to write this wonderful book, and then even read it out loud to our lazy selves.
A surprisingly delightful book about a very distressing topic. A MUST READ.
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