In a recent TikTok video with over 21 million views, a woman showed off what looked more like the inside of a Bath & Body Works than an average person’s shower. With dozens of jars of body scrubs and ...

In this video essay, we explore how overconsumption became the aesthetic—from 1950s postwar shopping booms to 1980s mall culture and today’s TikTok haul economy. What began as a symbol of prosperity ...

We've all seen people buy more than they need — but some trends go way beyond impulse shopping. So when u/Organic_Trash_6408 asked, "What's the worst overconsumption trend that you've ever seen?" ...

Beauty and fashion influencer Jaclyn Hill posed a question this month to her 1.2 million TikTok followers about something she said may be “a little controversial”: Why was she getting fewer views on ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Grace Filbin/Daily. I spent this year’s Spring Break in Utah with a group of 11 other University ...

Protein overconsumption refers to consuming more protein than the body needs for muscle repair, immune function, and other essential bodily processes. While protein is vital for overall health, ...

Miller is a local author, professor at San Diego City College and vice president for the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1931. He lives in Golden Hill. With inflation and the economic ...

Many of us on social media know that we are not immune to the influence of a shopping haul or two. With fast fashion accelerating the pace of trend cycles and influencer-driven e-commerce platforms ...

In the last few years, a new trend has emerged on social media: De-influencers. Instead of selling, de-influencers encourage their followers to stop buying things they don't actually need.

In the early 2000’s when the IT world was in the throes of ERP, CRM, SFA and ecommerce, IT infrastructure was invariably designed to support the absolute worst-case scenario. I quickly learned there ...