Increased efficiency means more of the most precious commodity: time. But time for what, exactly? Usually, to do <i>more work</i>. - Anne Helen Petersen

In The Sum of Small Things: A Theory of the Aspirational Class, Elizabeth

The crafting of the face is a billion-dollar industry because there’s actually only one truly acceptable face to create: that of “the girl.” The girl’s face is always dewy, unblemished, and unwrinkled, her eyes bright, her forehead uncreased. “Womanly” hips and ass might be theoretically fetishized, but they’re desirable only when the rest of the body remains that of the girl.

Baby Boomers did that thing where you leave a single square of toilet paper on the roll and pretend it’s not your turn to change it, but with a whole society.