With finals, registration for classes, and Omicron converging, it can be hard to find the heart of this holiday season. Not to mention, when we are bombarded with social media users flaunting the McLaren they got as a holiday gift. This in addition to head-to-toe trendy Bottega Veneta outfits alongside the gifted Louie bags and soft glam makeup, truly round out the posts. This vision of holiday splendor can really make the average person lose sight of things. Yes, I said it, average. Most of us will lead average lives and will not have the financial ability to buy our significant other a McLaren. But, if it's a Honda, maybe. When we have conversations about how joy is lost with mass consumerism, an obsession with keeping up with others, and feeling like a chess piece in a capitalist structure, questions arise. I notice this especially in the culture that I am most familiar with, American Black culture, where we often try to emulate the extremely wealthy lifestyles presented...
