Episode 59: (Don't) Hoard Money

Call Your Girlfriend

Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow

Society & Culture

4.7 • 4.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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We divulge some of our struggles around shopping and spending. How can you be an ethical consumer? At long last we launch the CYG shop and introduce our merch maven Caroline Knowles. And, independent artist and designer Tuesday Bassen on how Zara ripped off her work and her path to becoming an indie merch queen.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Call Your Girlfriend, a podcast for long distance festies everywhere.
0:04.0	I'm Amina Tussau and I'm Anne Friedman. On this week's agenda, consumerism are many feelings
0:10.4	about shopping and plus the launch of our own shop and we'll introduce you to Caroline Knowles,
0:16.8	who's running the CYG shop. And finally, we have an interview with Tuesday Bassin, who is an awesome
0:22.4	designer and shop owner herself. This is also your last chance to get tickets to our LA show.
0:30.0	On August 18th at the Ace Theatre Downtown, you can find tickets on callyourgirlfriend.com
0:35.9	or at the Ace website. It's going to be a really fun night. We'll be featuring guests from
0:41.8	Who Weekly, this week has me like and friend of the podcast, Steph Beatrice from Brooklyn 9.9.
0:48.5	So hope that you'll join us on the 18th. It'll be a fun night. Get your tickets now or they'll be gone soon.
1:00.0	It's time you have the talk. Give your reasons. Say it's not her fault.
1:12.0	Ready you just met somebody new. And on this week's agenda, consumerism.
1:23.4	Buying shit.
1:25.4	And look good morning New York. Let's get this paper. Let's spend this paper.
1:31.7	I know. Well, let's get it and then let's spend it. That's the best. Yeah, today we're talking about
1:38.6	buying things and making things. We reference this obliquely with talk of drunk shopping more often
1:45.2	than anything. Yeah, you know, because one part of it is, you know, it's audio. It's hard to
1:51.1	discuss shopping. It's like you have to see it. And also, you know, it's like spending money is
1:57.6	like it's a frot thing. It's a hard at least for me. It is a hard thing to talk about.
2:03.1	You know, for consumer protection issues, I like to not put them out there. But bloop is kind of
2:08.0	putting them out there. 100%. It is. And so bloop is a collaboration that I do with friend of the
2:15.2	podcast, Jenna Wortham. We did a phone with her earlier. And it's the black group. And yeah,
2:21.4	you know, but that's part of it, right? Where it's in some ways, it's easier to just be like,
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