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Money Folley

- Does not make rational decisions about how she wants to use her money, spends to achieve emotional problems, her concept of money is subjective
- Spending habits are tied to her emotions
- Also good articulation of Carrie

Portrayal of Women

- Becky and Carrie are repeatedly told to calm down
- A man has to provide for Becky in situation of scarf
- Humiliating but sees it as a triumph
- Encapsulates Victorian fears of the prostitute (sexualizes process of consumption) and kleptomaniac
- Irrational temptation – driven female consumer, Tries to divide needs and want, but cant
- Compares shopping to sustenance and sexual satisfaction

Identity

- Constructing both personal and professional identity
- She is objectifying herself (like outfit of the day blogs)
- Jane Aldridge has objectified herself as fashion, very conspicuously. These are the brands that define this girl.
- Carrie “How can I marry the man, who doesn’t know which ring is “me”?”
- Products are “me”

Affluenza

- Painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more
- caused by Working longer hours, rising debt and loneliness
- All desires transformed into needs

Oppuluxe

- Twitchel’s idea that you are hyper-consuming and on luxury brands
- In the film, they move to America, up the ante
- In SaTC, Carrie consumes Manolos, meaning she’s the envy
- In the novel, French Connection, M&S, Hobbes
o Middling brands
o Buys subsitutes
- Displaying money that she doesn’t have, she’s addicted to the spectacle of her wealth

Main points of Confessions

Money Folley


Portrayal of Women


Identity


Affluenza


Oppuluxe