Episode 144: The 12 Days of Slow Gifting (part one), with Maggie Greene

Gifting is an easy place for us to begin to educate others about the impact of overconsumption, while creating new traditions and changing societal behaviors! Maggie Greene (The Halloween Queen) joins Amanda to introduce The 12 Days of Slow Gifting. This is part 1 of 2. We’ll be explaining what slow gifting is, how to have difficult conversations about gift boundaries (like “no gifts”) with the people in your life, the importance of shopping small and we will have a ton of secondhand gift ideas for the people in your life! Also in this episode: audio essays from Bea of Heke Design, Ruby of Spokes & Stitches, and Kait of Mystical Glow Candle Company.

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Host Amanda Lee McCarty (she/they) decodes and demystifies the fashion and retail industries, and takes on topics like consumerism, workers rights, personal style, and why fashion is a case study in capitalism gone awry. Your money is as powerful as your vote! "If you wear clothes, you need to listen to Clotheshorse." --Elise "If you are human and live in the world, you need to listen to Clotheshorse." --Individually Wrapped