Got a cute sweater on clearance (I don't shop at tar/get often bc I'm largely in support of the boycott, but their kid's XL clothes fit me really well and are made partly from recycled fiber)
There are several places I avoid shopping at most of the time, but occasionally do when most convenient - ama/zon, tar/get, wal/mart, star/bucks
I've never set foot in a chick fil a, or a hobby lobby; I prefer other restaurants and craft stores anyway
My "guilty pleasure" store is whole foods
Jan 30, 2026 10:04Slashes are to avoid annoying bots in my replies
There are only a few things I'll never buy on principle: books from ama/zon, for instance. I love indie bookshops too much to support their most ruthless predator
Much like my attempts to reduce waste (buying drinks in recyclable metal cans instead of plastic bottles, for instance), my attempts at shopping ethically are stymied by *systems that suck*.. but I still try to keep up with where my money is really going. As much as I can manage
Anyway, ramble ramble... I do think there might be a correlation between having anxiety/high neuroticism and ID'ing as a progressive. "I just want the world to be better, and I'm going to obsess over what actions I can take to make it better, then despair when they aren't enough!" (Me 24/7)
Then again, the anxious conservative might try to cope with their anxiety by turning toward rigid structures and familiar hierarchies, gender roles, and so on. So probably it doesn't have much to do with left/right wing beliefs. But fun to speculate
