While sifting through the mail one recent evening between tearing up the numerous offers to get into more debt (what credit crunch?) and adding another Bed Bath & Beyond 20% off coupon to the stack we'll never use (that makes a baker's dozen), a thought occurred to me. Is the Crate and Barrel catalogue the new Victoria's Secret catalogue?
Both are corporate-produced sources of undue trauma on American citizens, invading our homes unsolicited through the mail. The only difference is the type of trauma in which they traffic. Victoria's Secret specializes in creating unrealistic ideals of the perfect body, whereas Crate and Barrel concentrates its efforts on creating unrealistic ideals of the perfectly decorated and organized home.
Our bodies and our homes: these are 2 fairly sensitive subjects for the average American. What's next? I can only assume that right now, someone is desperately trying to gather a bunch of images of children more talented and intelligent than our own and package them into a quarterly catalogue.
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