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Katjusa CisarCheap, free and found: thrifting adventures in late-stage capitalism. A Buy Nothing girl in a material world.
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After 23 years, goodbye Amazon
My order history on Amazon begins Aug. 18, 2002, a few days after my 21st birthday. It’s hard to conceive of now, as “the everything store” rakes in ever more billions in profit, but back in those early days of e-commerce, Amazon sold mostl...
Getting free from 'stuff overwhelm'
My phone’s camera roll for the past couple of years has been filled with pictures of stuff I’m trying to give away or sell. I’ve been keeping these still lifes as evidence of something — proof of productivity, maybe. Proof of what I’m givin...
Mending the garment of destiny
My 6-year-old daughter drew this, inspired by the InvestiGators comic series. Why does it say “it is ok” when they look unhappy? Because when things are hard, “you gotta stay calm,” she told me.
In the week since the election, I’ve seen a...
Coming back into focus
Fellow thrifters, scrappers, alley shoppers, Buy Nothing fiends and everyone else who lovingly tolerates us! Hello.
It’s been over 15 months since I updated you all.
Here’s what’s been happening in my corner since I last sent out a Curb...
Couples who dive together thrive together
Friends and fellow scavengers, it has been a while.
I managed to work myself into a state of burnout over the past two months, hence no Curb Alert newsletters. Between big work projects, family health problems and the usual unpredictabilit...
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Hello, I'm Katjusa Cisar. Call me Kat. I'm a nonfiction writer and former newspaper reporter, a union-member stagehand (IATSE Local 18) and a lifelong thrifter/scrapper. I live in Milwaukee with my partner and our twin first-graders.
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