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Jenny Odell

The Myth of Self-Reliance

An encounter with Emerson’s essays.

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Jenny Odell on the Longform Podcast

Jenny Odell The Paris Review Jan 2020 15min Permalink

Business

There's No Such Thing as a Free Watch

On July 2017, a visitor to the Museum of Capitalism contributed a watch (from here on referred to as 'our watch') to the museum’s artifact drive. In his form, he noted that Folsom & Co., a supposedly San Francisco-based company, used Instagram to offer the watch 'free,' but with $7 shipping.

Jenny Odell The Museum of Capitalism Aug 2017 10min Permalink

Best Article Business

A Business With No End

Inside the maze of an Amazon scam storefront empire.

Jenny Odell New York Times Nov 2018 25min Permalink