Art therapy commodifies emotional healing through professional gatekeeping
How the art therapy industry transforms natural human expression into a controlled, billable service while claiming therapeutic authority over emotional processing.
Artist residencies extract creative labor through prestige compensation
How artist residency programs monetize creative output while disguising exploitation as opportunity
Arts education gets defunded while creative economy rhetoric proliferates
The systematic dismantling of arts education while simultaneously promoting 'creative economy' narratives reveals how institutions extract cultural value while destroying its production infrastructure.
Assistive technology markets profit from exclusionary design
The assistive technology industry creates profitable markets by perpetuating exclusionary design instead of building universally accessible systems.
Athletic scholarships create educational inequality through physical ability
How athletic scholarships institutionalize a value system that prioritizes physical performance over intellectual merit, creating systematic educational inequality.
Attachment theory reduces complex relationships to simplistic categories
How attachment theory's four-box model transforms the infinite complexity of human connection into marketable psychological products.
Aviation industry offsets enable continued emissions through payment schemes
How carbon offset markets transform environmental destruction into a profitable business model for continued emissions
Background checks expand surveillance while claiming risk reduction
How risk mitigation rhetoric justifies comprehensive life monitoring systems that serve surveillance capitalism more than safety