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Marlene Langbein

Marlene Langbein

Two Reasons Why Standing In Line Is Great

I’m standing in line to buy some art supplies at a cheap store that smells like child labor. Many people are waiting in front of me. The…

3 min readJun 20, 2021

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Two Reasons Why Standing In Line Is Great

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Marlene Langbein

Life In Lockdown Has Lost Relevance & That’s Not A Bad Thing

How can we come to terms with living a life where baking bread is the most engaging thing to talk about?

3 min readMar 10, 2021

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Life In Lockdown Has Lost Relevance & That’s Not A Bad Thing

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Marlene Langbein

Capitalism is a character in Kelly Richardt’s First Cow

First Cow is a dairy based tale about the means of production, supply and demand, class struggle and greed but with a final moral that…

6 min readMar 8, 2021

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Capitalism is a character in Kelly Richardt’s First Cow

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Marlene Langbein

Nomadland — Dystopian Burning Man for Nomadic Pensioners

A story about moving on from a broken system to find freedom in unstable independence.

5 min readFeb 4, 2021

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Nomadland — Dystopian Burning Man for Nomadic Pensioners

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Marlene Langbein

Judgemental Film Trivia Quiz — The Tourist (2010)

Since Zoom Pub Quizzes have become the epitome of social interaction, I discovered the creation of Movie Trivia Quizzes as a new hobby.

1 min readFeb 3, 2021

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Marlene Langbein

My Identity Crisis In The Cat Litter Aisle — Tales of Consumerism

Having a pet doesn’t just mean companionship. It also means a whole new world of commodities.

3 min readFeb 3, 2021

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Marlene Langbein

Marlene Langbein

Stories about culture, media and consumerism from an overwhelmed but curious Millennial. Puzzling over how our consumption choices influence our personality.

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