The “Waste Not” exhibit by Chinese artist Song Dong features the contents of his tiny childhood home in Beijing.
The belongings were collected by the artist’s mother, Zhao Xiangyuan. She refused to throw anything away. All of those things she hoarded – the ballpoint pens and legless dolls – are featured at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Song talked his mother into letting him turn the objects in her house into an art exhibit. He said that would preserve the items and nothing would be lost. She liked the idea. The objects in the exhibit are sorted into neat piles of …read more

I’ve kept this shirt for 4 years because I am waiting . . .
for my torso to shrink
or the shirt to lengthen 2 inches.
I’ve got this crazy entitlement issue with my shirts. I feel I should be allowed to move my arms without showing my stomach.
The one with the pink scarf too. My mother bought them for me and it feels ungrateful to admit they don’t fit. What’s the statute of limitations on this?
My torso not only has to shrink for the striped one to fit, but my boobs do too. I’m holding out because shrinking boobs …read more