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RELATED INGREDIENTS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

INTENTIONS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Pop the bubble
Tell the truth
Show capitalist evils<\/a>
Change consumer behaviour
Change citizen behaviour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TACTICS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n


Include emotion
Show the violence
Embody exploitation
Include suffering kids
Let the tears flow
Bring managers into view
Juxtapose extremes
Blame, shame & guilt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RESPONSES<\/h5>\n\n\n\n


Capitalism is sh*t
I’m so angry
Creeperific
I won’t buy it!
Who’s responsible?
I gotta do something
LOL capitalism
Nobody cares<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMPACTS<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Now we’re talking
Activism is inspired
Activists are recruited
Say no to enquiries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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EXAMPLES<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

HANDBOOK PAGES<\/h5>\n\n\n\n


Girl model
Ilha das Flores<\/a>
Mangetout
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This is disgusting<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

IN BRIEF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes showing how & where commodities are made physically disgusts audience members. They feel it in their bodies, it makes them flinch, retch, squirm. It\u2019s \u2018icky\u2019 & that ick can feed into (in)action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s this page?<\/summary>\n

This is a placeholder response<\/em> page that, once finished, will explain this response, illustrate it with reference to comments taken from relevant followthethings.com example pages, and will give a clickable sense of the intentions, tactics and impacts that go with it.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

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RECOMMENDED READINGS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Deena Kemp (2025) Comparing disgust and sadness: examining the interaction of emotion & information in charity appeals.<\/a> Journal of social marketing<\/em> (online early).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max Ryyn\u00e4nen, Heidi Kosonen & Susanne Yl\u00f6nen (2023) From visceral to the aesthetic: tracing disgust in contemporary culture<\/a>. in their (eds.) Cultural Approaches to Disgust and the Visceral. <\/em>London: Routledge, 3-16<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image credit<\/summary>\n

Icon: disgusted (https:\/\/thenounproject.com\/icon\/disgusted-3880475\/<\/a>) by Noura Mbarki from Noun Project (CC BY 3.0)<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

BACK TO HANDBOOK CONTENTS PAGE \ud83d\udc49<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECTION: <\/strong>Responses<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

by Ian Cook (July 2025)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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RELATED INGREDIENTS INTENTIONS Pop the bubbleTell the truthShow capitalist evilsChange consumer behaviourChange citizen behaviour TACTICS Include emotionShow the violenceEmbody exploitationInclude suffering kidsLet the tears flowBring managers into viewJuxtapose extremesBlame, shame & guilt RESPONSES Capitalism is sh*tI’m so angryCreeperificI won’t buy it!Who’s responsible?I gotta do somethingLOL capitalismNobody cares IMPACTS Now we’re talkingActivism is inspiredActivists are recruitedSay […]<\/p>\n

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