Shit’s Getting Real: A Cultural Analysis of Toilet Paper

Otsuki, Grant Jun

doi:10.1080/19428200.2020.1884487

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“…Would have allowed more choice, assisted the economy, employment, even in a minor way and may have reduced some of the inappropriate and greedy behaviour at supermarkets. (Working grandmother, Pākehā, Level Four response) During the pandemic, narratives abounded around the experiences of shoppers, from stories of bulk buying and toilet paper wars (Otsuki 2020;Alford 2020) and public messages assuring abundance of supply if purchasing was prudent and allowed stores time to restock. The prime minister spoke repeatedly to this as part of her 1pm briefings.…”

Section: Supermarkets and Supermarket Workersmentioning

confidence: 99%

(Alter)narratives of ‘winning’: Supermarket and healthcare workers’ experiences of COVID19 in Aotearoa New Zealand

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Aikman³

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COVID-19 stories, especially from Aotearoa New Zealand as one of the leading nations ‘winning’ over the virus will be important historical documentation. The ‘team of 5 million’ is writing its narratives of life with/out COVID-19 – stories of ‘living in bubbles’, of ‘being kind’ and ‘being in it together.’ These are narratives of success which need to be examined alongside the narratives that have been absent from public national discourse but complicate understandings of ‘winning.’ To that end, in this article we map out (alter)narratives from supermarket and healthcare workers and highlight their stories of living and caring under lockdown. We posit that we need to pay attention to (alter)narratives of winning over COVID-19 in order to pay attention to the bodies and spaces that are often invisible but make winning possible. Thus, we see (Alter)narratives not as counter or anti to the nation’s winning narrative, but rather essential and adjacent.

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Section: Supermarkets and Supermarket Workersmentioning

confidence: 99%