In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra-wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.

To survive, an indy needed hits big enough that distributors would pay up overdue accounts to get them

Some women in their 30s, especially those who wake up with baby rabies at 35, continue to maintain high standards: demanding that a man be straight, single and paroled.

For example, photography shop Artworkfoto in Funan DigitaLife Mall sells about five selfie sticks every day.