thrift

Last fall, she interned at the Vashon Beachcomber — one of her hometown papers — covering everything from a thrift store’s role in the global supply chain to a paddleboarding witch parade.

They wanted to barter their old clothing, but that was a sticky prospect in Los Angeles — the scene is riddled with suspicious stares from thrift store employees and digital cold wars with teenagers on Depop.

But I’ve also found treasures at small local thrift shops, the kind of surprises that don’t show up in an algorithm.

And then someone took me to a thrift shop, and my life changed.”

And my closet was developing muscle and its own consciousness with each passing moment and each throwaway thrift find.