We're taking a week break to be with our friends and family, but in the meantime...Kirbs is breaking down the mess and meaning of Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the retail blackout because nothing exposes our relationship with gratitude and capitalism quite like this week does.

We go from “be thankful” to “panic-buy everything” in under 12 hours, and we're pretty over it.
What does gratitude look like when life is complicated? How does Black Friday trap us in manufactured urgency and why is choosing not to participate actually a form of protest?

We dig into intentional spending, opting out of the noise, and redirecting our support toward actual people and local communities, not corporations built on scarcity and chaos.

If you’re tired of feeling guilty for what you buy, guilty for what you don’t buy, or just ready to reclaim some peace this holiday season, then this one’s for you.