As I write this, “Large Item Pick-Up Day” has just passed in my neighborhood. Like in many other locales across the U.S., this is the annual event when our city’s trash provider names a particular weekend when large or bulky refuse will be picked up free of charge, including things like refrigerators, furniture, computers, old TVs, etc. Continue reading “One Man’s Trash is Another Man’s Status: the Voyeur’s Gaze and Large Trash Pick-Up Day”