Introduction

I will be writing about my personal relationship with the characters on Jersey Shore.


I am writing about these characters because I like them, and because they remain human in spite or maybe even because of their participating in late capitalism.

In this sense Jersey Shore is the forefront of the anti-capitalist struggle.


This is to say, they are the forefront of the struggle in me. Because they infect me with the spirit of capital, which I grew up on, which feels like a good addiction. I am interested in what these characters do to my body.

Product

I am composed of all the hair products I've ever used,
of the hair products I remember.

It is my childhood I remember, when I see you.






You hide in the corners of shelves;
you bring me back to myself.

When I am lost, I become rooted in you,

Pert Plus Shampoo.


And when I watch television, I am even more rooted.

I grew up on you. You remind me that I am human.


Jersey Shore makes me feel, in my chest and in my body, like I am human.