mimicry isunthinkingcopying(Lawson)no selfwithoutconsumptioncompetitioninvigoratessociety;weeds outthe weakthe marketdictatesthe termsof strugglecommodification ofclass:of middle class*AND*of working class -Bowery (Lawson)*society isan arena ofsexualcompetitionwomen adoptsame sexualvalues asexploitativemen: ironymimicry leads to“assimilation tothe surroundings,”(Caillois)"surroundings whichbecome alien andannihilating" (AL)working classadopt the sameconsumeristvalues whichexploit them:*ironic*womenareexploitedby mengreatersuccess is(relative)wealth*exploited do notsee own situation /see from anarrowed streetlevel [workingclass; esp.women]poor socio-economicconditions resultfrom inequitablesocio-­economicstructures(Populists)the struggleto keep upappearances(Veblen)classmimicryreducesauthenticity(Lawson)labour ofworking classis exploitedfor wealth bywealthy/ier*successisdomesticsecurity*successis at leastone sexualpartnerstruggle forexistence(becomes...)*successis highmoralstandingdoublestandardssuccessissurvivalworking class[and women]blame their ownpeople for theirtroubles ('irony')*sexualcompetitionweeds outthe weaksociety is anarena ofeconomiccompetitionmimicry isunthinkingcopying(Lawson)no selfwithoutconsumptioncompetitioninvigoratessociety;weeds outthe weakthe marketdictatesthe termsof strugglecommodification ofclass:of middle class*AND*of working class -Bowery (Lawson)*society isan arena ofsexualcompetitionwomen adoptsame sexualvalues asexploitativemen: ironymimicry leads to“assimilation tothe surroundings,”(Caillois)"surroundings whichbecome alien andannihilating" (AL)working classadopt the sameconsumeristvalues whichexploit them:*ironic*womenareexploitedby mengreatersuccess is(relative)wealth*exploited do notsee own situation /see from anarrowed streetlevel [workingclass; esp.women]poor socio-economicconditions resultfrom inequitablesocio-­economicstructures(Populists)the struggleto keep upappearances(Veblen)classmimicryreducesauthenticity(Lawson)labour ofworking classis exploitedfor wealth bywealthy/ier*successisdomesticsecurity*successis at leastone sexualpartnerstruggle forexistence(becomes...)*successis highmoralstandingdoublestandardssuccessissurvivalworking class[and women]blame their ownpeople for theirtroubles ('irony')*sexualcompetitionweeds outthe weaksociety is anarena ofeconomiccompetition

Critical thinking: Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. mimicry is unthinking copying (Lawson)
  2. no self without consumption
  3. competition invigorates society; weeds out the weak
  4. the market dictates the terms of struggle
  5. commodification of class: of middle class *AND* of working class - Bowery (Lawson)
  6. *society is an arena of sexual competition
  7. women adopt same sexual values as exploitative men: irony
  8. mimicry leads to “assimilation to the surroundings,” (Caillois) "surroundings which become alien and annihilating" (AL)
  9. working class adopt the same consumerist values which exploit them: *ironic
  10. *women are exploited by men
  11. greater success is (relative) wealth
  12. *exploited do not see own situation / see from a narrowed street level [working class; esp. women]
  13. poor socio-economic conditions result from inequitable socio-­economic structures (Populists)
  14. the struggle to keep up appearances (Veblen)
  15. class mimicry reduces authenticity (Lawson)
  16. labour of working class is exploited for wealth by wealthy/ier
  17. *success is domestic security
  18. *success is at least one sexual partner
  19. struggle for existence (becomes...)
  20. *success is high moral standing
  21. double standards
  22. success is survival
  23. working class [and women] blame their own people for their troubles ('irony')
  24. *sexual competition weeds out the weak
  25. society is an arena of economic competition