Glitterworlds: The Future Politics of a Ubiquitous Thing

$29.95 at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

An original examination of the ubiquity of glitter—from bodily adornment to activist glitter bombing—and its vibrant and transformational properties. Glitter is everywhere, from crafting to makeup to glitter-bombing, fashion to fish. Glitter also gets everywhere. It sticks to what it is and isn’t supposed to, and travels beyond its original uses, eliciting reactions ranging from delight to irritation. In Glitterworlds, Rebecca Coleman examines this ubiquity of glitter, following it as it moves across…