"And then, I do love my shopping, but actually, lounging is the big thing"
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"Lounging is the big thing" lands as both punchline and manifesto. Shopping is active, visible, legible to others; it produces bags, receipts, proof of participation. Lounging is private, unproductive, and therefore politically charged in a culture that expects women to be either working, improving, caregiving, or at least consuming in ways that can be marketed back to them. Burke frames rest not as laziness but as preference, a chosen center of gravity.
Context matters: Burke came up in an era when actresses were routinely policed for body, taste, and "likability". The line reads like a quiet refusal of that surveillance. It's not anti-glamour; it's a boundary. She keeps the fun of shopping, but she crowns comfort and downtime as the real luxury, puncturing the idea that self-worth has to be earned through hustle or displayed through consumption.
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Burke, Delta. (n.d.). And then, I do love my shopping, but actually, lounging is the big thing. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-then-i-do-love-my-shopping-but-actually-47260/
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Burke, Delta. "And then, I do love my shopping, but actually, lounging is the big thing." FixQuotes. Accessed February 1, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-then-i-do-love-my-shopping-but-actually-47260/.
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"And then, I do love my shopping, but actually, lounging is the big thing." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/and-then-i-do-love-my-shopping-but-actually-47260/. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.



