"Cost of Living" & "Travels in Pornland"

The essay "Cost of Living" examines the nursing/hospital subculture and the essay "Travels in Pornland" demonstrates the subculture of porn related magazine workers.

In the essay "Cost of Living", the author presented her subculture by speaking of the cost of almost everything in the hospital and ways to prevent additional debt. The author's ethos of the subculture was practically about how hospitals that are in debt should work more careful in order to not waste money.
In the essay "Cost of Living", the author presented her subculture by portraying the views of porn magazines, feminism, and actual famous porn stars. Her authority towards this subculture was originally as working at the feminist magazine Spare Rib.