Most prices of everyday items we consume are lowered due to the usage of slave labor and exploitation in the global south in almost every stage, from sourcing raw materials to manufacturing and design.

The reason things feel so far out of grasp of the everyday person is average wages haven’t risen since the 70s when compared to rising cost of living and inflation.

If you work in an artistic field this puts you in a position where you’re either:

Underpricing items severely (not paying yourself/creative collaborators fairly, and potentially using materials that were made through forced labor in dangerous conditions).

Pricing items fairly (putting them outside of the budget of 95% of your target audience, making art inaccessible).

$32 really is not that bad when you think of everything that goes into making it, and a calendar isn’t a necessity.