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Can Motherhood Be a Mode of Rebellion?
- If you think about it, this work of caring for our children as nannies, or our aging parents as homecare workers, is some of the most profound and important work in our lives. We call it the work that makes everything else possible, because it makes it possible for all of us to go out and do what we do every day, knowing that some of the most preci... See more
from Ai-jen Poo — This Is Our (Caring) Revolution | The On Being Project by Krista Tippett
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- Finally, we must do away with far and away the largest occupation, the one with the longest hours, the lowest pay and some of the most tedious tasks around. I refer to housewives doing housework and child-rearing. By abolishing wage-labor and achieving full unemployment we undermine the sexual division of labor. The nuclear family as we know it is ... See more
from The Abolition of Work by Bob Black
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Damn…