Issue No. 7: The Job
Amie's making you read long form on Instagram. This is my substack I wrote yesterday, the response has absolutely astounded me. I wanted to share it here. I see you. Amie.
instagram.comAre you a worker? If you are not a worker, then who are you? Given who you are, what life is sufficient?
Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
Because life outside the workplace has lost vitality and meaning, work has ceased being a means to an end and become an end in itself. Hunnicutt notes: Meaning, justification, purpose, and even salvation were now sought in work, without a necessary reference to any traditional philosophic or theological structure. Men and women were answering the
... See moreVicki Robin, Joe Dominguez, Monique Tilford • Your Money or Your Life: 9 Steps to Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Achieving Financial Independence: Fully Revised and Updated for 2018
American society values work in terms of how much we produce, and how efficiently we can do it. It tells us that our output is our worth. Caregiving, conversely, is inefficient. But it pays dividends. If we were to think about work in terms of our humanity—making people feel dignified, valued, and whole—then caregiving is the most important work we
... See moreAngela Garbes • Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
