Worship. Adoration. Valence.
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Worship. Adoration. Valence.
Our political and cultural priorities aren’t about making life more enjoyable but about getting ahead, attaining bigger and better things, “having it all.” But the system is rigged: Men have long been able to “have it all” because of free female labor.
Jill Filipovic • The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness
It might also point toward the way that valuing a woman for her difficulty can, in ways that are unexpectedly destructive, obscure her actual, particular self. Feminist discourse has yet to fully catch up to the truth that sexism
Jia Tolentino • Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
The project of feminism is, in part, a method of calling into question ‘the natural’.
Amelia Horgan • Lost in Work: Escaping Capitalism (Outspoken by Pluto)
The ideologies of love and happiness at work also function to depoliticize the employment relation by impeding the formation of collectivities and undermining relations of solidarity. One of the remarkable features of the various efforts to teach us how to love and be happy in our work is their advice to detach from other social relations. Stop all... See more