Tara McMullin

@taramcmullin

Writer, podcaster, and producer baffled by the absurdity of neoliberal capitalism. Autistic feminist. Aspiring independent scholar. Amateur baker. Host of the What Works podcast and author of a book of the same name.

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Over the course of the last century, the number of workers employed as domestic servants, in industry, and in the farm sector has collapsed dramatically. At the same time, ‘professional, managerial, clerical, sales, and service workers’ tripled, growing ‘from one-quarter to three-quarters of total employment.’ In other words, productive jobs have,... See more

David Graeber • STRIKE! Magazine – On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant

Labor Under Capitalism and Neoliberalism

Science Fiction and

I’ve been mainlining Le Guin’s non-fiction writing. It strikes me reading this passage again that she’s bumping up against Harry Frankfurt’s definition of “bullshit.” To paraphrase, that bullshit doesn’t concern itself with the truth—it’s objective is outside the realm of information. I don’t think fiction is bullshit, obviously. But now I’m curious about the qualities of fiction as they relate to the qualities of bullshit.

During it, we learn to adopt a story about ourselves—what our value is, what beauty is, what is harmful and what is normal—and to privilege the feelings, comfort, perceptions, and power of others over our own.

Melissa Febos • Girlhood

The Mythical Norm

What is public narrative?

narrativearts.org

Messaging That Moves Us

Story of self (why I care), Story of us (why we care), Story of now (why the need is urgent)

Corita.org

corita.org

Design Inspo

Journalism has become ground zero for the vocation crisis

theconversation.com

Labor Under Capitalism and Knowledge Work

Co-ops and Care

Paul Schmelzer landolakesinc.com

So What Do You Do?

buttondown.email

Making Sense

We cannot really conceive of the problems that will arise when we start trying to build a free society. What now seem likely to be the thorniest problems might not be problems at all; others that never even occurred to us might prove devilishly difficult. There are innumerable X-factors.

David Graeber • A practical utopians guide to the coming collapse – David Graeber

Practical Utopia