Lesson 2 (remembering previous thoughts on Linda Hirshman):
So what keeps the movement [Feminism --ed.] from realizing its demographic potential? First, it’s divided along lines so old that they feel like geological faults. Long before this campaign highlighted the divides of race, class and age, feminism was divided by race, class and age. As early as [...]
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What You Should Read Since I’m Not Writing
Published June 8th, 2008 in Feminism, Obligation, Poverty and Racism. 1 CommentWe started off Ethan’s and my shared spring break with a much-needed trip out of town. We drove up to see friends in northwest Indiana, and trekked all over The Region shopping and eating and playing. For those who aren’t familiar with the area, The Region of Indiana is to Chicago as New [...]
Career Choices and The Shock Doctrine
Published November 7th, 2007 in Books, Poverty and Racism. 6 CommentsSo I pretty much have to buy the new Naomi Klein book, THE SHOCK DOCTRINE, and end my fiction-reading-only era thanks to this post and a certain realization.
For awhile I seriously researched moving to the New Orleans area in the wake of Katrina to take a teaching job, until I realized that I was only [...]
Bastards of the Party
Published February 24th, 2007 in History, Movies, Poverty and Racism. 5 CommentsAbout a week ago I caught “Bastards of the Party” and was blown away. Being a fan of all sorts of gangster movies (don’t ask) I’ve always wondered how LA gang culture evolved into what it is today and how the rivalries started. From a movie-making perspective it seemed that the story of [...]
Class and Feminism: A Disjointed Post in Five Parts
Published November 2nd, 2006 in Bloggery, Feminism and Poverty. 45 CommentsI.
What is “shame”?
Does a truly innocent diversion exist? Does class enter into it? In what ways is shame subject, perhaps invisibly, to patriarchal dogma and assumptions made by the dominant culture?
I must know!
II.
Today I did a bit of reading on social classes — see Wikipedia for a quick rundown. The article first breaks [...]
A few days ago I attended Ethan’s 1st grade parent orientation meeting, and it played out as it usually does.
Other Parent: I saw Ethan and your husband at Resturant X this weekend.
Me: Interesting. I’m not married.
OP: Oh. Ha.
Me: Anyway.
Awhile back I gave up feeling weird about others’ inquiries into [...]
With the release of the Census Bureau’s 2005 poverty figures today, the economics of the poor have been blasted all over the blogosphere.
I have a post brewing on a recent personal intersection of poverty, parenthood, and education, but it’s going to have to wait since I’m watching “Waging a Living” tonight on PBS (10pm Eastern). [...]
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