Ai-jen Poo — This Is Our (Caring) Revolution | The On Being Project
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Ai-jen Poo — This Is Our (Caring) Revolution | The On Being Project
Reproductive labor is all the work needed to sustain a productive workforce for generations. It includes caring for children, adults, and the elderly; household chores; and keeping everyone in the household emotionally and physically healthy.
Angela Garbes • Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
I want to drill down on one aspect of the intro, too, because I think it’s essential: how has care “curdled,” for lack of a better word, in our minds? And what have been the implications of that degradation?
Definitely curdled. When I say the word “care” I think it often brings to mind the smell of diapers or that unpleasant combo of urine and disi... See more
Definitely curdled. When I say the word “care” I think it often brings to mind the smell of diapers or that unpleasant combo of urine and disi... See more
Anne Helen Petersen • "I Went Into Motherhood Determined Not to Lose Myself in It."
Reproductive labor is all the work needed to sustain a productive workforce for generations. It includes caring for children, adults, and the elderly; household chores; and keeping everyone in the household emotionally and physically healthy.
Angela Garbes • Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change
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
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