"The recession is an opportune moment to refocus the narrative about women and work on the majority of women who work–those who don't have multiple degrees or high-power careers. The women who are housecleaners, caregivers, night-shift workers. The women who are stuck in occupations that are primarily female–without union representation or competitive pay. The women who never had a 401(k) in the first place. Instead, the dominant story line about gender and the recession has (surprise!) again been about upper-class women–and men."
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
JunePearl wrote:
Please, please, please do a thread on Jon&Kate+8. The episode is about Jon cooking a Korean-Hawaiian dinner, and touches on the kids remarking on their own identity. So much here for the Racialious crew…maybe Angry Asian Man already did something on it…lemme check it out…
Posted 09 Jun 2009 at 8:52 pm ¶