Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Lunch hour reading :-)


"Women in industries overlooked by our narrow, sexist definition of 'working class' are challenging this country to expand its vision of labor beyond white men with tool belts, and make good on the promises of democracy."

~ S. Smarsh

https://www.thecut.com/2018/03/the-uprising-of-women-in-red-states-is-just-beginning.html

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“'We’re selling leggings, sure, but we’re also teaching our customers how to be feminist,' Rachel explains to me in her store’s break room, as she leans over to toss a stray piece of litter into the garbage. Above a work chart and an explanation of benefits hangs a small sign: ‘We will fit you, you don’t have to fit us.’"

~ C. Wang

https://www.refinery29.com/amp/en-us/2019/02/223799/retail-renaissance-workers-millennial

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