Month: August 2020

  • Nine to Five: A Movie With Too much Giving (Review)

    First things first, Dolly Parton is awesome. Jolene is an absolute banger and the titular song 9 to 5 is great as well. Adding to that, Parton has been, as far as I’m aware, a tireless advocate for marginalized folks despite her privileged and wealthy status and just a rad person. So watching this film…

  • “Laziness” is Context, not Content

    I could have written this post yesterday. Instead, after reading an excellent article by Devon Price about how Laziness Does Not Exist, I chose not to. Instead, I decided to go play video games for nearly 3 hours, then have dinner, play video games with friends (Fall Guys) and then play more video games from…

  • When Prison is Better than Work: The Story of CAAIR

    When I told y’all about exoskeletons keeping the elderly working past when they should I figured that’d be the most horrific thing I’d talk about this month. It’s pretty hard to outdo making use of genuinely useful and needed technological advancements in such exploitative ways but I think I’ve found a story that does just…

  • Your Life Ends When Work Ends (And It Never Ends)

    I get up just about noon My head sends a message for me to reach for my shoes and then walk Gotta go to work, gotta go to work, gotta have a job Remember when folks used to retire? You know, that pesky thing that makes work finally end for maybe 10-20 years (the latter…