Maggie Holmes (Domestic) This time we don’t have the flurry of individuals we often have per section. The rest of the section is made up of two (relatively) lengthy interviews. Both are interesting in many ways and it starts with Holmes who is a person of color that mostly works cleaning folks homes. Her perspectives…
Did You Ever Hear The One About The Farmer’s Daughter? Barbara Herrick (Writer/Producer) While the last chapter was mainly concerned with the struggle of women and (in my opinion) showed the need for for feminism, via stories from the airline industry, being a secretary and being a sex-worker, this chapter deals with the need for…
Cooperation is a wonderful thing when it goes well. Coordinated efforts towards a common good can make the hardest of tasks seem so much easier. Whether it’s in your personal life, while a disaster could be happening, or for something as simple as just managing a party, coordination is an essential part of our existence.…
Last night I went from mildly disliking my job to hating it. I have all of these extra responsibilities that I have to do in lieu of customer service. Because I work the third shift and it’s sometimes not busy, they have us clean up most of the store for the morning crew. You have…
Do you remember when I said I bought a bunch of books and I was going to review them for y’all? Yeah…I remember that too. Stalin’s Peasants: Resistance & Survival in the Russian Village After Collectivization by Sheila Fitzpatrick is a book centered around the conflict of the mir and the kolkhoz. Fitzpatrick often uses…