Litsy

Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream | Barbara Ehrenreich

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Having read this so shortly after Our Kids: The America Dream in Crisis was a #Powerful combination. If you aren't screwed by the opportunity gap in childhood, you're pretty likely to be screwed by the bottom-line mentality of the corporate world.

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#SpringSkies @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

4th bingo on my January #BookSpinBingo board @TheAromaofBooks

#MountTBR #ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🥳Great! 5d

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 5d

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TheBookgeekFrau

Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream | Barbara Ehrenreich

Next from the towering TBR pile...

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ManyWordsLater

More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave | Ruth Schwartz Cowan

“…most people will still opt for privacy and autonomy over technical efficiency and community interest.”

While obvious, this blew my mind. Is this perhaps why we are so lonely? Privacy and autonomy are optimized in isolation. But that is not where we are humans find most of our happiness and contentment.

“Democracy dies in darkness” also comes to mind when optimizing for privacy and the U.S‘s current political issues.

jewright My husband works with a man from Afganistán, and this is what he hates about America. He doesn‘t understand why we don‘t live in a big house with family. 2mo

Reggie @jewright have you ever read World War Z? It‘s probably the best zombie book you could ever read. But in the 3rd part where they‘re rebuilding the world. Everyone who has a house, gets families assigned to let them live with them. There is a single man who has, I think, 2 families put with him and he talks about he didn‘t know what he was missing. How lonely he was and how we have all this space and it‘s just empty. I think about that a lot. 2mo

ManyWordsLater @Reggie I LOVE THAT! ❤️💕❤️ 2mo

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ManyWordsLater

More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave | Ruth Schwartz Cowan

Let‘s learn more about women!

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catiewithac

Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America | Eyal Press

Stacy, I love this gift! Thank you!! This potholder!!!! 🤣 The pride mug is 💯% Chef‘s kiss 😘 I‘ve started the past few years reading about inequality so it looks like my trend continues in 2024. I hope you have a Merry Christmas, friend!!! 🎅🏼 📚 #LitsyLove

Sleepswithbooks

AmyG That potholder! 🤣 4mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome gifts!! 🎁 ❤️ 4mo

Sleepswithbooks Merry Christmas my friend 💚❤️ 4mo

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willaful

Which Side Are You On?: The Story of a Song | George Ella Lyon

Picture books, the last refuge of the desperate #URC participant. 😂 I really liked this though. It's imaginative and dryly funny and the author had feet on the ground.

Faranae

Faranae This one is also in my TBR as a last resort for the work song prompt. 😂 I'm currently so mad because I just endured The Narrative of Arthur Gordan Pym of Nantucket and it does not contain a single shanty (not why I was reading it, but it would have been nice). 5mo

willaful @Faranae Did you give up on A Restless Truth?

I know I ran into another shanty scene somewhere recently, but it probably wasn't anything you'd want to read anyway. 5mo

Faranae @willaful I haven't started it yet! It's lined up for the prompt, but it depends on if I managed to read it in time, given how many other prompts I still need to tackle. 5mo

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ManyWordsLater

More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave | Ruth Schwartz Cowan

My high school history teacher talked about this briefly in a class 20 years ago. I‘m excited to learn more.

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TheBookgeekFrau

Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do | Studs Terkel

Read this back in the 90s so I don't remember for sure, but I'll bet there are bad boss stories within 😆

#AutumnPlease #BadBossDay

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs I need to read this! 6mo

TheBookgeekFrau @Eggs An interesting and worthy read! 6mo

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CRR

Bullshit Jobs: A Theory | David Graeber

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I don‘t remember where I first heard about this book but I was certainly intrigued by the title. The author is humorous and enjoyable to read. It is a very thorough book full of a lot of information. Talked about BS jobs and shared personal insights from interviews. It got a little long for me toward the end but I am glad to have pushed through. Enjoyable book.

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Born.A.Reader

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America | Barbara Ehrenreich

🍇 Dinnertime with my daughter 💕

🍇 🍇 Nickel and Dimed. A nonfiction book where the author goes under cover working minimum wage jobs (one of which is a server) to highlight the difficulties the poorer class faces in day to day life. Tagged.

@TheSpineView
#Two4Tuesday

TheSpineView Awesome!🤩📖📚 7mo

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