If she thinks we will ever see paid family leave in America and what we have to do to get there. How to remain hopeful when it comes to making changes to the system. Why mothering is the earliest public health intervention we could have. angela reminds us of the true irrefutable power of mothers and caregivers and explores the the radical nature of motherhood. Why being a care worker is life changing work. The surprising median wage that nannies in America make and why we need to look at our own biases when it comes to paying them. I believe Angela is right, that we need to be having these collective conversations first, in order to push culture to reprioritize against a new axiom of what really matters in our lives. Garbes reveals the way systems exploit caregiving and shows us how the essential. Essential Labor is a beautifully written, painstakingly researched, and courageously personal book. How both the wealth of our country and our views on care workers comes from slavery. 'Angela Garbes has given us the definitive explanation for something we all share: the sense that something is not right about our societys treatment of parenting. How the majority of Americans believe in more support for domestic workers/why our government does not represent us any longer. Angela Garbes Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change 1st ed., 2022 Newyork, NY: HarperCollins Publishers: 2022 May 10 222 pages ISBN 978-0-06-293736-0 Historically and presently, the world does not value care work, underpaying women and taking advantage of their labour. How lack of compensation for care workers is a uniquely American problem. Why care work and mothering is so undervalued in American society.
Author Angela Garbes joins the pod today to dive deep into her book “Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change” and discusses the economic, political and ideological systems that have shaped the way our society sees care work.
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