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Holding It Together
Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net | Jessica Calarco
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Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women�women who are tasked with holding society together at the seams and fixing it when things (…more)
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Christine
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Highly recommend this newish release by one of the most effective public scholars in my field (sociology) right now. Calarco went somewhat viral a few years ago with her quote “Other countries have social safety nets; the U.S. has women.” This book expands on that and features great analysis and insights from extensive research/in-depth interviews with a diverse sample of American women. It‘s SO readable, too. (And it happens ⬇️

Christine to deliciously critique the platform/book of a certain VP candidate…😁)

Also a great Labor Day read as it highlights the incredible amount of unpaid household and emotional labor American women - regardless of their working or earning status - tend to still do.
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sarahbarnes Love this. 7mo
kspenmoll Stacked! 7mo
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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This looks good, putting it here so I hopefully remember to add it to #SheSaid the next time we vote to add books!