Emily Callaci > Quotes

“Housework is, therefore, not unproductive or external to the economy. It is the most essential part of the capitalist system because it produces and maintains the most important source of value: the worker. Yet those who perform this work are not entitled to a share of the wealth they create. To the contrary, they are often among the most impoverished and dependent members of society.”
― Emily Callaci, Wages for Housework: The Feminist Fight Against Unpaid Labor

“There was a bird that often perched on the tree in front of my house whose song was the same pitch as my baby’s cry, and sometimes, in a moment of mind-body confusion, I would step onto the porch, hear the bird call, and milk would burst out of my breasts.”
― Emily Callaci, Wages for Housework: The Feminist Fight Against Unpaid Labor