Status Updates From Holding It Together: How Wo...

"Imagine a world where we value care work on par with IT."

"Precarity forces families + communities to look for the Mothers, the ones who have shown they can hold it together, + ask them to hold even more.

When it's clear employers + policymakers aren't willing to invest in your community, the only option for survival is to mine the resources + talents of your own."

"When women prove they can hold it all together, we thank them by giving them more to hold."

"Married mothers could ask their spouses for more help at holding it all together but the fastest way to make a tight budget work is often with Dad at the office + Mom at home. Why? Because employers reward fathers w/Daddy Bonuses while subjecting moms to motherhood penalties limiting their wages + opportunities to advance."

"Sure, there are government programs that aim to prevent families from going hungry or getting stuck without a roof over their heads, but those programs aren't designed to lift families out of poverty -- they just make poverty a little easier to bear.
Moreover, those programs only protect the poorest among us. The message to the rest of us is to "figure it out on your own.""

A perfect follow-up read to my previously just finished!