“So much socially useful, morally important work on behalf of communities and families is unpaid work. Voluntary work, elder care, unpaid household labour, being a mother--all these things are work--meaningful, purposeful activities contributing to the commonweal.” WorkParenting Book:Motherhood: How Should We Care For Our Children? Source: Motherhood: How Should We Care For Our Children?
“It is in fact a delicate balance between recognising what has been, and often still is, women's distinctive contribution to community, to family life, and acknowledging its worth, resisting its devaluation, while not forever consigning women to being solely responsible for caring.” Feminism Book:Motherhood: How Should We Care For Our Children? Source: Motherhood: How Should We Care For Our Children?
“The whole idea of "leaners" and "lifters" is the central teaching of the right wing ideologue, Ayn Rand, who penned books like The Virtue of Selfishness. It’s a self-serving crock. Rand found out the hard way. After a lifetime proselytising on behalf of the "producers" and denouncing anyone needing government assistance as "parasites," when Rand became old and sick, she discovered that even a bestselling author could not afford health care in the neoliberal US. She availed herself of Medicare and ended her life on what she had despised – social security. ~ an edited extract from "The Life of I: the new culture of narcissism" ~Anne Manne~” SelfishWealthyNarcissismSocial SecurityRich PeopleEntitlementMedicareRichestAyn RandNeoliberalRandNessRight Wing IdeologueLeaners And LiftersOld And Sick Author:Anne Manne