Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome
For many women, feeling like an outsider isn’t an illusion — it’s the result of systemic bias and exclusion.
The politics of everyday life: leisure
In Capital Volume III, Karl Marx suggested that “the realm of freedom actually begins only where labour which is determined by necessity and mundane considerations ceases”. The true realm of…
Jem Calder | Notes on Craft
I hated my job, and the longer I remained at that workplace, the more I could feel my identity becoming warped by it; the edges of my personality being steadily…
Picking up Your Spilled Pills off the Floor Is Briefly Humbling – PoetryNow
Ben Fama meditates on the loss of a job and the world view of corporate America.
Imaginary Worlds: Robot Collar Jobs
Are we prepared for a future where robots are the most sought after employees? In her debut novel Autonomous, Annalee Newitz imagines a future where humans take designer drugs to try and…
The Employment
What did Argentine filmmaker Santiago Grasso have in mind when he created the prize-winning animation El Empleo (The Employment) five years ago? Was it something about the dehumanizing quality of many jobs…