Eula Biss

"Having just purchased her first home, the author embarks on a self-audit of the value system she has bought into. The essays in this volume offer an interrogation of work, leisure, and the lived experience of capitalism"--

Having and Being Had

Karolina

When time is money, as it is now, free time is never free.

At first, I don't understand why it's news that a man who has a woman doing all his housework is finding himself productive. But then I think maybe this is progress. Maybe what's news is that now we're calling this domination, when we used to just call it marriage.

The idea that unions are for people in bad jobs and that people in good jobs don't need to negotiate the terms of their service depends on the belief that good jobs are inherently good and can't be made bad, or more menial. It's a white-collar fantasy.

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