An Interview with Jessica Calarco | Holding ItTogether: How Women Became America's Safety Net

Women's unpaid labor is coming at a cost. Jessica Calarco's new book details how our country's systemic issues exploit women and negatively affect everyone's quality of life. But it also provides plenty of research to point us in a new, more equitable direction.
"The problem is that this kind of DIY model [society], this idea that you shouldn't need a social safety net as long as you make good choices, you should be able to manage risk on your own...It doesn't actually work."
-Jessica Calarco in conversation with Sally Haldorson of Porchlight Book Company
This interview was conducted at Boswell Books in Milwaukee, WI on June 20, 2024. Jessica Calarco was in conversation with Sally Haldorson, Porchlight's Managing Director.
Interview made possible with the support of Portfolio Books.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jessica Calarco is a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin, an expert on families, schools, and inequalities, and a mom of two. She is the author of Negotiating Opportunities and A Field Guide to Grad School, the coauthor of Qualitative Literacy, and a contributor to The New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Washington Post.
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[@MALEECKSWIFE29]

Women are literally biologically tailored for nurturing were natures caregivers

[@heathers.7975]

This is so bad. Middle-class women feeling "guilty" for exploiting Latina caregivers of their children but justify it by saying we are in a "precarious" position because we have to save up for IVF. FFS