{"product_id":"essential-labor","title":"Essential Labor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Covid-19 pandemic shed fresh light on a long-overlooked truth: mothering is among the only essential work humans do. In response to the increasing weight placed on mothers and caregivers—and the lack of a social safety net to support them—writer Angela Garbes found herself pondering a vital question: How, under our current circumstances that leave us lonely, exhausted, and financially strained, might we demand more from American family life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssential Labor,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGarbes explores assumptions about care, work, and deservedness, offering a deeply personal and rigorously reported look at the economics of care and what mothering is, and can be. A first-generation Filipino-American, Garbes shares the perspective of her family's complicated relationship to care work, placing mothering in a global context—the invisible economic engine that has been historically demanded of women of color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGarbes contends that while the labor of raising children is devalued in America, the act of mothering offers the radical potential to create a more equitable society. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEssential Labor,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGarbes reframes the physically and mentally draining work of meeting a child's bodily and emotional needs as opportunities to find meaning, to nurture a deeper sense of self, pleasure, and belonging. This is highly skilled labor, a powerful act of social responsibility that impacts society at its most foundational level.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adanne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62846073634975,"sku":null,"price":17.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0476\/3090\/9599\/files\/EssentialLabor.png?v=1786040656","url":"https:\/\/adanne.co\/products\/essential-labor","provider":"Adanne","version":"1.0","type":"link"}