Working Class Feminism

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Clarissa

November 14, 2016

Feminists would be well-advised to ease up on pop culture navel-gazing and corporate pseudo-feminist drivel like Lean In. They need to shift their central focus from the glass ceiling to the sticky floor, which, after all, is the place where most women dwell. A feminism that delivers for working-class women by addressing their material needs could expand feminism’s base and bring about a much-needed feminist revival. A feminism that delivers for working-class women by addressing their material needs could radically expand feminism’s base.

I’m all for a reduction in navel gazing but I don’t get this article at all. If reproductive freedom, free college, cheaper daycare, maternity leave, higher minimum wage, a chance to preserve social security and Medicare, cheaper healthcare are not the policies that would help working class women, then what is? Enough empty blabber, let’s talk specifics. What did Trump offer working class women that Hillary didn’t?

I’m so tired of this “Trump is the revenge of the dispossessed” narrative.

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Shakti

November 14, 2016

For example I know a woman who lives near Nashville who moved away from her small town in Kentucky because she was burnt out on caregiving after her mother died. She felt if she stayed she’d be expected to full time raise her severely disabled nephew as childcare assistance to her younger brother and his wife. She’s $20,000 in debt from her gallbladder surgery after her insurance through her job, and lives with a roommate. She wakes up early every day to change the roommate’s full body bandages before going to her security job. She doesn’t vote. She felt none of the candidates talk about issues she cares about or that are relevant to her life and that by not voting neither candidate can con her.

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lamestllama

November 14, 2016

“What did Trump offer working class women that Hillary didn’t?” Scapegoats?

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1. Clarissa
  
  November 14, 2016
  
  Exactly.
  
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