A.k. 47 - Selections From The Works Of Alexandra Kollontai

In this bonus episode, Kristen Ghodsee speaks with her daughter about care work in the time of coronavirus lockdowns. As the school year begins in the United States, many children are learning remotely, creating an incredible burden on working parents. How can you socialize childcare and other forms of care work during a pandemic when institutional options are few and far between, and when state and local budgets are shrinking? How do we value emotional labor and care work without commodifying it? Mentioned in this episode are Paul Krugman's New York Times column on Gross Domestic Misery, a German idleness fellowship for doing nothing, and OnlyFans.