Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich
An interesting interview with Barbara Ehrenreich, a cultural critic and essayist who focuses on the underdiscussed issue of class in America. I've never read any of her books, but Fear of Falling, Nickel and Dimed, and her latest, Bait and Switch all look fascinating.
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She's also, if I'm not mistaken, a fan of three-word titles.
i, on the other hand, have heard quite disparaging thiings about her process & research. For instance, i remember a certain grapevine saying that for Bait & Switch, a book about how she couldn't get a job with no credentials, that her outlook is quite screwed. She - a well-dressed middle aged white woman - pretended to have no past, no refs, and actually had a nasty, limosine liberal attitude of entitlement to jobs - which may have explained why they didn't hire her.
Yet, she took from this a large presumption that "class" prevents fair hiring practices. I've seen her on talk shows and I like her about as much as Dowd. Which is to say I hate her.
http://www.slate.com/id/2125041/entry/2125047/
Thanks for the link. Bait and Switch does not come off well, but Nickel and Dimed still looks vaguely interesting, and Fear of Falling more so.
Bait and Switch seems like a nonsensical concept... but the nickel and dimed book has more promise. Kind like a poor man's Supersize Me.