Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich

She's also, if I'm not mistaken, a fan of three-word titles.

DoorFrame | Wed, 12/07/2005 - 2:36pm

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/

flea | Wed, 12/07/2005 - 2:52pm

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.

crazymonk | Wed, 12/07/2005 - 3:29pm

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.

DoorFrame | Wed, 12/07/2005 - 7:27pm