The Science of Caring: A Conversation With Elissa Strauss

In this Episode you will learn about:

How care shapes all our lives

How suffragists and Black feminists made remarkable gains in care through the Social Housekeepers Movement

Our addiction to independence and how it prevents us from prioritizing care

Our "careselves" vs. our "workselves"

America's bootstrap myth and how it hurts our ability to care

The ramifications of the blind spot toward care

How you can join the fight for paid leave and other key facets of a care infrastructure for America

The skinny

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