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Hungry Work

Lola Olufemi Vittles
It was women who ran the hostel services and food kitchens in the League of Coloured Peoples in the 1930–50s; and women who made sure that the minutes of meetings and conferences were kept. They are why we have this important history.

film

Hollywood’s New Sex Worker Roles Are Girlboss Heroines

Emma Paling Jacobin
In Hollywood, sex workers have become the ultimate girlbosses. The message is clear: there’s no need for collective empowerment when one can escape the low-wage economy by cashing in on the power of bootstrapping entrepreneurism.

books

Donald Trump, Sexual Predator

Lloyd Green The Guardian
This book and this review are nearly five years old. Their relevance remains undiminished.

books

Socialism: A Logical Introduction

Matt McManus Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
Reviewer McManus calls this new book "a lucid defense of American democratic socialism."

food

What Immigrants Do Eat

Anand Giridharadas The.Ink
There may be no better case for the multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-everything society America is becoming than the flavors. What would America eat, and be, without immigrants?
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