Tag: labor

Columns

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

December 08, 2017

Hire an “ambiance and atmosphere model” for your office holiday party. Attractive men and women—but mostly women—are being hired in droves to pretend they’re guests at Silicon Valley holiday parties. You know, to lend an air of fun! Totally casual, ...

The Never-ending Story

Anne Elizabeth Moore

October 25, 2017

There are very few individuals who can be held accountable for crafting what we call “rape culture,” but Harvey Weinstein is one such person.

Zucktown, USA

Julianne Tveten

September 27, 2017

American tech giants are now building their own company towns.

Unions in Space

Katherine Cross

September 26, 2017

Tacoma is a thoughtful take on trade unionism that doesn’t cast it as a relic of a bygone age.

Hang the Landlord

Amber A’Lee Frost

August 22, 2017

I know you love him, but he treats his employees—and you—like shit, so he’s the bad guy.

Laboring Academia

Maximillian Alvarez

July 20, 2017

Universities claim graduate teaching and research aren’t worthy of the designation of “work.” It’s high time graduate employees called their bluff.

Anxiety Dream

Miya Tokumitsu

June 26, 2017

We are fumbling around, trying to work out the role that sleep plays in a prosperous life.

What Work Is

Hanif Abdurraqib

May 09, 2017

We forget that the independent artist might also be the industrial worker, hustling in the hours after clocking out.

Contingent No More

Maximillian Alvarez

May 03, 2017

Academic mythology merges seamlessly with self-serving fantasies of meritocracy and capitalistic bootstrapism.

Time to Unite

Sarah Jaffe

May 01, 2017

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...

Put Me In, Coach!

Sarah Jaffe

April 27, 2017

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...

Against Fear

Sarah Jaffe

April 25, 2017

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...