Re the quoted link, “A woman’s place was certainly not in the kitchen, I figured, because it was the place I, like my mom, was most uncomfortable—and alone.” — in Bon Appetit, the always wonderful Chloe Caldwell": after reading Federici's Caliban and the Witch, I've come to the conclusion that the individual kitchen in which a woman is supposed to stay all alone with everything she needs is part of an overall isolation strategy, designed to break down collective action power between women. Women used to use common facilities to bake, wash clothes, plan revolts against feudal lords, etc. Of course, I don't deny the convenience now that we are all isolated from each other -- who are you gonna share an oven with now that you don't even know who your neighbors are in your building, right? And now that you have a job, you don't have time, anyway. But it's all part of the deal. Why else did Lucy and Ethel have to talk to each other through their kitchen windows, to break their solitude? It looked cute, but it was desperation!
I suspected as much about the airpods being used as hearing aids. I guess that applies to almost all earbuds, or many? I had already been googling hearing aid/earbuds hoping there was a twofer out there! :)
Re the quoted link, “A woman’s place was certainly not in the kitchen, I figured, because it was the place I, like my mom, was most uncomfortable—and alone.” — in Bon Appetit, the always wonderful Chloe Caldwell": after reading Federici's Caliban and the Witch, I've come to the conclusion that the individual kitchen in which a woman is supposed to stay all alone with everything she needs is part of an overall isolation strategy, designed to break down collective action power between women. Women used to use common facilities to bake, wash clothes, plan revolts against feudal lords, etc. Of course, I don't deny the convenience now that we are all isolated from each other -- who are you gonna share an oven with now that you don't even know who your neighbors are in your building, right? And now that you have a job, you don't have time, anyway. But it's all part of the deal. Why else did Lucy and Ethel have to talk to each other through their kitchen windows, to break their solitude? It looked cute, but it was desperation!
I suspected as much about the airpods being used as hearing aids. I guess that applies to almost all earbuds, or many? I had already been googling hearing aid/earbuds hoping there was a twofer out there! :)