RIP Barbara Ehrenreich

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Barbara Ehrenreich, Explorer of Prosperity’s Dark Side, Dies at 81
Her book “Nickel and Dimed,” an undercover account of the indignities of being a low-wage worker in the United States, is considered a classic in social justice literature.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/books/barbara-ehrenreich-dead.html

[Anonymous]

Oh, I read Nickled and Dimed! Such a great book.

[Anonymous]

Oh no!

[Anonymous]

That was a good book. But her name is not a household name.

[Anonymous]

Oh gosh I loved Nickel and Dimed. I really liked her book Bright Sided, too - about the perniciousness of positive thinking.

RIP to a great writer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That was a good book. But her name is not a household name.

Probably depends on your age and education or media consumption. For Gen Xers who were in college in the 90s, she was very well known. Anyone who listened to NPR in the 90s would have known her work, I think.

[Anonymous]

Oh wow! She was wonderful. She gave a lecture at my high school.

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"Nickel and Dimed" was an important account of an often hidden problem. She did us all a service with that book. Maybe someone now needs to take up that mantle and do an updated version, because I suspect many of those indignities suffered by low-wage workers years ago are sadly still with us. Maybe even in more insidious forms.

[Anonymous]

Aw, she was wonderful. I recently read “Had I Known” - which is a collection of her short magazine pieces. Very much relevant today and worth a read. It includes the magazine piece that was the precursor to Nickle and Dimed.
We’ve lost an excellent, nuanced advocate for the working poor. May she Rest In Peace.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh gosh I loved Nickel and Dimed. I really liked her book Bright Sided, too - about the perniciousness of positive thinking.

RIP to a great writer.

I loved nickel and dimed, too. I'll check out that other one.

I'm sorry the world lost a great writer and journalist and someone who really seemed to care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was a good book. But her name is not a household name.

Probably depends on your age and education or media consumption. For Gen Xers who were in college in the 90s, she was very well known. Anyone who listened to NPR in the 90s would have known her work, I think.

If you aren't familiar with her, read this brief autobiographical sketch she wrote for her website:

https://www.barbaraehrenreich.com/landing-page/barbara-ehrenreich-about/

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, I read Nickled and Dimed! Such a great book.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That was a good book. But her name is not a household name.

Probably depends on your age and education or media consumption. For Gen Xers who were in college in the 90s, she was very well known. Anyone who listened to NPR in the 90s would have known her work, I think.

Yes, this is exactly. I read Nickel and Dimed for a college class and it really opened my thinking.

[Anonymous]

Nickel and Dimed was great. I still think about it often. I did not read Maid. Do people think it was similar?

[Anonymous]

The bright side of DCUM -- people knowing who Barbara Ehrenreich is. Sad to hear she passed.