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Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes

Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America Picture Quote #1

Medical debts are the number one cause of bankruptcy in America Picture Quote #1

Someone has to stand up for wimps Picture Quote #1

There’s more pressure on women to be chirpy and perky Picture Quote #1

I’m not a nice person Picture Quote #1

Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia Picture Quote #1

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America is addicted to wars of distraction Picture Quote #1

Marriage is socialism among two people Picture Quote #1

There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage Picture Quote #1

At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame Picture Quote #1

No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all around hell raising remain the true duty of patriots Picture Quote #1

No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on Picture Quote #1

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Every time a bank swoops down to snatch up a home, it should be met with a crowd of jeering, obstructive neighbors. And although this may be point 4.5, how about organizing a mass refusal to pay back student loans? Picture Quote #1

Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money Picture Quote #1

We need a kind of feminism that aims not just to assimilate into the institutions that men have created over the centuries, but to infiltrate and subvert them Picture Quote #1

To live in poverty is to live with constant uncertainty, to accept galling indignities, and to expect harassment by the police, welfare officials and employers, as well as by others who are poor and desperate Picture Quote #1

Upscale young men seem to go for the kind of woman who plays with a full deck of credit cards Picture Quote #1

Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month’s rent. Mug a janitor and you will be lucky to get away with bus fare to flee the crime scene Picture Quote #1

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Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women’s liberation... none was more alarming, from a feminist point of view, than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men Picture Quote #1

Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it Picture Quote #1

Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent Picture Quote #1

The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks Picture Quote #1

Labor is like motherhood to most of our political leaders: a calling so fine and noble that it would be sullied by talk of vulgar, mundane things like pay Picture Quote #1

The fact is that heterosexual sex for most people is in no way free of the power relations between men and women Picture Quote #1

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It’s even occurred to me, as a teeny little subversive whisper of a thought, that if we stop mowing the lawn right now, it will probably be a long, long time before the yard gets overrun by lions and snakes Picture Quote #1

Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour Picture Quote #1

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Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Medical debts are the number one cause of bankruptcy in America (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Someone has to stand up for wimps (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) There’s more pressure on women to be chirpy and perky (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) I’m not a nice person (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) America is addicted to wars of distraction (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Marriage is socialism among two people (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) There is a vast difference between positive thinking and existential courage (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) At best the family teaches the finest things human beings can learn from one another generosity and love. But it is also, all too often, where we learn nasty things like hate, rage and shame (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all around hell raising remain the true duty of patriots (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) No one should be incarcerated for debt or squeezed for money they have no chance of getting their hands on (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Every time a bank swoops down to snatch up a home, it should be met with a crowd of jeering, obstructive neighbors. And although this may be point 4.5, how about organizing a mass refusal to pay back student loans? (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Poverty is not a character failing or a lack of motivation. Poverty is a shortage of money (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) We need a kind of feminism that aims not just to assimilate into the institutions that men have created over the centuries, but to infiltrate and subvert them (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) To live in poverty is to live with constant uncertainty, to accept galling indignities, and to expect harassment by the police, welfare officials and employers, as well as by others who are poor and desperate (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Upscale young men seem to go for the kind of woman who plays with a full deck of credit cards (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month’s rent. Mug a janitor and you will be lucky to get away with bus fare to flee the crime scene (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women’s liberation... none was more alarming, from a feminist point of view, than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Take motherhood: nobody ever thought of putting it on a moral pedestal until some brash feminists pointed out, about a century ago, that the pay is lousy and the career ladder nonexistent (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) The one regret I have about my own abortions is that they cost money that might otherwise have been spent on something more pleasurable, like taking the kids to movies and theme parks (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Labor is like motherhood to most of our political leaders: a calling so fine and noble that it would be sullied by talk of vulgar, mundane things like pay (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) The fact is that heterosexual sex for most people is in no way free of the power relations between men and women (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) It’s even occurred to me, as a teeny little subversive whisper of a thought, that if we stop mowing the lawn right now, it will probably be a long, long time before the yard gets overrun by lions and snakes (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes) Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour (Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes)