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Class Conscious

name in progress…. Social and economic class, and all the weird places it shows up (ex. the long list of people who get to enter an airplane first)

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Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

May 23, 2019

“Why do poor Americans eat so unhealthfully? Because junk food is the only indulgence they can afford”

“For parents raising their kids in poverty, having to say “no” was a part of daily life. Their financial circumstances forced them to deny their children’s…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Mar 2, 2019

“‘Those People’ Eat Quinoa, Too”

“I visited the food shelf a total of 5 times in about 11 months. I only told one friend. I told my kids, and when I did, I expected them to laugh, or get angry, or embarrassed. They didn’t do any of those things. They helped me put the groceries away, and they did so…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

May 27, 2018

“Against Little Free Libraries”

“He adds, “But then what happens in the community is they say, ‘Hey, you know what? Where they really need those libraries is down at the laundromat, or down at the trailer park, or in this high-needs neighborhood.’ And so the community starts spreading them.”

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Apr 21, 2018

“Research: How Subtle Class Cues Can Backfire on Your Resume”

“Even though all educational and work-related histories were the same, employers overwhelmingly favored the higher-class man. He had a callback rate more than four times of other applicants and received more invitations to…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Dec 15, 2017

“What we’re missing when we buy into the ‘millennial’ myth”

“Meanwhile, poverty reporting is usually divorced from the generational conversation. Many of the exploited nail salon workers in Sarah Maslin Nir’s viral expose are technically “millennials.” So is Dasani’s mother, prominently…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Dec 13, 2017

“The Wealthy in Florence Today Are the Same Families as 600 Years Ago”

“Because Italian surnames are highly regional and distinctive, they could compare the income of families with a certain surname today, to those with the same surname in 1427. They found that the occupations…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Feb 27, 2017

“Toile Chic: A history of capital using labor for decoration”

“It’s strange but telling that affluent people continue to decorate their homes with images of happy poor people. Toile seems to hang in stately living rooms as a reminder that everything is okay, showing wealthy people how…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Dec 26, 2016

“Once more, with feeling: Santa’s magic, children’s wisdom, and inequality”

“All harmless fun and existential comfort-food. But we have two problems that the Santa situation may exacerbate. First is science denial. And second is inequality. So, consider this an attempted…

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Oct 14, 2016

“How Half Of America Lost Its F**king Mind”

“Blue islands in an ocean of red. The cities are less than 4 percent of the land mass, but 62 percent of the population and easily 99 percent of the popular culture. Our movies, shows, songs, and news all radiate out from those blue islands.

Jess Brooks in Class Conscious

Oct 8, 2016

“The key difference between what poor people and everyone else eat”

“In terms of energy and nutrient intake, food stamp users appear to be doing all right. They neither consume too few or too many calories. In fact, their intake is roughly on par with both poorer and wealthier…