Wages for Housework [Online]
Full Tuition: $200 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select.
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | 3 Weeks | Tuesdays July 16-30 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM ET | ONLINE
Why are certain types of work unwaged or underpaid? And why is so much of that labor historically women’s work? “Wages for Housework” was the demand and rallying cry of a world-wide coalition of Marxist feminists in the 1970s. They pointed out that a large portion of unpaid (or underpaid) labor was done by women in the home, and even worse, that it wasn’t recognized as labor at all. A classical understanding of capitalism divided labor into “productive”–which included factory and work-place labor–and “unproductive”–e.g. household chores, care, education. Unsurprisingly, work that was called “unproductive” aligned with the gendered division of labor. Wages for Housework was intended to both call attention to the invisibility of feminized labor, and also to imagine a solution. The movement has been called to account for a number of assumptions embedded in it; for example, critics have noted that the idea of the unpaid “housewife” is a raced category, or pointed to the lack of focus on domestic labor already performed for wages. However, it has also served as the basis for one of the most important theoretical interventions in capitalist critique in the last century: Social Reproduction Theory. Over the course of three sessions, we’ll examine some of the original texts produced by the movement as well as early critiques, and look at its ongoing legacy into our current moment.
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Recordings may be provided upon request for missed classes.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage, and your tuition goes toward supporting this practice. Please pick the payment tier that corresponds to your needs, and consider our commitment to fair labor practices when doing so. We will never request or require proof of need, and do not use an income-based sliding scale; we trust you to decide what payment tier is right for you. If you would like additional support deciding or would like to learn more about the practice of using a sliding scale, we recommend this resource from Embracing Equity.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month.Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
Asynchronous Auditing: Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous audit option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. You must choose the audit option to receive all course recordings; please do not register using a scholarship if you do not plan to attend the majority of class sessions as you will not receive the recording materials to follow along. We do not automatically offer scholarships for auditors, but if you need one, you may request one by filling out this form.
Full Tuition: $200 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select.
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | 3 Weeks | Tuesdays July 16-30 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM ET | ONLINE
Why are certain types of work unwaged or underpaid? And why is so much of that labor historically women’s work? “Wages for Housework” was the demand and rallying cry of a world-wide coalition of Marxist feminists in the 1970s. They pointed out that a large portion of unpaid (or underpaid) labor was done by women in the home, and even worse, that it wasn’t recognized as labor at all. A classical understanding of capitalism divided labor into “productive”–which included factory and work-place labor–and “unproductive”–e.g. household chores, care, education. Unsurprisingly, work that was called “unproductive” aligned with the gendered division of labor. Wages for Housework was intended to both call attention to the invisibility of feminized labor, and also to imagine a solution. The movement has been called to account for a number of assumptions embedded in it; for example, critics have noted that the idea of the unpaid “housewife” is a raced category, or pointed to the lack of focus on domestic labor already performed for wages. However, it has also served as the basis for one of the most important theoretical interventions in capitalist critique in the last century: Social Reproduction Theory. Over the course of three sessions, we’ll examine some of the original texts produced by the movement as well as early critiques, and look at its ongoing legacy into our current moment.
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Recordings may be provided upon request for missed classes.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage, and your tuition goes toward supporting this practice. Please pick the payment tier that corresponds to your needs, and consider our commitment to fair labor practices when doing so. We will never request or require proof of need, and do not use an income-based sliding scale; we trust you to decide what payment tier is right for you. If you would like additional support deciding or would like to learn more about the practice of using a sliding scale, we recommend this resource from Embracing Equity.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month.Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
Asynchronous Auditing: Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous audit option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. You must choose the audit option to receive all course recordings; please do not register using a scholarship if you do not plan to attend the majority of class sessions as you will not receive the recording materials to follow along. We do not automatically offer scholarships for auditors, but if you need one, you may request one by filling out this form.
Full Tuition: $200 — Scholarship options are available in the drop-down enrollment menu for you to self-select.
Instructor: Lindsey Andrews | 3 Weeks | Tuesdays July 16-30 | 6:00 - 8:00 PM ET | ONLINE
Why are certain types of work unwaged or underpaid? And why is so much of that labor historically women’s work? “Wages for Housework” was the demand and rallying cry of a world-wide coalition of Marxist feminists in the 1970s. They pointed out that a large portion of unpaid (or underpaid) labor was done by women in the home, and even worse, that it wasn’t recognized as labor at all. A classical understanding of capitalism divided labor into “productive”–which included factory and work-place labor–and “unproductive”–e.g. household chores, care, education. Unsurprisingly, work that was called “unproductive” aligned with the gendered division of labor. Wages for Housework was intended to both call attention to the invisibility of feminized labor, and also to imagine a solution. The movement has been called to account for a number of assumptions embedded in it; for example, critics have noted that the idea of the unpaid “housewife” is a raced category, or pointed to the lack of focus on domestic labor already performed for wages. However, it has also served as the basis for one of the most important theoretical interventions in capitalist critique in the last century: Social Reproduction Theory. Over the course of three sessions, we’ll examine some of the original texts produced by the movement as well as early critiques, and look at its ongoing legacy into our current moment.
—
Recordings may be provided upon request for missed classes.
Sliding Scale: Night School Bar pays instructors and staff a living wage, and your tuition goes toward supporting this practice. Please pick the payment tier that corresponds to your needs, and consider our commitment to fair labor practices when doing so. We will never request or require proof of need, and do not use an income-based sliding scale; we trust you to decide what payment tier is right for you. If you would like additional support deciding or would like to learn more about the practice of using a sliding scale, we recommend this resource from Embracing Equity.
Scholarships: We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class. Our full scholarship tier is a nonrefundable offering, limited to one per student per month.Because our scholarship funding is limited, selecting multiple full scholarships in a single month will result in disenrollment from all classes. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out please email us directly, and we will add you to a waitlist and notify you if additional scholarships become available. Please see our FAQ for more information, including installment plans and refund policy.
Asynchronous Auditing: Classes are discussion-based and designed to be taken synchronously. However, we do offer an asynchronous audit option for most online classes if you need to follow along at your own pace. You must choose the audit option to receive all course recordings; please do not register using a scholarship if you do not plan to attend the majority of class sessions as you will not receive the recording materials to follow along. We do not automatically offer scholarships for auditors, but if you need one, you may request one by filling out this form.