Wages for Housework
Full Tuition: $200 — Scholarship Options in Drop-Down Menu
[Please note that for the Anti-Capitalism Summer School courses, we can only offer ONE full-scholarship per person who needs one. If you would like to take more than one course at the full scholarship level, please sign up for only one, and email us to be added to the scholarship waitlist for other courses: nightschoolbar@gmail.com]
Instructor: Andrews | 3 Meetings | Sunday July 2, Thursday July 6, Sunday July 9 | 6:30-8:30 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. You do not need to have taken Anti-Capitalist Studies 101 to take this class.
Classes are recorded to allow for students to participate asynchronously. If you want to take a class but cannot make the class time, sign up for the asynchronous audit option to follow along on your own. Recordings are password protected and will only be available for the duration of the class and two weeks after it ends.
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All tuition goes to paying instructors and staff a living wage. We encourage you to pick the payment tier that corresponds with your needs, but ask that you please consider our commitment to fair labor practices when doing so. We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class, and one full scholarship per person per term. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out or you would like to pay tuition on an installment basis, please email us directly, and we will work with you.
If at any point up to 48 hours before your first class session you realize you will be unable to take the class, please email us and we will reallocate your funds to a future class, to another student’s scholarship, or refund it. After classes begin, we are only able to make partial refunds and adjustments.
Full Tuition: $200 — Scholarship Options in Drop-Down Menu
[Please note that for the Anti-Capitalism Summer School courses, we can only offer ONE full-scholarship per person who needs one. If you would like to take more than one course at the full scholarship level, please sign up for only one, and email us to be added to the scholarship waitlist for other courses: nightschoolbar@gmail.com]
Instructor: Andrews | 3 Meetings | Sunday July 2, Thursday July 6, Sunday July 9 | 6:30-8:30 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. You do not need to have taken Anti-Capitalist Studies 101 to take this class.
Classes are recorded to allow for students to participate asynchronously. If you want to take a class but cannot make the class time, sign up for the asynchronous audit option to follow along on your own. Recordings are password protected and will only be available for the duration of the class and two weeks after it ends.
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All tuition goes to paying instructors and staff a living wage. We encourage you to pick the payment tier that corresponds with your needs, but ask that you please consider our commitment to fair labor practices when doing so. We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class, and one full scholarship per person per term. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out or you would like to pay tuition on an installment basis, please email us directly, and we will work with you.
If at any point up to 48 hours before your first class session you realize you will be unable to take the class, please email us and we will reallocate your funds to a future class, to another student’s scholarship, or refund it. After classes begin, we are only able to make partial refunds and adjustments.
Full Tuition: $200 — Scholarship Options in Drop-Down Menu
[Please note that for the Anti-Capitalism Summer School courses, we can only offer ONE full-scholarship per person who needs one. If you would like to take more than one course at the full scholarship level, please sign up for only one, and email us to be added to the scholarship waitlist for other courses: nightschoolbar@gmail.com]
Instructor: Andrews | 3 Meetings | Sunday July 2, Thursday July 6, Sunday July 9 | 6:30-8:30 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. You do not need to have taken Anti-Capitalist Studies 101 to take this class.
Classes are recorded to allow for students to participate asynchronously. If you want to take a class but cannot make the class time, sign up for the asynchronous audit option to follow along on your own. Recordings are password protected and will only be available for the duration of the class and two weeks after it ends.
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All tuition goes to paying instructors and staff a living wage. We encourage you to pick the payment tier that corresponds with your needs, but ask that you please consider our commitment to fair labor practices when doing so. We are currently able to offer three full scholarships per class, and one full scholarship per person per term. If the scholarship tier you need is sold out or you would like to pay tuition on an installment basis, please email us directly, and we will work with you.
If at any point up to 48 hours before your first class session you realize you will be unable to take the class, please email us and we will reallocate your funds to a future class, to another student’s scholarship, or refund it. After classes begin, we are only able to make partial refunds and adjustments.