The Latte Factor, Poor Shaming, and Economic Compassion
There’s a piece of conventional financial wisdom that goes like this: if you’re looking to save money or pay off debt, start by skipping small luxuries like lattes and instead put that money toward...
View ArticleYou Need to Ask for a Fucking Raise
A new whiskey distillery opened near my office. And because we work for a publishing house and some stereotypes exist for a reason, my coworkers and I went for happy hour the day it opened. Which is...
View ArticleThe Subjectivity of Wealth, Or: Don’t Tell Me What’s Expensive
Wealth is entirely subjective. Depending on where you’re sitting on the great Staircase of Financial Solvency, your perspective of who’s wealthy and what’s expensive is going to vary wildly. Because of...
View ArticleEcon Nerd Book Review: Hand to Mouth by Linda Tirado
“Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” originally meant “impossible.” Think of it: you can’t defy gravity just by pulling up on your shoes. It can’t be done. And yet this phrase has become both a...
View Article1 Easy Way All Allies Can Help Close the Gender and Racial Pay Gap
If you’re a rad intersectional ally who wants to make life fairer for everyone, there’s one incredibly easy thing you can do—right now—to close the gender and racial wage gap. It has to do with pay...
View ArticleThe Subjectivity of Wealth, Or: Don’t Tell Me What’s Expensive
Wealth is largely subjective. Depending on where you’re sitting on the great Staircase of Financial Solvency, your perspective of who’s wealthy and what’s expensive is going to vary wildly. Because of...
View ArticleBitchtastic Book Review: Hand to Mouth by Linda Tirado
“Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” originally meant “impossible.” Think of it: you can’t defy gravity just by pulling up on your shoes. It can’t be done. And yet this phrase has become both a...
View Article1 Easy Way All Allies Can Help Close the Gender and Racial Pay Gap
If you’re a rad intersectional ally who wants to make life fairer for everyone, there’s one incredibly easy thing you can do—right now—to close the gender and racial wage gap. It has to do with pay...
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