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It’s funny you never see eloquent, well written articles about dishwashers who live in sweaty kitchens of dive Chinese restaurants, existing on the edge of soci
by matt-attack 3y ago
It’s funny you never see eloquent, well written articles about dishwashers who live in sweaty kitchens of dive Chinese restaurants, existing on the edge of society, jammed into studio apartments in the worst parts of town, just eking by.
You never read accounts of backbreaking laborers who dig ditches day in day out, or service sewer systems, covered in refuse. They sacrifice their bodies for their paycheck, and too live on the edge of society. We’re taught that laborers sacrificing their bodies in this manner is just par for the course.
The massage worker’s account almost seems white collar in comparison.
- pell 3y agoIn the world of literature you will find much of what you're describing. Just to name a few: "Hard Times" by Dickens, "The Grapes of Wrath" by Steinbeck, "Germinal" by Émile Zola. "Christ in Concrete" by Donato is another one. If you want non-fiction, I can recommend "Nickel and Dimed" by Ehrenreich or "Working" by Terkel.
- ianai 3y agoAnd then there’s Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash, uhh a huge amount of blues, etc.