A Modest Proposal for a Fair Trade Emotional Labor Economy (Centered by Disabled, Femme of Color, Working Class/Poor Genius)
From: Care Work
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The author discusses eight possible fair trades for her emotional labour.
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Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha is a queer disabled nonbinary femme writer and cultural worker of Burger/Tamil Sri Lankan and Irish/Roma ascent. Her books include the memoir Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home, shortlisted for Lambda Literary and Publishing Triangle Awards, and the poetry collections Body Map and Love Cake. A lead artist with the disability justice performance collective Sins Invalid, she teaches, performs, and lectures across North America. Raised in Worcester, MA, she divides her time between T'karonto and South Seattle.