Healing the Gendered Shame of Outsourcing

I’ve been thinking a lot lately: why is there so much secrecy and shame around paying people for tasks in the domestic sphere that we think of traditionally as women’s work? So, in this week's newsletter, we're unpacking some of the thorny issues of outsourcing of domestic and care work with Dr. Katie Garner, the Executive Director of the International Association of Maternal Action and Scholarship.For tomorrow’s members-only thread, I want to take this conversation in a lighter direction. What is your outsourcing fantasy? From the mundane to all-encompassing, what do you fantasize about having to never do again?Recommendations:New binge alert: Just started listening to This is Uncomfortable, from Marketplace. Every episode combines the great storytelling you get from say, a Criminal or This is Love, with the bold and revealing convos from Death, Sex, and Money. Add it to your player, stat!Reading: Crying in H Mart By Michelle Zauner. This engrossing memoir about a mother-daughter relationship is the kind of book you realize you are staying up too late because you can’t put it down.