Notes by Nora Vellick
The Record
Notes, interviews and observations on money, desire and the work nobody sees.
2019
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The Millionaire Problem
Why some women feel less provided for by a wealthy partner than by a man with a fraction of his income. Having money and providing are different things.
Money & Provision -
Expensive Isn't Generous
Spending money on someone and providing for them are different acts. On what women actually track when they judge a man's financial behaviour.
Attention -
The Second Shift Isn't What It Was
Arlie Hochschild named the second shift in 1989. Thirty years later the numbers have moved, but not the way the headlines suggest.
Household Labor -
The List That Never Gets Written Down
Every household runs on a list that lives in one person's head. On the anticipating, deciding and monitoring nobody counts as work.
Cognitive Labor -
He Helps If I Ask
The sentence women say about their partners that sounds like a compliment and isn't. On the difference between helping and holding the knowledge.
Cognitive Labor