Livia Gershon
Reporter, Freelance
Livia Gershon is a freelance reporter who writes about the intersection of economics, politics and everyday life. Her work has appeared in Pacific Standard, The Guardian and The Boston Globe, among others. She lives in New Hampshire.
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Human rights and justice
Bring back Women’s Lib
Modern feminism seeks equality with men. But in a dysfunctional society, that is nowhere near enough
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Demography and migration
A libertarian utopia
Libertarians are united by opposition to government, but when it comes to planning a new society they are deeply divided
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Work
The future is emotional
Human jobs in the future will be the ones that require emotional labour: currently undervalued and underpaid but invaluable
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Work
Part-time work is humane and should be respected and encouraged
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The future is emotional
Livia GershonHey everyone. I’m really appreciating the great conversation about my essay here. I love how Damien Quinn, paleologue O, and some other folks have honed in on the question of “value”–taking care of poor kids and older people is never going to be highly profitable, which means the market system can’t pay for a lot of caring and education jobs in a sensible way. Also really appreciate mary scriver’s points about what counts as “real” emotional work and how caregiving by less credentialed (and also nonwhite) people is seen as mommy work. I wish I had a better answer to Shawn B’s question of what, exactly, is an emotional skill. I think restraint and empathy are both part of it. I also take K...