Resources

These are some of the movements, people and resources which have helped shape and inform this project. 

Women and the subversion of the community

The Wages for Housework movement and their conintued work as the Global Women’s Strike has been a huge inspiration.

"We must discover forms of struggle which immediately break the whole structure of domestic work, reject- ing it absolutely, rejecting our role as housewives and the home as the ghetto of our existence, since the problem is not only to stop doing this work, but to smash the entire role of housewife." -Mariarosa Della Costa & Selma James

BillING the Patriarchy FOR MY EMOTIONAL LABOR

Alizah Salario  dives into  quantifying emotional labor in this 2015 Billfold article. 

"No one asked me to anticipate when we’ll need more toilet paper and find out which store has the best deal on an economy pack, either. My emotional labor is automatic, a kind of compulsion no different than brushing my teeth or checking prices before I purchase. Emotional labor is so intrinsic to how I function, so entangled with with physical and intellectual labor that it seems petty to itemize it a la carte, like when restaurants charge for extra dressing. Still, I’m going to try and parse it, because I’m curious: How much is my emotional labor worth?"

AN Artist Residency in Motherhood

Artist Lenka Clayton has built a wonderful and thriving international community of artist-mothers. This project would not have come to light without her support and excellent mentorship program which I HIGHLY recommend if you are a mother and feel stuck in your creative practice.  

A self-directed, open-source artist residency to empower and inspire artists who are also mothers.