Baker, Maureen. “Devaluing Mothering at Home: Welfare Restructuring and
“Motherwork.”
Baines, Donna. “Seven Kinds of Work-Only One Paid: Raced, Gendered and
Restructured Work in Social Services.”
Miranda, Susana. “An Unlikely Collection of Union Militants: Portuguese Immigrant
Cleaning Women Become Political Subjects in Postwar Toronto.”
Mirrlees, Tanner. “The Alt-rights’ Discourse of ‘Cultural Marxism’: A Political
Instrument of Intersectional Hate.”
a. Choose 2 of the above articles to write about.
b. What are the key “takeaway” points? The “take away” point is the main lesson
and argument/thesis of an article. Explain why the author wrote this and what the
author wants the reader to think about.
c. What strategies did the author use to prove their points? (examples/stories,
statistics, theories, how did they frame their argument)
d. What are the “implications” of what you read? In other words, what might
happen if we did, thought, believed, or acted the way that the authors propose.
What would be the benefits and/or negative side effects? What policies, laws, or
institutions would need to be changed, created, or destroyed in order to carry out
the goal of the articles?
e. Recommended Length: 2-3 pages double spaced
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