Unveiling the Hidden Struggles and Radical Love Behind Carework: An Exclusive Interview with Jennifer Case
EW: One aspect of care is community, with the underlying notion that we are biologically wired for connection. You suggest that perhaps we could emerge from a current cultural bent toward individualism—in which we all have to buy our own power tools, tend our own gardens, raise our own children, care for our own ill and aging family members—into an era where we are not carrying the psychic and financial burdens of these pursuits alone, where we return to the village mentality that has prevailed in past eras which guards against isolation. Where do you see potential for community carework versus individual carework?
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