The
Student Life Lecture board is pleased to announce
Barbara Ehrenreich, noted author, journalist and
social commentator, will deliver a lecture entitled
"Nickel and Dimed: Down and Out in America,"
Thursday, March 20, 2003 at 12 pm in
the Varner
Recital Hall .
Ehrenreich is an award-winning political essayist,
columnist, and one of the nation's most insightful
social critics. Her scathing commentaries have
appeared in Time magazine, The Nation, Harper's,
Z Magazine and Mother Jones. She is a Guggenheim
Fellow and author of several books. "Nickel
and Dimed" is Ehrenreich's exploration of
how people live on the wages paid for unskilled
labor, and specifically how women forced into
the job market by welfare reform would be able
to survive on the $6-7 an-hour jobs generally
available to them.
Admission is free, but tickets are required.
Tickets are available at the Center for Student
Activities Ticket Window, Room 49, lower level
of the Oakland
Center
Audio Interviews with Barbara Ehrenreich:
- "Barbara
Ehrenreich talks about how the working poor
are getting by in America" (with Juan
Williams). National Public Radio, Talk of
the Nation May 16, 2001.
- "Barbara
Ehrenreich talks about her experiences in low-wage
jobs while gathering information for her book"
(with John Ydstie). National Public Radio,
Weekend Edition Saturday May 19, 2001.
- "Barbara
Erinreich talks about her bout with breast cancer
and the world's desensitizing of it"
(with Lisa Simeone). National Public Radio,
Weekend All Things Considered November 18, 2001.
Online full text articles* by Barbara Ehrenreich:
- Underpaid
and undercover: surviving on seven bucks an
hour. Bookpage Behind the Book.
- Nickeled
and Dimed in America. Now: Commentary
February 29, 2002.
- The
Truth Is Out There. The Progressive
v. 66 no12 (Dec. 2002) p. 12-13.
- Not
the War We Needed. The Progressive
v. 66 no10 (Oct. 2002) p. 12-13.
- Low-Fat
Capitalism. The Progressive v.
66 no9 (Sept. 2002) p. 12-13.
- The
Collapse of Credibility. The Progressive
v. 66 no8 (Aug. 2002) p. 12-13.
- Chamber
of welfare reform. The Progressive
v. 66 no5 (May 2002) p. 14-15.
- The
mystery of Misogyny. Utne Reader
no. 110 (Mar/Apr 2002): p. 26-29.
- Who's
Utopian now? (with Frances Piven). Nation
274, no. 4 (Feb 4, 2002): p. 23.
- Christian
wahhabists. Progressive 66, no.
1 (Jan 2002): p. 12-13.
- Welcome
to cancerland. Harper's Magazine
303, no. 1818 (Nov 2001): p. 43-53.
- What
are they probing for? Time 157,
no. 22 (Jun 4, 2001): p. 86.
- Without
a Safety Net Welfare (with Frances Piven).
Mother Jones 27, no. 3 (May/June 2002)
p 34-41.
Articles available in print in the OU Kresge
Library:
- "May 1984: Body politic - the growth
of the women's health movement." Ms
12, no. 2 (Spring 2002.
- "January 1981: Life on the global assembly
line." Ms
12, no. 2 (Spring 2002): p. 45-48.
- "Lighting Labor's Fire - While we wait
for labor law reform, here are a few things
unions can do". The
Nation. 275, no. 22, (2002): 11.
- "Warning: This is a rights-free workplace".
New
York Times Magazine (Mar 5, 2000): p. 6.88.
Transcripts of interviews with Barbara Ehrenreich:
- Francesca, Zoe. Society's
Failure, A Conversation with Barbara Ehrenreich.
On the Page Magazine no. 6 (Winter
2001-2002).
- Border
Talk featuring Barbara Ehrenreich. PBS
POV Borders.
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