I haven't seen much socially redeeming about religion. I'm an atheist. I don't here want to get into the Hitchens- or Dawkins-style attack on religion. I was raised on that. It's boring. Barbara Ehrenreich atheistattackbore Change image and share on social
Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about. Barbara Ehrenreich americacategorychronic Change image and share on social
Personally, I can't see why it would be any less romantic to find a husband in a nice four-color catalogue than in the average downtown bar at happy hour. Barbara Ehrenreich averagebarcatalogue Change image and share on social
We - we spend a lot of time, scholarly time, thinking about love and sex, but very little about the - the kind of joy that can take over a crowd of people or a group of people, in festivity, in ecstatic ritual of some kind, in celebration. Barbara Ehrenreich celebrationcrowdecstatic share on social
I first started asking big questions when I was 12, and by big questions, I mean, 'Why are we here? What is this business? We're alive for a few short decades and then poof, we're out of here.' Barbara Ehrenreich alivebigbusiness Change image and share on social
Our atheism family tradition is traced to a - I don't know if it was great-great or a great-great-great grandmother who was a poor Irish-American woman in the 1880s in western Montana. Barbara Ehrenreich 1880samericanatheism Change image and share on social
In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites. Barbara Ehrenreich blackclearcompare Change image and share on social
The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce. Barbara Ehrenreich divorcegreatjob Change image and share on social
I'm interested in what bonds people together. You know, what brings us together in good ways? And there's not a lot known about that. Barbara Ehrenreich bondbringgood Change image and share on social
I would never call myself a cancer survivor because I think it devalues those who do not survive. There's this whole mythology that people bravely battle their cancer and then they become survivors. Well, the ones who don't survive may be just as brave, you know, just as courageous, wonderful people. Barbara Ehrenreich battlebravebravely share on social