There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you know, why not just come out and say it? Barbara Ehrenreich chiefcommonenglish Change image and share on social
Whenever people can access deities directly without the intervention of a religious hierarchy, they don't need to have hierarchy so much. Barbara Ehrenreich accessdeitydirectly 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'm not questioning the monotheistic god. I think there's absolutely no evidence for the existence of such a god. When I say that, I mean I'm - part of that is that the idea that God could be all-powerful and also benevolent is on its face contradictory. Barbara Ehrenreich absolutelybenevolentcontradictory 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
Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation... none was more alarming, from a feminist point of view, than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men. Barbara Ehrenreich alarmeventuallyfeminist Change image and share on social
The religions that fascinate me and, you know, could possibly tempt me are not the ones that involve faith or belief. They're the ones that offer you the opportunity to know the spirit or deity. Barbara Ehrenreich beliefdeityfaith Change image and share on social
Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker and you might score a wallet containing a month's rent. Mug a janitor and you will be lucky to get away with bus fare to flee the crime scene. Barbara Ehrenreich bankerbuscrime share on social
I have a Ph.D. in cell biology. And that's really manual labor. I mean, experimental science, you do it with your hands. So it's very different. You're out there in a lab, cleaning test tubes, and it just wasn't that fascinating. Barbara Ehrenreich biologycellclean 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
