Radical Homemakers

By Shannon Hayes,

Book cover of Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity from a Consumer Culture

Book description

Mother Nature has shown her hand. Faced with climate change, dwindling resources, and species extinctions, most Americans understand the fundamental steps necessary to solve our global crises-drive less, consume less, increase self-reliance, buy locally, eat locally, rebuild our local communities.

In essence, the great work we face requires rekindling the…

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1 author picked Radical Homemakers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

My love of this book started out with its quirky cover photo. It’s slightly misleading because the book isn’t about women’s place in the home; it’s about how we all have lost our sense of purpose, meaning, and self—and our human creativity—by living in a consumerist society that trades autonomy for endless want.

The first half is my favorite. Hayes delves into the shared-by-the-sexes history of homemaking in Medieval Europe and then unpacks the path to relentless productivity in the post-industrial age. I wish I had known about this book when my first daughter was born. I would have felt…

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