March 06, 2023

23: The Color of Care Tasks with Danita Platt

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42 minutes

I’m excited to have Danita Platt on the show today. I didn’t know anyone of color in the field of care tasks until I met her. Her content resonates with me and my views around care tasks, so I hope you’ll enjoy hearing more from Danita!

Show Highlights:

Who Danita is and how she became an expert on gentle care tasks

How our society over the last two generations has moralized care tasks and tied them to the worth of a woman

Why we need to rethink our views about care tasks and “being a good woman” that go back to the founding of the US, historically speaking

How the concept of “invisible labor” has carried over from colonial days even to today

How many white people were able to live the lives they did because of the cheap, exploitable labor of Black women

How the Great Migration happened to move many Black families to northern cities from the South

How the shift happened to push Black (and white) women to work industrial jobs while men were away during the war

How the push is recurring for 1950s homemaking to be viewed as the superior role for women

What we DON’T talk about in the fulfilling life of a homemaker

How Danita chooses to honor the Black women who had to wash clothes, clean house, and cook meals under duress–with no freedom or choice of their own

What Danita would say to women who want to live more joyfully in their homes and experience more freedom and quality of life

Resources:

Connect with Danita: TikTok and Instagram

Mentioned in this episode: Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism

Connect with KC: TikTok, Instagram, and Website

Get KC’s book, How to Keep House While Drowning

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March 06, 2023

23: The Color of Care Tasks with Danita Platt

Listen Later

42 minutes

I’m excited to have Danita Platt on the show today. I didn’t know anyone of color in the field of care tasks until I met her. Her content resonates with me and my views around care tasks, so I hope you’ll enjoy hearing more from Danita!

Show Highlights:

Who Danita is and how she became an expert on gentle care tasks

How our society over the last two generations has moralized care tasks and tied them to the worth of a woman

Why we need to rethink our views about care tasks and “being a good woman” that go back to the founding of the US, historically speaking

How the concept of “invisible labor” has carried over from colonial days even to today

How many white people were able to live the lives they did because of the cheap, exploitable labor of Black women

How the Great Migration happened to move many Black families to northern cities from the South

How the shift happened to push Black (and white) women to work industrial jobs while men were away during the war

How the push is recurring for 1950s homemaking to be viewed as the superior role for women

What we DON’T talk about in the fulfilling life of a homemaker

How Danita chooses to honor the Black women who had to wash clothes, clean house, and cook meals under duress–with no freedom or choice of their own

What Danita would say to women who want to live more joyfully in their homes and experience more freedom and quality of life

Resources:

Connect with Danita: TikTok and Instagram

Mentioned in this episode: Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism

Connect with KC: TikTok, Instagram, and Website

Get KC’s book, How to Keep House While Drowning

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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