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Anxieties about food and parenting transcend class

Jun 28, 2024
Sociologist Priya Fielding-Singh cooked and ate with families to write “How the Other Half Eats”
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“Temporary” author Hilary Leichter on losing yourself to gigs

Jun 13, 2024
“You can never bring your true full self to a job because a job is not the world. It's this strange microcosm of the world.”
Images courtesy Coffee House Press and Sylvie Rosokoff

Author Sameer Pandya on how race and class shape our stories

The “Members Only” novelist goes deep on the history and themes behind “A Passage to India" in this week's newsletter.
Courtesy: Sameer Pandya

Paco de Leon wants you to embrace the little wins

May 17, 2024
In this week's Uncomfortable Book Club, the “Finance for the People” author shares some practical tips for taking control of your finances.
Paco de Leon and her book, "Finance for the People"
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This is a season of transformation

Apr 19, 2024
Reema recaps our latest season and reveals Team Uncomfortable's summer plans in the latest newsletter.
"This Is Uncomfortable" host Reema Khrais
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This is what your clothes cost the people who make them

Plus: “Gentefied” co-creator Marvin Lemus defends his splurge in this week's newsletter. Don't forget to file your taxes BTW!
Garment workers rally outside Los Angeles City Hall last year.
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