Intro

For justice-minded people, navigating the world of work in the 21st-century economy can feel... impossible. A real no-win scenario. There's a constant tension between what's good for the communities we inhabit and what's good (and necessary) for us as individuals. But it's in this tension that we find a "margin of maneuverability"—a source of hope, possibility, and creativity.

That's the theme of a new book called The Myth of Making It by Samhita Mukhopadhyay, a feminist writer and editor, and the former executive editor of Teen Vogue. I sat down with Samhita to talk about the book and explore our margins of maneuverability.

Footnotes:

• Grab your copy of The Myth of Making It by Samhita Mukhopadhyay
• Find out more about Samhita
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and more on the Kobayashi Maru in Star Trek lore
• The Politics of Affect by Brian Massumi
• "At 20, Teen Vogue knows its readers contain multitudes" by Annie Aguiar for Poynter

Related episodes:

• 466: Making Room for Others with Leonie Smith
• 455: The Case for Uncertainty (and How to Navigate It)
• 457: How to Define Hard-to-Define Work Stress
• 450: The Will to Share Power with Tania Luna

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