The Waves: Why Women Are in Charge of Leftovers
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Are Leftovers a Divestment?
i was curious about the bigger picture of, like, if there' been any larger academic work on the question of left overs. One sociologist that i was reading about toveris the only person I could find who wrote specifically about leftovers. Iv, described it as a divestment practice, which is sort of like a super academic way to describe what ends up happening. But i found actually a little bit useful in trying to think not just about how leftover is work in my house, but also how, like, giving away, like, my child's grown out of clothes,. Like making sure that they hand me downs, like, land in the hands of someone who actually wear them
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