Financial Feminist Stop Doing It All: Building Equity in Relationships with Eve Rodsky (Best Of)
Sep 11, 2025
Eve Rodsky, author of 'Fair Play' and 'Find Your Unicorn Space,' shares insights on building equitable relationships. She highlights the hidden burdens of invisible labor and offers practical strategies to navigate domestic responsibilities. The discussion covers the Fair Play system for accountability, fostering communication between partners, and redefining roles at home. Eve emphasizes patience and the journey of supporting each other's growth while embracing imperfection, ultimately leading to healthier partnerships.
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Invisible Labor Damages Careers
- Eve Rodsky realized her career stall and household erasure came from unstructured assumptions, not planning.
- She links invisible domestic labor to real financial losses and identity erosion for women.
Use Boundaries, Systems, Communication
- Do practice the Fair Play formula: boundaries, systems, and communication before or after having children.
- Use those three practices to invite partners into full responsibility at home and protect your time and career.
Make Invisible Work Visible
- Eve created a 98-tab spreadsheet cataloguing ~2,000 household tasks to make invisible work visible.
- Visibility gave her community and clarity, but the list alone didn't change household dynamics.
