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Fed Up : Navigating and redefining emotional labour for good - Gemma Hartley

Fed Up

Navigating and redefining emotional labour for good

By: Gemma Hartley

Paperback | 9 July 2020 | Edition Number 1

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A ground-breaking exploration of feminism's most buzzy topic.

Gemma Hartley wrote an article in Harper's Bazaar in September 2017 called 'Women Aren't Nags - We're Just Fed Up', which instantly went viral. The piece, and this book, is about 'emotional labour', i.e. the unpaid, often unnoticed work, done by women, that goes into keeping everyone comfortable and happy.

Fed Up tackles the hard-hitting issues surrounding emotional labour: the historical underpinnings and roots in feminism, the benefits and burdens of this kind of effort, and the specific contexts where emotional labour, otherwise known as the 'mental load', plays a major but undervalued role, including relationships, work, sex, parenting, politics and self-care.

Dubbed as the next feminist frontier, emotional labour couldn't be more relevant to these times we're living in. Fed Up is a must-read for those who want to harness the power of emotional labour and create a more connected, equal world.

About the Author

Gemma Hartley is a freelance journalist who received her BA in English Writing from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her work has been published in Glamour, The Washington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Women's Health, and The Huffington Post among many others. She lives in Reno, Nevada with her husband and three children.

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