Alissa Quart
Writer at Freelance
Executive Director at Economic Hardship Reporting Project
Exec Director of @econhardship. Author of books like Bootstrapped, Squeezed and Branded. Forget the Horatio Alger Story. Instead try mutual aid.
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3 weeks ago |
lithub.com | Alissa Quart
Last week, President Donald Trump went on a seemingly bizarre campaign against dolls. In his May 4 interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” he commented that “a beautiful baby girl” should have fewer toys. After all, he opined, she “can have three dolls or four dolls because what we were doing with China was just unbelievable.” JD Vance continued the doltish doll discourse.
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1 month ago |
bentoncountyenterprise.com | Alissa Quart
At the Crown Heights, New York, Whoopsie Daisy bar in Brooklyn, on a sunny fall afternoon, patrons drank natural wines while their children ran around the outdoor garden. Little dogs peeped out from under tables or the tops of backpacks. Modish twentysomethings took turns playing music on their cellphones. While the location was a bar, the snacks on offer were not nachos or day-old pretzels. Patrons feasted on exquisite vegan cardamon rose baklava and saffron ice-cream sandwiches.
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1 month ago |
wfmz.com | Alissa Quart
Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian profile an Iranian-influenced pastry startup founded by a culinary entrepreneur who wants to share her Iranian culture and the region's tastes and pleasures in the U.S. Originally published on economichardship.org, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.
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1 month ago |
stacker.com | Alissa Quart
Pixel-Shot // Shutterstock At the Crown Heights, New York, Whoopsie Daisy bar in Brooklyn, on a sunny fall afternoon, patrons drank natural wines while their children ran around the outdoor garden. Little dogs peeped out from under tables or the tops of backpacks. Modish twentysomethings took turns playing music on their cellphones. While the location was a bar, the snacks on offer were not nachos or day-old pretzels.
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1 month ago |
theweeklyjournal.com | Alissa Quart
Economic Hardship Reporting Project and The Guardian profile an Iranian-influenced pastry startup founded by a culinary entrepreneur who wants to share her Iranian culture and the region's tastes and pleasures in the U.S. Originally published on economichardship.org, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.
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I wrote for @lithub and @econhardship about the bizarre kitsch of Trump and Vance going about dolls. Social class kitsch and it has taken a real issue-- kid consumerism-- and turned it into sexist gibberish. #branded https://t.co/GodZ4K8r6v