Best of 2023: Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care / M.E. O'Brien

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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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The Best of 2023 continues! M.E. O’Brien joins us in Hell to discuss her new book "Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care" published by Pluto Press. Check out M.E.'s book here: https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745343846/family-abolition/ Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access weekly bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thisishell

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0:00.0	escaping nothing. Picket down power.
0:13.0	Picket down! This. This is hell.
0:34.0	is hell.
0:39.0	It's the holiday season which can be rather hellish as likely many of you are experiencing right now.
0:47.4	But I wanted to share something that past contributor and guest on the show, Jim Norecas,
0:52.2	at Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. and guest on the show Jim Norecas at fairness and accuracy and reporting
0:54.0	recently posted actually just posted on social media he writes that in the French
0:59.8	version of the 12 days of Christmas.
1:03.2	Chris, you're gonna like this.
1:04.7	The gifts include eight biting cows.
1:08.6	In Sweden, you get six flayed sheep. The Faroe Islands version goes up to 15 days and on the 14th day there are 14 rounds of cheese.
1:20.0	In Scotland there are 13 days and the gifts mostly come in threes, though there are a few
1:28.1	Singletons, including an Arabian baboon.
1:34.0	It sounds like us English speakers got the short end of the stick on the 12 days of Christmas.
1:39.0	Yes, the holiday season is upon us.
1:42.0	And while we hope to see each and every one of you
1:44.6	tonight during our final this is hell office hours of 2023 the this is hell
1:49.5	holiday office party that is every one of you up to the fire marshals limit of course. Some of
1:54.6	you may be seeing family that you are not looking forward to seeing during this
1:58.5	holiday season. You know the people in your family who may ask you questions like,
2:04.2	why do you hate America or Israel or Hamas?
2:08.2	Whose side are you on?
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