Why Millennials Love Homemaking

Overthink

Ellie Anderson, Ph.D. and David Peña-Guzmán, Ph.D.

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

4.7 • 550 Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In episode 6 of Overthink, Ellie and David look at millennials' obsession with homemaking through the lens of Epicurus and Mariana Ortega. The duo talk about the Danish word “hygge,” alloparenting plants, IKEA, how 10-step skincare regimens are definitely the reason why millennials don’t own homes, and so much more!

Interested in the works discussed? You can find them here!
Michel de Certeau, The Practice of Everyday Life
Mariana Ortega, In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self
Malcolm Harris, Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials
Epicurus, The Art of Happiness

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Ellie Anderson.
0:09.2	And I'm David Peña Guzman.
0:11.0	Welcome to Overthink.
0:12.6	The podcast, we're two friends who are also professors,
0:16.3	put philosophy and dialogue with the everyday.
0:18.8	Because big ideas are within everyone's reach.
0:24.6	So you and I have known each other for a long time.
0:27.6	We met in our 20s, now we're in our 30s, it's been a decade, and I guess we're adults now.
0:33.6	Thank God!
0:34.6	And I want to know what has really made you feel like an adult. Oh my God. This
0:42.3	happened to me this summer. So I was on a one year contract every year for the four years after I got my
0:46.8	PhD. And then finally this year, I got my dream job, tenure track position at Pomona College. And the first thing I did was to nail
0:57.6	my IKEA bookshelves into the wall. Nailed it. Yep, exactly. So I had these IKEA bookshelves,
1:07.3	and I have been living in my apartment for a few years here in Los Angeles, but I always thought
1:14.7	that I might be moving in a matter of months depending on where my job took me. And so once I secured
1:19.2	this permanent position, I just- Get out the nails. Give me the hammer. Yeah, I mean,
1:26.3	actually what happened is that I drove to my dad's house and borrowed his power
1:29.8	tools because I don't have my own.
1:31.7	I love that you're like, oh, you know, when I was an adult, when I had to ask my dad for
1:35.2	a hammer and a nail.
1:38.0	How classic millennial.
1:39.8	And it involves IKEA naturally.
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