Barbara's Blog?

I was first introduced to Barbara Ehrenreich in 1999, or so, in Sociology 101. Her work, that is, not her living breathing person. She's pretty fundamental to the discipline. You have to read your Marx, Weber, Comte, and Durkheim of course, but I do believe I read Ehrenreich's "For Her Own Good" before any of the founding fathers' essays. I find her compelling. I feel a little guarded when I read her work though, as if I might be getting duped or pulled into an unbalanced tirade. (Gasp! We wouldn't want anything too controversial now!) But what she says pretty much always resonates with me and her intelligence is a quiet one that sparkles in simple direct writing without the unnecessary accoutrement of overly complex sentences and concepts. Her sarcasm is good too. (Maureen Dowd takes the prize, however, for the most toxically enjoyable sarcasm). Anyway, the point of my entry today was to say that I've just bookmarked Barbara Ehrenreich's blog, 'Barbara's Blog', and I'm not sure if that pegs me as a socialist/feminist/working-poor-apologist, but then, who the heck cares if I'm pegged or not. Everyone's got everyone pegged for something anyway. genuine genie is all about coaxing the truth out. separating the real from the fake. the real deal. the gen-u-ine article. the bona-fide, honest-to-god truth. or at least the authentic.