"[Sociologists] have constructed talk of failure as evidence of false consciousness, neoliberal subjectivity, or internalized individualism, and thus as an expression of how people are unaware of the social conditions that structure their lives."

"For sociologists, attending to how people talk about failure can reveal how they grapple with inconsistencies between what they have been promised and what they have experienced. Yet, sociologists have not done this important work."

From our article: "Talk of failure makes for a rich site in which people make sense of the institutional conditions and cultural ideals that structure their lives but which are not working for them and do not provide them with security."

This story reminds me of Alfred Molina's scene in Boogie Nights: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFWY...

I found the part where she points out how closely Bannon is "watching us" a really good reminder to watch back.