Sarah Smarsh
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social
Journalist, Heartland author, prairie defender, fifth-generation Kansas farm girl.
A thing about class: In solidarity it holds promise for the vast 99% across identities to see through selective use of "terrorist."
I think we'll find the label don't stick this time.
Oligarchy may be clever, but it don't have many tricks, and they're all very old.
This one has run out of tricks.
I think we'll find the label don't stick this time.
Oligarchy may be clever, but it don't have many tricks, and they're all very old.
This one has run out of tricks.
December 17, 2024 at 9:45 PM
A thing about class: In solidarity it holds promise for the vast 99% across identities to see through selective use of "terrorist."
I think we'll find the label don't stick this time.
Oligarchy may be clever, but it don't have many tricks, and they're all very old.
This one has run out of tricks.
I think we'll find the label don't stick this time.
Oligarchy may be clever, but it don't have many tricks, and they're all very old.
This one has run out of tricks.
Sounds like you have the most educated perspective of all (LIFE) -- thanks much!
December 16, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Sounds like you have the most educated perspective of all (LIFE) -- thanks much!
Reposted by Sarah Smarsh
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social This piece is included in her book "Bone of the Bone". 2/2
Opinion | Liberal Blind Spots Are Hiding the Truth About ‘Trump Country’ (Published 2018)
For one thing, it’s not Trump country. Most struggling whites I know here live a life of quiet desperation, mad at their white bosses, not resentful toward their co-workers or neighbors of color.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2024 at 11:27 PM
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social This piece is included in her book "Bone of the Bone". 2/2
Reposted by Sarah Smarsh
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social explains that is how you help poor people—give them money.
November 26, 2024 at 11:54 PM
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social explains that is how you help poor people—give them money.
Appreciate you Kim!
November 26, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Appreciate you Kim!
Reposted by Sarah Smarsh
As a product of white working class people in a "red" state, her work resonates with me.
Unsurprisingly, most news media seem to misunderstand the nuanced complexity of people considered the working poor, often implying that we would all feel comfortable at a Trump rally. 2/
Unsurprisingly, most news media seem to misunderstand the nuanced complexity of people considered the working poor, often implying that we would all feel comfortable at a Trump rally. 2/
November 24, 2024 at 6:48 PM
As a product of white working class people in a "red" state, her work resonates with me.
Unsurprisingly, most news media seem to misunderstand the nuanced complexity of people considered the working poor, often implying that we would all feel comfortable at a Trump rally. 2/
Unsurprisingly, most news media seem to misunderstand the nuanced complexity of people considered the working poor, often implying that we would all feel comfortable at a Trump rally. 2/