Screams from the Pink Collar Ghetto: Other Social Media

Sunday, September 12, 2010

Other Social Media

I haven't been very prolific in writing this summer - probably a sign of my burnout. But I am doing a lot of reading and you can follow some of my thoughts in other ways too if you so desire.

On Tumblr
http://smartipants.tumblr.com/

On Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60783800@N00/

On Twitter
http://twitter.com/smartindc

and there is always facebook but we're probably already friends there if you have a facebook account!

1 comment:

Jessica6:51 AM
Hmmm, haven't started with flicker or tumblr, but I added you on twitter. I'm @gardenJess
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What is a Pink-Collar Ghetto?

Pink Collar Ghetto describes women stuck in certain jobs, mostly low-paying and usually because of their sex. “Pink Collar” denotes historically female jobs like maids, secretaries, waitresses, and nurses. "Ghetto" is where marginalized people are forced to live.

I chose this title for my blog from a book I started to write when I was 22 and working in South Carolina as a bartender (barmaid according to my mother) and a receptionist/ temp. As a feminist, I was worried that I would never break out of the pink-collar ghetto. I read Barbara Kingsolver's book "The Bean Trees" and it inspired me to leave SC and go back to school.

Now I am a feminist humanitarian working on gender-based violence in humanitarian settings. It's been a long way from that pink collar ghetto in South Carolina but I never forget my roots.