When You Care: Chapter 1

Working against a care-ignorant, dependency-phobic culture

Care work has always been a big part of what I’m thinking and writing about. We’re taking the rest of 2025 to read the book When You Care by

Elissa Strauss

. If you, like Elissa and I, want to help build a world where care is not marginalized, grab the book and join us! -Amber.

Photo by Benjamin Manley on Unsplash

Glass doors convince us that the richness of the exper…