Articles by: Miya Tokumitsu
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Miya Tokumitsu is a contributing editor at Jacobin and the author of Do What You Love: And Other Lies About Success and Happiness.
The World’s Toughest Job
“The perfect mother” is a cudgel to cut down the flesh-and-blood variety.
Time After Capitalism
A hundred years ago, the United States adopted daylight savings time in order to extract more profit from labor. How would we organize time differently if we were free from the demands of capitalism?
The Fight for Free Time
The demand for fewer working hours is about liberation — both individual and collective.
It’s Not Just Uber
The dysfunction and harassment Susan Fowler experienced doesn’t just happen at Uber. It pervades our working lives.
In Defense of the Lecture
As universities replace the lecture with active learning pedagogy, we should remember the benefits of collective listening.
Democrats Abroad
Why Bernie Sanders's message resonates with Americans overseas.
Forced to Love the Grind
Passion is the new workplace requirement — and one that should be resisted.
Why We Should Listen to Frank Lloyd Wright
Properly harnessed, industrial production can reduce exploitation and increase leisure time.
In the Name of Love
“Do what you love” is the mantra for today’s worker. Why should we assert our class interests if, according to DWYL elites like Steve Jobs, there’s no such thing as work?