Conservative commentators have blamed feminism for injecting too much emotion, fragility, and “softness” into modern work. What critics frame as emotional excess is the predictable fallout of decades of overwork, unpaid caregiving, and the corporate reframing of liberation as individual hustle. This piece examines how the real crisis is structural, —and why a feminist vision of work, grounded in care and collective accountability, may be the only path toward a sustainable fut

While mega-corporations pour trillions into automation and AI even as they shed workers and suppress wages—the real backbone of the U.S. economy is shifting back to Main Street.