Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw

Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw

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Missives from the Verge with Allyson Shaw
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Requiem for an Etsy Shop

Requiem for an Etsy Shop

one poet’s surrender in the gig economy

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Allyson Shaw
Jan 18, 2024
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An antique photo of two women and a girl making cloth flower at a table in a small kitchen.
Image from the New York Public Library Digital Collections

At a feminist circle full of posh academics I was asked what I do. “I have a handmade business,” I said. I was proud of my wee Etsy shop, called Feral Strumpet. I earned me more peddling jewellery on the internet than at University lecture gigs in the USA. I had a better quality of life than whe…

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