Barbara Ehrenreich Quote

We do not look into mirrors, for example, to see our true selves, but to see what others are seeing, and what passes for inner reflection is often an agonizing assessment of how others are judging us.

Barbara Ehrenreich

We do not look into mirrors, for example, to see our true selves, but to see what others are seeing, and what passes for inner reflection is often an agonizing assessment of how others are judging us.

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About Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich (, AIR-ən-rike; née Alexander; August 26, 1941 – September 1, 2022) was an American author and political activist. During the 1980s and early 1990s, she was a prominent figure in the Democratic Socialists of America. She was a widely read and award-winning columnist and essayist and the author of 21 books. Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 book Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, a memoir of her three-month experiment surviving on a series of minimum-wage jobs. She was a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and the Erasmus Prize.