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Comrade, Your Healing Journey Will Have to Wait: The State Has Other Plans For You

You spent three years building a personal brand around 'trauma-informed somatic breathwork facilitation.' The revolution finally arrived. Unfortunately, the revolution has a beet harvest that isn't going to bring itself in, and your hands look perfectly functional. Welcome to your new life.

The Algorithm Has Spoken: Comrade Brixton Is Reporting to the Smelter at 0600

Twenty-six-year-old wellness coach Brixton Holloway sat down to fill out a fun hypothetical Soviet labor questionnaire. She listed her skills as 'holding space' and 'Canva.' The state disagrees with her self-assessment. Zinc waits for no one.

Your Sourdough Starter Is Not a Means of Production: A Brutally Honest Skills Audit

You spent three years perfecting your tarot card aesthetic and building a trauma-informed life coaching practice. Wonderful. The Bureau of Actually Necessary Labor has reviewed your file and has some thoughts. Spoiler: they involve a hard hat.