"Women prove they can hold it all together. We thank them by giving them more to hold."

A conversation with sociologist Jessica Calarco

These women are all hoping that we fix the healthcares system in their lifetimes. Photo by Hannah Busing on Unsplash

Back in November 2020, in the thick of the pandemic, the sociologist Jessica Calarco did an interview in which she said the quiet part out loud:

“Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women.” 

It was a time when things felt s…