Today I welcome Marxist feminist scholar Sue Ferguson, author of the essay Life-Making or Death-Making.
Susan Ferguson is Associate Professor Emerita at Wilfrid Laurier in Canada. Prior to joining the academy, she worked as a journalist for Maclean's, Canada's national news magazine. Ferguson is a Marxist-Feminist scholar and activist, who has been reading, writing and thinking about social reproduction theory for many years. Her published work includes articles on feminist theory, childhood and capitalism, and Canadian political discourse. Her book, Women and Work: Social Reproduction, Feminism and Labour was published in 2020 by Pluto Press. Ferguson is also a member of Faculty4Palestine and on the editorial board of Midnight Sun. She is currently living in Houston, Texas.