All The Work I Don’t Do

The comfort and conflict of domestic work

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Our nanny, photographed by our smallest child

I haven’t done laundry, cleaned a bathroom, or mopped a floor in years. My wife and I spend about 20% of our income on domestic workers and it’s great. It’s also terrible. Domestic work is the both the most valuable and least valued work in the world.

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Indrajit (Indi) Samarajiva is a Sri Lankan writer. Follow me at www.indi.ca, or just email me at indi@indi.ca.