Jessa Crispin, The Guardian

Jessa Crispin

The Guardian

Dayton, OH, United States

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Recent:
  • Unknown
Past:
  • The Guardian
  • The Outline
  • The New York Times
  • Quartz

Past articles by Jessa:

I’ve been introduced to a new holiday called ‘Singles’ Day’. I wish I hadn’t

Singles’ Day is a Chinese holiday turned online shopping bonanza. But Americans, too, love to buy things to fill our gaping existential despair → Read More

US schools gave kids laptops during the pandemic. Then they spied on them

According to one survey, 81% of teachers in America said their schools monitor devices. Students are not always aware → Read More

A billionaire wants to build a utopia in the US desert. Seems like this could go wrong

The architects of the proposed 150,000-acre project are scouting the American south-west. They’re already predicting the first residents can move in by 2030 → Read More

Employers are spying on Americans at home with ‘tattleware’. It’s time to track them instead

Delivery drivers and warehouse workers are already monitored relentlessly. Now white-collar employees are getting a taste of surveillance capitalism → Read More

Move over, space. Tech billionaires have a new utopian boondoggle: the ‘metaverse’

Imagine a massive, invisible world that surrounds you but which you cannot see or engage unless you own the correct – expensive – technology → Read More

Like millions of Americans, I can never leave my spouse. I’ll lose my healthcare

My access to doctors is tied to my husband – and his access is tied to his employer. Land of the free indeed → Read More

Welcome to dystopia: getting fired from your job as an Amazon worker by an app

This is the most boring possible Terminator sequel - the robots are here to text you snidely that you won’t need to come into work ever again → Read More

Did I use the pandemic for ‘self-improvement’? Nope. And that’s fine

Some companies are asking prospective employees how they used the pandemic. I will proudly say: I have nothing for show for → Read More

Stressed-out Amazon workers can now access ‘mindfulness’ training. Gee, thanks

Anxious employees can rest in ‘AmaZen’ ‘mindful practice rooms’ – coffin-like booths where they can watch dystopian corporate wellness seminars → Read More

Amazon is a disaster for workers. Nomadland glosses over that

The film doesn’t glamorize life at an Amazon warehouse. But it’s undeniably useful to the corporation to have a prestigious film to give political cover → Read More

Job-hunting is stressful and humiliating enough. Now robots judge our résumés

Algorithms decide which applications reach human managers’ eyes. But they sort out people with unusual work histories or who lack college degrees → Read More

Millions in the US don't feel seen by either political party. My dad is one of them

Like many people, my father feels politically homeless – unable to stomach toxic Trumpism, but too conservative for the Democratic party → Read More

In 2020, Americans helped each other out – because our government wouldn't

Our political leaders ought to support us in a time of unprecedented disaster. But they didn’t, so we had only ourselves to rely on → Read More

Does Covid mean you're spending your first Christmas alone? Let me guide you

Stripped of its distractions, the holiday season is revealed for what it is: a slog. If you’re facing a lonely Christmas, here are some pointers → Read More

Hillbilly Elegy uses personal experience to promote the same old bootstrap nonsense

The Netflix film fails to recognize there are large parts of the US that have been abandoned by politicians, employers and educational institutions → Read More

Dolly Parton helped fund a Covid vaccine. This isn't the first time she's saved us

The singer grew up in incredible poverty. She understands that money is something you do, rather than something you have → Read More

The world's on fire, our nerves on edge: the merchants of Calm have just the fix

Religion is no longer the opiate of the masses. It’s ASMR videos, low-stakes nature documentaries and ‘mindfulness’ apps → Read More

A new film tries nobly to 'de-stigmatize' abortion. So why does it leave me cold?

In its effort to be sympathetic, Unpregnant flattens abortion into a simple and palatable narrative → Read More

Netflix should testify before Congress over Cuties? The culture war is out of control

The backlash around the film feeds on the fear swirling around from Jeffrey Epstein’s Lolita Express and the QAnon conspiracies → Read More

Thought capitalism couldn't get worse? Meet the workplace 'spiritual consultants'

Employers have figured out how to exploit society’s crisis of meaning – by turning workplaces into sites of cult-like religious devotion → Read More