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Sarah Jaffe
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Sarah Jaffe is an American author and singer-songwriter known for writing about labor, inequality, and social movements, alongside a career in music.
Biography
Sarah Jaffe is an American singer-songwriter from Denton, Texas, noted for a distinctively clear vocal style. She has worked across acoustic-folk, indie pop, and hip hop, performing and writing in multiple musical genres.
She is also the author of Work Won't Love You Back (2021) and is described as a preeminent voice on labor, inequality, and social movements. In the book Jaffe examines the "labor of love" myth—the idea that certain work is not really work and therefore should be done out of passion instead of pay—drawing on the experiences of workers across industries to argue for fairer compensation and more freedom to pursue genuine satisfaction.
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Books by Sarah Jaffe
Work Won't Love You Back
Work Won't Love You Back (2021) examines the "labor of love" myth that certain work is not really work and therefore should be done out of passion rather than pay. Told through the lives of workers across industries, Jaffe argues that understanding this trap empowers people to demand fair compensation and to reclaim time for genuine joy and satisfaction.