jadelyn:

feministism:

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, unemployment statistics are basically a fucking lie if they don’t account for UNDERemployment.

Someone with a graduate degree working at Starbucks isn’t unemployed, but they’re underemployed.

Someone working 3 part-time retail jobs is extra-employed, even - but they’re underemployed.

Someone working temp job after temp job because they can’t find a long-term, stable position isn’t unemployed, but they’re underemployed.

Unemployment numbers alone are only a single facet of the issue. Underemployment is a HUGE fucking problem and when you’re just showing off the unemployment rate alone, you can’t expect people to celebrate a number that’s basically useless on its own.