The "Women’s Work" Hustle
A girl’s deodorant at the Rite Aid on 149th St costs $1.50 more than the boy's version, even though it’s the same size.
What is the Pink Tax?
At the bodegas on Grand Concourse, the "Demand" for this specific fruit goes through the roof right before sunset during Ramadan.
What are Dates?
On the Monday after Easter, the "Value" of a chocolate bunny at Walgreens drops by 75% because this economic factor has disappeared.
What is Demand?
Rihanna’s "Savage X Fenty" became a billion-dollar brand because she sold sizes for every body type to the "T." This is called:
What is Target Marketing?
A mother spends 4 hours after her shift cooking Jollof rice for the family and cleaning the apartment, but she doesn't get a paycheck for it.
What is Unpaid Labor (or the Second Shift)?
Common in West African immigrant communities, this "Rotating Savings and Credit Association" allows members to pool money without a traditional bank.
What is a Susu?
What is Breakfast/Brunch?
Madam C.J. Walker became the first self-made female millionaire by selling hair products door-to-door because white-owned drugstores wouldn't carry them. She was a famous:
What is an entrepreneur?
In the Bronx, you see many more women working as Home Health Aides or Teachers than as Construction Workers or Electricians.
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While daytime consumption drops, this "after-hours" meal creates a massive spike in evening grocery and restaurant demand.
What is Iftar?
Most Easter candy is made of Cocoa. Since most Cocoa comes from West Africa, a drought there will cause prices in the Bronx to do this.
During World War II, millions of women took factory jobs because the men were at war. When the war ended, the men took the jobs back. This is a shift in:
What is Labor Supply?
A woman at a law firm in Manhattan is the hardest worker, but the bosses only promote the men to "Partner" level.
What is the Glass Ceiling?
This 2.5% "charity" required in Islam acts like a local stimulus package because the money stays in the community to help neighbors in need.
What is Zakat?
This type of egg product is sold at a loss for stores just to get customers to walk in and buy more. It's neccessary for the annual hunt.
What is egg dye?
In the 1950s, Brownie Wise invented "Tupperware Parties," where women made their "I" on kitchenware to their friends at home. This is an early version of:
What is Influencing?
This is the "O" money a mother "gives up" earning because she stays home for three years to raise a child instead of working.
What is Opportunity Cost?
Many Muslims travel to this place to join other Muslims around the world. Airline companies see a big spike to this country.
What is Saudi Arabia?
If a shipping delay in the Suez Canal prevents Easter toys from reaching the Bronx, the "Chain" of this process has been broken.
What is Supply Chain?
This is the 3-letter name for the "Total Wealth" of the U.S. It’s "broken" because it doesn't count the billions of dollars of work women do at home for free.