#5SmartReads - May 20, 2021

Today’s regular guest contributor is Shibani Faehnle! Get to know her better with the questions below, and don’t forget to check out her blog and shop!

Q: Favorite book as a child?
A: I loved Nancy Drew (even though I thought Ned was SO BORING)

Q: Dream birthday cake?
A: My grandmother's lemon curd cake!

Q: Celebrity crush is...
A: Harry Styles

‘No One Wants To Work Anymore’: The Trust Behind This Unemployment Benefits Myth (The Guardian)

Businesses have latched onto this idea that "people don't want to work".

The reality is a more comlicated: "would-be employees are also concerned about safety - 46% of the population hasn’t received a single vaccine dose and the spread of Covid-19 is uncontrolled in the US. Potential employees also have caregiving responsibilities: this recession has disproportionately affected women, who largely take up these duties and in late March more than half of schools were still doing remote learning or a combination of remote and in-person classes."